The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14
HUNTING FOR CLEWS.
oETEC lives NOSING HIGH AND
Low FOR TEE EXPRESS ROBBERS.

The Perpetrators OF the FiVe-Mile Posi-
Robbery Hiding in a Place Best
Known to Themselves-The Train
Porter's Story of the Hold Up-His
Description of the Men-How Mes
senger Coulter Felt While Looking
Down the Robbers Pistols.
There are no further developments in the
express car robbery beyond those already
published in the MORNING NEWS. No new
,lews of the whereabouts OF the robbers
nave been obtained, and the detectives are
in about the same position on tnat score as
.hev were when they first took hold of the
.ase. The men evidently made good use of
The time given them and are now probably
/. safe distance from Savannah, with the
prospects Of their capture among the dim
possibilities
A negro express hand named Williams
was on the car with Express Messenger
Coulter at the time the robbers entered, and
ope of them ordered the negro to put bis
aead down and lie low. 1t Is needless to say
shat the negro obeyed with alacrity, and it
IS said that he mover changed his position
place where the robbery occurred.
Some further facts were CLEANED yester-
lay from Express Messenger Coulter con-
.erning the way the robbere acted in the
sar. He said when he turned around and
booked into the barrel OF the pistol pointed
1t his head il seemed 10 him as big as q
cannon. As he undertook to reach for his
pistol the man commanded: Keep still
Turn over the stuff, and look quick about
tn
DRESSED IN DARK TsUIES.
81 couldn't tell to save my tfe," said
Coulter, what kind of clothes the men had
on. They were dark and the hats, think,
we're small soft, black hats. l didn't do
much looking at their clothes. Those eyes
behind the masks had a fascination for me,
and, besides. the muzzles Of the guns kept
ny attention away from other things
Every little was said all the time. I
never spoke word to them and they said
what they had to quick and short, without
sursing much except once. when my negro
vent to get up, one of them said:
=" You sit down and keep still, you black
After getting everything out Of the safe
The robbers ordered Coulter to turn hi
back. Then one of them fired bullet over
ais head. When he thought the men had
about reached the door he started to TURF
around, but promptly changed his mint
when he heard the command, "Halt!n HI
lays he was badly scared, and expected
avery moment to have bullet driven int
lim.
THE CoLoRED PoRTER's STORY.
The colored train porter, who saw th
robbers, gave in Macon about the sam
description of them as that given by Mes
senger Coulter. When the robbers pulle
the bell cord TO stop the train after the
we're through with their wor
the porter ran forward and asked the en-
gineer what he stopped for, the engineer 9
quickly asked what he had been rupg dow
Tor. After some explanation the porte
turned and went back, aud when he reache
the second express car waived the engInee
On. This is all that the engineer knew. TT
porter was the first to discover I'll
cause Of the stop, and d
consequence was he was bad
scared negro. He had just finished unloc.
ing the toilets and was on his way to Il
baggage car when no heard the air-brak,
put on and the train slowing up. He lookc
out to see what was the trouble, but sa
nothing that should cause stop.
The train coming to a standstill the negI
ran ahead and asked the engineer why
stopped.
"What did you ring me forF' the engines
asked almost at the same time.
The porter said he did not ring and kne
nothing OF il.
"Then go back and slacken your cord
said the engineer, "for my bell rang twice
FACED THE ROBBERS.
The negro started back. but just as /
reached the second express car two me
stepped off, one q smnll man and the otht
Of much larger build, but stopping consit
srably.
"Hellom said one.
Hello, replied toe porter.
Get on that train and let her go,n con
manded the robber, bringing his pistol u
and the porter got"
Jumped for the first car, but missed it. ar
barely managed to catch the rear sleeper
1t went sailing by.
"There was more'n any two robbie
there said the porter, tor when | signalt
ahead pistols began 70 fire oil around II
and | thought l was done for. They sh
on both sides of the train, too. and both
the men saw were on the right side, ar
besd es, the big man had two pouches
his hand and no pistol.
DARK SUITS AND CIGARETTE HATS.
both of 'em had on dark clothes. wit
little cigarette hats. l suspicioned one ,
CnStu was UNIFORM, Dlp IL was TOO dark
tell. The men had big black masks on wit
holes cut for the eyes, nose and moutl
The little fellow grlnned at me, and sa'
light sandy mustache, Whom | got Q
the back end Of the car saw the two me
walking over in the woods on the lef
where lot of shooting was being done.
II tell you there swera more than tw
men doing that shooting. They shot twely
or fifteen times and all at once
The porters pointed out two bullet hole
on the right side of the second express Ct
and one on the left side of the baggage ca
where the robbers evidently shot at the bat
gage master, who was running back to be
the conductor.
Every stranger sof toll, slight build WI
subjected TO close scrutiny by n
detectives yesterday. 1t is rather danger
= Gus for any tall, cadaverous-looking ind
vidual to walk about the streets of Savar
nah now without having proper credential
showing his pedigree. etc., because witho,
these documents he might have trout
proving that he didn't break into the G,
press car. The detectives seem to be mo
on the lookout for the tall robber than Il
short one.
The robbery still continues to be the tai
The boldness OF the thing so near the cit
is what surprises every one. On every bar
can be- heard suggestions of how the rot
bers could have bsen and can be caugh
but nevertheless the fact remains that the
have not been caught.
MoRBA COSFEsSES EVERYTHING
1t VIII Not Re Made Public Till SITE