Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-05
M STILL ANOTHER.
s Angeles Express Train Held Up
by Robbers.
-pry BATTER THE EXPRESS CAR
v.,,,s,sd Of BY the Shooting Of Detective
?. -, -. Who Was On the Train-RObbsrs Re-
r., ,5s Fire and AOrtally Wound the
o#,sr bu, Fail to Get Any Booty.

. francisco, September 4.-The
,o,e,es Express was held up by
-, masked men few miles south Of
,,.+s..5. nc S:+5 last night.
rss robbers boarded the train at
~. and compelled Engineer Neff and
r-..,.r Wallace to eXtinguish the
ui,bt and tin the boiler with water.
-, tbep made them get down and go
4''' .t. .vore>s car and order II opened.
--.durtor Roche and Brakeman Fox
.s-s in the front car when the tram
.r1uued, and they at once went out
..s niatfOrm and looked ont OF the
-,5s of the car. At sight Of the
motors lantern one OF the robbers
-.sJ 5ut for them 10 90 back, firing
Tbs conductor set his lantern back,
- tvo shots at the robbers, and AT
..., y,err back int0 the car and sought
n,,s,-fye Len Harris, Of Los Angeles,
'5 Defsctive Lawson, who CHANGED TO
- rbe train. Harris got out Of the
.~- inc west side and walked toward
yea rlbberS, who had gone over TO that
..of rhe express car. When about
..-,.c,r lengths from the express car
harris opened fire with a revolver,
ding TWO shots in the direction OF
ina robbers. The latter returned the
s-s firing three shots, all of which took
-f.c-. hitting Harris IN the neck and
.yer the left eye.
Meanwhile the robbers were compell-
.,y Engineer NetT 20 hold the torch
,lra Fireman Wallace worked at the
t.- They called several times TO EX-
r,sss Messenger Reed and his assistants
m open the door and come out, claim
m. rbar they would not hurt them, but
...v refused 10 open the door. A bomb
Was tneu exploded against the door,
scattering the beams and making an
.-ariur large enough for the robbers TO
sa,er. but the shooting by Harris. and
,o shots fired during the atfray by
Erkeman Fox, evidently scared them
ef. as they left without securing any
treasure. Harris was taken 70 Merced'
where be is dying.
As soon as news Of the attempted rob-
bsry reached Merced a special train
started for the scene bearing officers and
qQsse n 6QvRe9g ,g,R3o are RPY lbtu PPJg55- PPJ5
superintendent Fillmore says the rob-
5srs are probably members OF the same
gang that held up the train near Goshen
year ago.
MERGED, CAL, September 4.-The
TWO men suspected of being implicated
10 the attempted robbery Of the south
bound train last night were arrested at
Ceres early this morning and taken TO
Modesto. One of the men was riding on
ile blind end of the baggage car at the
tine the train was held up, but claims
20 know nothing Of the robbery. The
Marced officials guarded the bridge over
,le Merced river during the night, but
q, the river is low it could be fOrded on
horseback at any point. The general
opinion is that the robbers have made
.Jr the mountains east of Merced, in
which case their capture is doubtful.
SAN Francisco, September 4.-The
Southern Pacific Company, in conjunc-
ton with Wells, Fargo Il Co., have offer
I'd $4,000 for the arrest and conviction
Of each OF the men concerned in the al
tempt TO rob a train last night near
Modesto.
The condition of Harris, the detec-
tive, has changed for the worse, and the
physicians are now doubtful as to his
recovery.