The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-04
AHIGHWAYMAN BAFFLED
, 1vcKLEssLY ATTACKS THREE
uHoH HAD $4,000 IN A BAG.

at Him Repeatedly and Re
RS, Retreats-Men Hunting for
potner-He Badly Wounds Po-
Hcemsn.
From the Metz York Sun.
x,TI Aug. 30.-Addystone,
'Snrhan town fifty miles west OF this city
~ tba Rig Four road, was the scene OF
% W sonsational affair this morning. At
We! ,Isce is the big plant of the Addystone
'.a' -rorts employing several hundred
pr I'm About O'Clock stranger rode up
- the entrance of the ground and dis
'.,o,,nted from his horse, which ne tied TO
H. - rear the depot. He was fully six
-. .a1l and wore a long linen buster and
t' - sloncb hat. After tying his horse he
$3.50 over the fence into the grounds,
cIiI I concealed himself in the weeds near
o. 81 keepers lodge, which Is about 400
feet from the depot.
nm the train arriving al ~ O'CLOCK were II.
Koch cashier, and William Byrnes, pay
- of the pipe company. They brought
.ritb them 10000 to pay on the hands.
T Tl.u 1rsra met at the depot by Joseph Lay
4nJJ enc If the guards. The three started
coC. - comnauy's office within the grounds,
~ lhort distance from the depot. Several
suo- GERS had gotten off and were standing
on the platform. -,
Rnnning by the fence was side track,
rbjcb stood locomotive with steam
IN ~ and the engineer at the lever. Koch,
Pyrnes and Laycock started Tor the gate,
1avcock carrying the bag which contained
the money. Suddenly, just as they reached
the timekeeper's shed, just within the
Grounds. the tall stranger jumped from the
yeeds He wore mask.
Taveling a revolver in each hand at
1avcock be shouted. drop that bagW at
the same time beginning to fire with both
Won 90 to h-l!" replied Laycock, as he
shifted the bag to his left hand and drew
his revolver with his right.
Koch and Byrnes, who were both armed,
also drew their revolvers and opened fire.
The robber had continued to advance on
favcock as if to seize the bag. When the
other two began to fire he slowly backed in
the direction of where his horse was tied.
He reached the horse and tried to mount,
hut the girth broke. Reaching down in
the weeds be picked up a rifle he had con-
called He then turned, threw OFF his
duster, and fed up the hill toward the city,
every now and then turning and firing
with his repeating rife. He was followed
for quarter of mile at distance, but
disappeared.
The shooting attracted large crowd. aud
500 men were soon in pursuit. The robber
abandoned his horse. a beautiful thorough
bred bay, fitted with a new bride and
saddle. He also dropped one of his revolvers.
The pockets of the buster we're filled with
44-calibre cartridges.
Some of the four drymen followed the
robber to Fernbank, where they were told
he had taken refuge in shanty boat, where
they went after him. The fellow, however,
Jumped into skitf and rowed out into the
river. where he furnished his rifle and re-
volver. A canvas bag was attached TO the
ponmel CT his saddle, presumably to receive
the money. When last seen he was making
for the Kentucky shore.
Joseph Laycock, the policeman, was shot
twice, both times near the groin. One of
the company's engines was passing just as
the firing commenced, and the engineer,
thinking he was being fired on, abandoned
his engine and ran. The engine, left with
out guiding hand, ran through the foun-
dry yard into lot of dumps and made a
wreck of itself and the cars.
The robber wore black mustache. Lay
cocks injuries are very serious, and it is
thought the robber was also wounded. The
money bag was literally shot to pieces with
bullets. The police authorities of Cincin-
nati we're notified anG a large party Of
police have gone in pursuit. TIE foundry
men are greatly excited and threaten to
lynch the robber if they catch him. No
body seems to have ever seen the robber
before He is apparently an entire stranger
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