The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-02-12

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broken. The engine was whistling fol
brakes mile away, and as soon as ]
could free my mouth and eyes Of dirt
started down the track. l found the
Hrst safe on heedge of the ditch, and
the second a hundred feet away beside
q stump. / dragged mine down to the
paymaster's then got out my revolves
and hid behind the stump, and pretty
soon 1 heard the fellows coming down
the track. They had brought the train
almost to stsndstill, and then sig
nailed it to go ahead and jumped. Tney
were hunting along the ditch as they
came, and waited until they were
within five rods before opened fire and
shouted: "Here they are, boys; shoot
them down.
They didn't stand for second, but
went off as fast as they could heel it,
followed by my bullets, and half an
hour later l had the safes aboard Of q
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 we never knew.
In November, 1884, when began the
run between st. Louis and Chicago,
there was scarcely week that some
thing did not occur to arouse my sus-
picions. The heft Of the money went
South, but there was always enough on
either run to tempt robber to take des-
perate chances. / had middle-aged,
steady-going man as assistant, and 1t
would have had to be sharp man who
could get the better Of him. Now and
then, when We were carrying big money
for some army contractor, he was al
lowed to send a 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 Ch!ca-
60 superintendent. One afternoon about
two hours before train time, and while
l was at the ofice, q military-loolting
man, who claimed to be paymaster,
entered and arranged TO express his safe
TO st. Louis. Its contents were said to
be upward Of 100000, and 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 there
was paymaster's safe, and Q little later
on man dressed In the uniform Of q
sergeant of infantry and accompanied
by . private soldier presented an order
permitting them to ride In our car rs q
guard. ....
While every thing was regular, l did
not like the looks OF the men. They
seemed to me TO be tough characters,
and when got q chance tospeak to Gra-
ham, my assistant, found that he en-
tertained the same opinion and had be-
come suspicious 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
signs. For o time 1t looked as II we
had done the men an injustice. One
took seat on the safe and the other in
q chair. Each lighted cigar, and their
conversation, as we overheard q 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 we're not what they repre-
sented they wonld show their hands dur
ing this run. They appeared 10 be sound
asleep when we entered upon 1t, and
pEdnaui, WIN odb uooE hot nao hONuiiAB
in his chair. They had the end OF thecar
next to the engine, and all Of a sudden,
while was looking at them from under
the vizor OF my cap, both arose, stretched
and as the sergeant started
for my end Of the car the other unlocked
the 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
q flesh wound In the left arm, rake
across the cheek, and bullet hole In
my cap. Graham had an ear split by o
bullet, and another embedded In his
shoulder and the car was in darkness.
I struck match, lighted candle. and
found that we were alone. Not exactly
alone, hut safe from further attack. The
sergeant lay dead on his back, shot
through tho head, and beyond him was
one Of the 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, as trail OF blood
proved.
The train had made Its run by the
time We had sized up the situation, and
q doctor was put aboard to dress our
hurts as we continued the journey.
Both corpses were carried into St.Louis
for inquest and Identification, but they
could not be identified. As you have