The Red Cloud chief., 1890-08-22
EXPRESS ROBBED


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teootea - astoatjoo boarded it aAa See
aboat eight niles rode between The
froat end Of the mail car and the tor
der. A. tho train was flying down grade
west Of Syracuse ct . Afty-mile rate the
robbers climbed over the tender and b.
Sose tho engineer and fireman knew that
they were 70 entertain uncerem0oious
callers they were covered with pistols
that looked 70 them TO be four feet long.
The robbers had no sooner aatisded
themselves that they were In command
Of the situation than they proceeded 70
unfold their little scheme 20 the enRt.
neer. Frank Drayer IL known 70 be .
cool-headed and reliable engineer with
all the nerve required 70 du such . po-
sttion. but when the Spokesman OF the
twain remarked: I'VE want this train
stopped at Otterville water tank"
Drayer merely nodded assent He
knew that he was In for IL and % did
the fireman, who soon after gently
asked his guardian 70 stand apart from
him SUFFICIENT distance TO permit him
70 shovel some coal into the dre
box. The rObber very generously &C.
ceded to his request and when the
coal had been shoveled again stood the
fireman up in the corner OF the cab and
set him to looking into the muxzle OF .
44-caliber revolver for the remainder Of
the run to Otterville water tank. Ar
UAVAuk SuCIO SuC tt0Iu WOS SSOYpCN Nv
cording to instructions and the engineer
and fireman were ordered to get down.
With guns held against their hearts BY
the robbers the e~nginemen were
marched down along the train until
they came to the side door OF the ex-
press and baggage car, when hc who
had ordered the train stopped said -
the engineer: Now you call the bag
g~agemaster to open the side door. He
knows your voice and will open II quick
or for you than for me-"
Just then 1--WE more masked men.
armed with double barreled shOtguns
and Winchestcrs, joined the crowd, and
1T the same time. in response to En9i-
neer prayers call, the baggsgemaster
slid the side door open and looked into
. dOublc-barrelel shotgun that had
been 50 arranged that he need not stir
TO get . good v ew Of It Several others
held their guns at the messengers and
baggagema ster and the engineer was nj.
lowed to stand neal by and SEQ the
work done. The fireman had been re-
leased and was when met by Conductor
Al Marsh. doing his very best to get
hack to the sleeping car before shooting.
adjunct commenced.
At this juncture q nimble sort Of fel.
low spranR into the car and tho nearest
man with . gun informed Messenger
Sam Avery that his active partner
wanted to look through tho safe and
that 1t must be opened At once. The
messenger Produced the keys and . mo-
ment later the band Of robbers were in
u~ndisputed possession Of all they asked
for. Accounts Of the amOunt Of money
and valuables secured by the robbers
differ. but It Is believed hat the loss to
the express company will foot up
at least $50, 900 and perhaps - much
a. SIS. 600. A number Of packages
Of jewelry is included in that amount
and the fact that they contained .
large number Of watches. all Of which
are registered. is believed will yet fur
nish aclew to the identity Of the thieves
They stayed hut . moment after that
all vanquishing in the darkness as sud.
denly o they appeared, leaving the
train men TO wonder how it happened.
1t VA done 50 quickly and 80 cleverly
that the passengers aboard tho
train suspected nothing and
even the conductor would not
have been surprised At the delay but for
the fact that Ottervillc tank Was moi .
regular stopping place for his train.
The robbers hal planned their work
carefully and executed it in the most
artistic and faultless manner. When
the train rolled into Ottcrville 1t was
pitch dark and . light rain WAS falling.
A stout breeze vas blowing across the
prairies and altogether IL Was the best
night imaginable for industrious high
waymen to get IN their work. Otter.
Vile was where the Younger boys
robbed . train in 1873.
stri-k-n with T.raly.aa
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Aug. 16.-Rev.
Andrew Hunter WAS stricken with par
alysis 1t Cotton Plant and IL o lying
In . critical condition Mr.. Hunter WAS
preaching . vernon and WAS in the midst
Of . powerful exordium when his utter.
ances became labored and he suddenly
saying: MY work 10 done"
MI. Hunter 10 m Of the most distin-
Methodist ministers In the
and may justly claim 70 b
the father Of Arkansas Methodism, be
been engaged In ministerial
work for moro than half . century. Ho
Vas elected to tho United States senate
st the close Of the . but never took
his scat He Is over seventy years OF
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