The record-union., 1891-09-03
DARING ROBBERY.
SIX MASKED MEN HOLD UP A
TRAIN IN TEXAS.
All the Money and Valuables in the
Express Car and Several Sacks
OF Mail Secured.
special to the REcoRD-UNIox.

/ Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
/ ST. LOUIS, Sept. "A special from Del
Rio, Texas. says daring train robbery
was committed at that place shortly after
midnight last night. All the money and
valuabies in the express car safe were Sc
/ cured by the robbers, as well as several
sacks Of mail and a registered package.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
( ST. LOUIS, Sept. "A special dispatch
/ from Del Rio, Texas, TO the Post Dis
patch says: Telegraphic advices from
Samuel, Texas, a small station on the
! Southern Pacific, and located in n thinIv
! settled section few miles from this
! place, gives thrilling account of the
/ daring train robbery committed by six
/ maSkeG men at that place shortly after
midnight last night
Dynamite and WincheStprs yvern usnd
! as means Of intimidating the express
/ messenger and gaining entrance into the
/ car. All the money and Valuables in the
safe III the express car We're secured by
the robbers, as well as several sacks Of
mail and registered packages. The
amount of money obtained cannot be
learned, but it will doubtless reach into
the tens of thousands.
The train had just pulled ont from the
station when SIX masked men, who had
selected their positions. simultaneously
mounted the engine, mail and express
/ car. over forty shots were fired, liter
ally perfOrating the baggage and express
car, without injury to any one, when a
dynamite cartridge was exploded against
! the small window in the express car.
! The effect Of this was to tear the window
out and otherwise damage the car. The
express messenger was stunned but he
recovered in few moments. only To he
+ q I,
give up the safe key. The train was de-
layed several hours.
The robbers took their time in doinr
the job and with the utmost coolness and
the exhibition of great nerve. Horses
were in readiness for them. and on the
completion of their work the bandits
rode rapidly away, and are now in Mex
leo, beyond the reach of the authorities.
The passengers were unmOlested, as
/ the men seemed to want only the con
tents OF the express car and the mail
! bags. They got all the money in the ex-
press car, which was small sum. as
| there never is a large amount carried
! west. They also took one registered
package, two empty mailbags and the
mail which was made up for the DRYDEN
Postoiiice. After they had gotten what
they could from the mail and express car
they returned the money which they
had taken from the mail clerk and ex-
press messenger, and left the train.
The express messenger was j. IG. Smith,
of the WELSH service, who OBJ
tanned national fame by killing two train
robbers near IL PasO, a couple of wears
ago. This time he was outnumbered
and though he stood off the marauders
as long as possible, he was finally forced
TO give in.
4 band of robbers attempted to hold
up this train N Tabor, only a few miles
from the scene Of last nights attack, sew
eral weeks ago, by cutting the telegraph
wires and shooting into the station opera
tors Office, but from some cause decided
to abandon their plan and disappeared.
Extra precaution has been exerted on
the trains of the Southern Pacific since
then, and last nights robbery is a sur
prise.