The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-12
HBLDUPBYNASKHDA MEN
n, Central Night Express
Robbed Near Savannah.
yyU ARMED MEB Do THE WORK.
& -os Messenger Coulter CoV-
.el With Pistols and Forced
to Open Ills Safe.
TWO POUCHES TAKEN.
The Robbers Stop the
Train and Escape.
THE AIR FILLED WITH SHOTS
The Amount Of Money Sc
cured Not Known.
Express Company Off
Gals Say It Is Small.
The Robbers to Be Tracked
With Hounds.
The Robbers Stop the
Train and Escape.
THE AIR FILLED WITH SHOTS
The Amount Of Money Sc
cured Not Known.
Express Company Off
Gals Say It Is Small.
The Robbers to Be Tracked
With Hounds.

The Central railroad night express which
left Savannah at $40 O'clock last night wa
held up five miles west of the city by two
masked robbers, who were on the train.
Express Messenger Coulter was forced al
the point of their pistols to open the small
safe in the express car and two through
packages of money and several local pack
ages were secured. The large
sealed safe which was locked
In Savannah and could not be unlocked by
the messenger until reaching Macon, was
not touched.
LEAPED FROM THE TRAIN.
The robbers jumped from the train a
short distance beyond the Charleston and
. Savannah railroad crossing, and firing their
pistols to intimidate the railroad crew and
passengers, disappeared in the direction of
Southover junction. No violence was
offered the passengers.
The amount Of money secured is un-
known. The Southern Express officials
here will not say how much was
in the safe. The first story was that one
of the packages contained $4,000 and the
other contained $1,000. It is rot believed.
however, that the small safe contained
that amount Of money, as ali large
through packages are carried in the
sealed safe, aud tie amount of the rob-
lery is not believed to be anywhere near
those figures.
AUGUSTA AND ATLANTA POUCHES TAKEN.
The statement of the messenger tele-
graphed from Millen that the Augusta aud
Atlanta pouches were taken and several
valuable express packages besides these,
gives credence to the belief that the amount
is larger than was at first supposed.
The lack of information by the express
company officials here and their ignorance
of the circumstances of the robbery rem.
dered it impossible to secure from them
more than a meager account of what &C.
Cured
FIRST NEWS OF THE ROBBERY,
The first information received in Savan.
nah Of the robbery was a telegram from
Conductor Barney Cubbedge stating thai
the express car on the north bound train had
been entered about five and half miles
from Savannah and robbed. The Telegram
was sent from Meldrin, seventeen miles from
Savannah. AS the robbery was committed
only little over five miles out it must have
been done within fifteen minutes from the
time the train left the city. By the time
the news reached Savannah the robber,
had couple Of hours the start.
All particulars of the affair which could
be given were telegraphed in. Agent
Cooper of the Southern Express Compan,
was at once notified. and securing th,
services of Detectives Wetherhorn auC
Basch, he at once went to work.
PROBABLY WENT FROM SAVANNAH.
Tho information received at the Contra
railroad Offices goes to show that the tw
robbers left Savannah on the train, instead
OF taking the risk of attracting attention b
getting on at Four-Mile hill. Immediatel
after she train passed the Charleston and Sa
vaunah junction the men went forwar,
into the express car and covering the mes
senger with their pistols, demanded that b
open the safe. He Of course had n
alternative but to yield to their demands
he opened the local safe, the key of whicl
he carried in his pocket, and handed GU
the money. There we're not very man,
packages in the safe, and the robbers dic
not secure as large an amount as the,
might have expected. Having secured
tho money they pulled the bell core
for the train to stop and as it slowed down
they jumped of.
voLLEY Of SHOTS.
After jumping they fired ten or lively,
shots into the DIR. The shots were the first in
timation the engineer and conductor ant
the crew and passengers on the train hsC
that anything unusual was going on.
As soon as he reached Meldrim, Conduc
tnr Cubbedge telegraphed an account Of
tile affair to the Office at Savannah.
All the information obtainAble about
the robbers was that one Of them