The Dickinson press., 1890-06-14
One of the Robbers Cap
tured.
A Detailed Report of the
Robbery.
Big Rewards For the Capture Of the
Others.

tlllly successful dtlelllpI W IOU IliG
Atlantic express last SATURDAY evening.
The robbers stepped on the train as
it was leaving New Salem and IL
tramp who was stealing 4 ride was
the first to see them, and Il revolver
| placed ut his head with a command
to keep still had the desired effect.
| When the train had run IL short dis
lance from the station the two rob
hers climbed over the tender to the
engine and gave their orders ut the
point of revolvers. Engineer Kill
martin ran ahead a short distance,
when he was ordered to stop the
train. He did 50, and ut the muzzle
of revolvers he obeyed further orders,
and undid the couplings at the rear
of the baggage car. Then he was
marched back to the engine and OF.
dered forward. The engine, tender,
mail car, express and baggage cars
Went on about IL mile further, leaving
seven ears, passengers and Pullman
coaches, behind. But in meantime
Express Messenger A%ngevine, know
ing something was the matter, and
hearing a shot fired, suspected the
condition of things. He opened the
small safe, took out IL bag containing
5000, and threw it under his mattress,
put out the lights and skipped. He
made Il letour north of the tracks,
coming to the depot, where he sent
off Il message to Mandan. In the
meantime the desperadoeS, cllagrined
ut finding the express messenger
missing, made " break for the bag
gage car. Here they found the bag
gageman and two brakemeE. While
onc robber kept the engineer and fire
man quiet, the other entered the bag
gage car to find the eXpressman. One
shot was fired at the brakeman, but
it just grazcd his head, and, after on
siderable %parleying, and satisfied that
there was nobody there who knew The
combinations of the safes, and. while
one robber held in Il line, with arms
up, two brakeman. the baggageman,
mail clerk and fireman, the other
superintendent the en2ineer, while,
with II coal hammer, he demolished
the small safe. Nothing was found
there, and attempts to get into the
large safe were unsuccessful. Mail
Clerk Sherlock obeyed orders TO rip
open the registered mail, all of which
was carried off. Brakeman Barney
Ford and the baggagemam managed
to get away. BY the time the mail
Car had been robbed Passenger Con-
ductor Nichols arrived on the scene
but as he did so the robbers were dis
appearing in the darkness. The en-
CINE and three forward cars ran back,
coupled on to the rear cars and pro-
ceeded to Maldan. The Pullmanc
conductor. it is said, took about two
minutes to divest himself of his
clothes and official cap, and no robber
would have been able to pick him out
as the custodian of several hundred
in currency.
Sheriff Hayes, of this county, and
Sheriff Bingenheimer, of Morton,
were Oh the ground early next morn
ing with posses. They found tracks
leading south, and started to follow
the trail, and after following it for
some distance the party returned with
the exception Of Sheriff Hayes and
Jas. Edwards, night yard master for
the Northern Paciff, of this place, and
Mr.. Ay ers, of Morton. These three
men continued on the trail, and were
successful in oyertaking II of the
robbers at Grand river, eighty miles
south of here. His horse had mired
in crossing the river. which com.
PEELED him to give up the flight until
the horse could travel better. The
posse discovered a horse in the dis
tance, and, before reaching him, the
robber mounted and made a desper-
ate effort TO escape. After a chase
of six or eight miles he was over
taken, and surrendered without firing
a shot, although Edwards fired sew
eral times at him. just before the
capture Sheriff Hayes attempted to
throw u cartridge into his Winch
ester, which was a gun lie had Dor.
rowed from Sheriff Blngenheimer
when the latter turned back. and
found it was out of order and could
not be loaded. However, he covered
the robber and ordered his hands
up; up went the hands, and the man
surrendered to the sheriff fully be-
lieving that delay meant instant
death. About $50 in money was
found OH the robber. He also had q
sack Of flour and some bacon. lie
, gave his name us Charles z. Bailey
and thinking death certain, made ;
statement to his captors, saying thai
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robbery, two of them coming from
f the west on the train and proceeded
1 on east, and it is supposed they wer'
to look after the passengers, but TO
. some eason the latter were not mo
70 Tested, OF the other three, one tool
IS care of the horses while two did tn
e robbing. After going south Il fey
+. miles Bailey says they separated, sc
d ing in different directins, and that Ii
II was making for the Black Hills
y There is some doubt as to the Who'll
truth of his statement, some belle,
"a ing it to be only an attempt to col
ID fuse the officers, as only two too
part in the robbery, and Bailey la