The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-02-13

half dozen times, and finally brought
up In o potato patch on the railroad
strip, badly shaken up, but not q bone
broken. Tho engine was whistling for
brakes mile awsy, and as soon as I
could FREQ my mouth end eyes Of dirt I
started down tho track. / found the
frst safe on the edge of the ditch, and
the second hundred feet away beside
a stump. dragged mine down to the
paymaster's then got out my revolver
and hid behind the stump, and pretty
soon heard the fellows coming down
the track. They had brought the train
almost to q standstill, and then sig
nailed 1t to go ahead and jumped. They
were hunting along the ditch as they
came, and I waited until they were
within Ave rods before opened fire and
shouted: "Here they are. boys; shoot
them down."
They didn't stand for second, but
went of as fast as they could heel 1t,
followed by my bullets, and half an
hour later had tho safes aboard Of
freight train. An investigation proved
that Goodhue was blind drunk on that
night. He had accepted an offer to
drink with stranger, and had been
piled with liquor until he fell down on
the street. The robbers must have
known him we'll, and have also been
familiar with our way Of working. Who
they were wo never knew.
In November, 1864, when I began the
run between st. Louis and Chicago,
there was scarcely week that some-
thing did not occur to arouse my sus-
picions. Tho heft Of the money won't
South, but there was always enough on
either run to tempt robber to take des-
perate chances. ] had middle-aged,
steady-gping man as assistant, and 1t
would have had to be sharp man who
could get tho better Of him. Now and
then, when 40 were carrying big money
for some army contractor, no was al
lowed to send man along to act as o
special guard. These men were general
ly Chicago detectives or police, and they
rode on an order prepared by the Chics-
60 superintendent. One afternoon about
two hours before train timo, and while
I was at the office, a military-looking
man, who claimed to be paymaster,
entered and arranged to express his safe
to st. Louis. It's contents were said to
bo upward of 100000, ard he applied
for permission to send two trusty SOL
diers along in the car. / heard this
much without having taken any special
interest in the case. When we came to
receive our stuff from the wagons Ghere
was paymastcrs safe, ard little later
on man dressed in the uniform Of o
sergeant Of infantry and accompanied
by private soldier presented an order
permitting them to ride in our cor as o
guard.
While every thing was regular, did
not like tho looks Of the mon. They
seemed to me to be tough characters,
and when I got chance to speak to Gra-
ham, my assistant, found that he en-
tertained the same opinion and had be-
come suspicious. I therefore gave them
the other end Of the car and whispered
to Graham that We must keep our eyes
open. The first thing we did after the
train pulled out was to place our revolv-
ers where We could grab them on the
instant, and as we worked over our way
bills we kept weather eye open for
had done the mea an injustice. One
took seat on the safe and the other in
q chair. Each lighted cigar, and their
conversation, as we overheard word
now and then, related to military matters
and was honest and straight. When
Graham and had finished our work we
sat down at the other end of the car and
the quartet of us rode in this fashion,
with only break now and then, as we
stopped at station and put of some
thing billed there.
Our longest run was between midnight
and one o'clock. We then passed three
or four small stations without stopping,
making the run about nineteen miles.
II the men were not what they ropre-
sented they would show their hands dur
ing this run. They appeared to be sound
asleep when we entered upon 1t, and
Graham, who sat near me, was nodding
in his chair. They had the end Of the Car
next to the engine, and all Of sudden,
while was looking at them from under
the vizor Of my cap, both arose, stretched
themselves, and % the sergeant started
for my end of the car the other unlocked
tho door and admitted two men. Things
moved like lightning. Both Of US saw
what was up, and as we sprang to our feet
every man in that car began shooting.
can't say whether the fight lasted one
minute or five, but when 1t ended had
flesh wound in tho loft arm, rake
across the cheek, and bullet hole in
my cap Graham had an car split by
bullet, and another embedded in his
shoulder and the car was in darkness.
Istruck match, lighted candle. and
found that we were alone. Not exactly
alone, tut safe from further attack. The
sergeant lay dead on his back, shot
through the head, and beyond him was
one Of tho men who had been admitted,
SO near dead that he gasped his last as
we raised him up. The door was open,
and the other two had leaped from the
platform. One Of them at least was
badly wounded, rs trail Of blood
proved.
The train had made Its run by the