Evening journal., 1891-05-27
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED .
A Fierce Fusillade Poured Into
the Mail Car.
NOT FAR FROM NAMES CAPITAL.

The 81. John Special Held Up at Enneld
by Four Masked Marauders-The Postal
the Sacks of Mail.
BANGOR, Me-, May 27.-The widest ex-
element prevails here over an attempt
made Monday night in western style to
hold up the Pullman train from this city
to Sc. John on the Maine Central Il Is
presumed that the purpose was robbery,
although that cannot be definitely stated,
owing to the fact that the desperadoes did
not get that far.
The train leaves Bangor at 740 O'Clock,
and usually carries much valuable bag
gage and registered mail matter for ST.
John, Halifax and the whole lower prov
inces. At about 9i90 when the train was
in the dense woods above Enfield, the IRE
man saw a mans head appear above the
tender The fellow had his hand on the
bell rope, and at that instant the gong on
the engine sounded.
shots Began whizzing.
AS the train stopped in obedience to the
signal shots began whizzing around the
heads Of the engineer and fireman. The
engineer promptly dropped down behind
the huge pile Of coal which separated linn
from the gang. and worked himself a
position at the outside steps, TO which he
chung, daring neither TO leave the loco
motive nor to climb into the cab. The fire.
man jumped through the cab window and
darted TO the front Of the engine.
The Mail Car Attacked.
Il
seen stood with rife in his hands, shout
ing. Give II Co them, boysin and his orders
were being obeyed TO the letter.
Two OF the gang attacked the mail car
in which were Clerks O. w. lIinckley and
Fred s. Woodbury., who were working, as
is customary, with the doors strongly
barred. There was inky darkness outside.
and the bright light inside the car would
have made the clerks an easy target, but
40 the first shot they crawled under the
mail sacks.
Yelled Like Demons.
Clerk Hinckley told your correspondent
that volleys OF bullets We're sent into the
car, the attacking parties yelling like
demons all the time. There did not seem
to be many Of the marauders, but they
were evidently armed with repeaters. The
clerks could hear them bnttering away nt
the doors Of baggage car filled with ex-
press matter for st. John, which was nn-
der a custom house seal.
The minutes seemed hours to the clerks.
t The conductor heard the first firing and
] Thought the train had struck some track
{ torpedoes carelessly left by the section men
I who had been repairing. Az it continued
\ he started ahead with some brakemen, but
! all was oyer when he reached the front.
i The Robbers Fled.
As soon as the engineer deemed IL safe
he crept into the cab and pulled open the
throttle, starting the train At the same
e time there was lull in the firing around
q the postal car, and Clerk Woodbury. reach
e ed cautiously up and grasped the bell rore
= and gave Il a vigorous pull.
J. The moving Of the train and the loud
8 clangingof the bell frightened the robbers,
G and they jumped from the train and ran
r over the embankment into the woods.
|, The whole affair occupied less than five
s minutes. The engineer gave his machine
+ full head and the train soon reached the
q next station. Here Conductor Elms left
e the train to wire for officers and report the
IS affair at headquarters. IL is believed that
y the men boarded the train as it was leav-
ing Enfield Three strangers were seen
there during the day. One Of them was 4
negro anu cdifltu "a SNORT iiHtt ne llaiN
d men are certain there were at least foui
'e robbers.
II An Operator Fired Upon.
a Half an hour after the attack on the
u train the night telegraph operator at En
I field, while sitting in his station Office, was
q startled by several shots in rapid success
p sion which flew over his head and extin
u guished his light AS he dropped 10 he
}, floor he noticed that the signal lights out
q side the building had been put out by bul
2 let's, as was afterward ascertained. There
p was no attempt TO break into the station
a After crouching in terror on the floor for
IS time and the shots having ceased the oper
ator fled from the building by a rear dool
and hid in the woods. Half an hour latei
freight train halted there without moles
tation, and the operator crawled into th'
y caboose and left the station to itself.
Corbett Refused to Fight.