Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-15
THAT RAILROAD ROBBERY.



Detectives Trying to Solve the Mystery-Mr.
Hefzer's Statement.
Mr.. John b. Heizer, whose foot was
amputsted Saturday night at Providence Hos
pital, is doing well and his recovery il now only
q question Of time.
Mr.. Heller is the man who was robbed and
thrown from a train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Saturday night, as published in Mon
days STAR.
The case has attracted some attention and
Detectives Horne and Mahon have left no stone
unfurned In their efforts to secure the culprits
and bring them to justice. Detective John
Lloyd OF the railroad company is also working
on the case and Chief Grannon Of that service
will not LET the matter drop until it is solved.
Mr.. Heizer's inability to tell whether his a.
sailants were white or colored makes the case
difficult
Soon after the affair happened Saturday
night Detective Mahon wus in the hospital at
the bedside of the injured man.
MR.. HEIzER's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Heizers statement was that when be got
on the train he entered the smoking car, which
was on the rear end of the train. This particu-
lar train is called n ''bobtair' and only goes as
far as Gaithersburg. Not being smoking man
the fumes Of tobacco made him sick and he
started for the forward car. He said that his
railroad ticket was among a roll of bills in his
pocket.
When he stepped out Of the car door he was
assaulted, one Of the men pulling his hat down
over his eyes SO as to blind him. After his as
sallants went through his pockets, securing his
money and ticket and pulling his chain from
his watch, Mr.. Heizer says he was thrown from
the car.
THE FIRST MAN TO HELP
Mr.. Ihos. Murphy was standing in his door
at his home on list street, facing the track.
when the train passed, and he was the first one
who heard the injured mans cries for help.
When he got out in the street he found the suf-
ferersittng on the end of one of the terrible
agony, and he tied a string around his injured
leg TO stop the flow of blood as much as pos
siDle before he was carried to Sullivan's saloon.
Mr.. Heller was on his way to Takoma to pay
ms rent to his landlord, Mr.. W. H. Sleeper.
WHAT THE rRAINMEN SAY.
Detective Mahon in making the investigation
found the brakeman on the train, Dan Clarke,
and carpenter named c. NJ. Lloyd, who resides
in Takorna. They were both seated near the
door OF the smoker, but neither Of them saw
any one on the platform.
ALL TICKETS ACCOUNTED FOR.
Superintendent Alvey of the railroad COM
pany said to STAR reporter this morning that
all the tickets issued to Takoma during the few
days preceding and also including Sat-
urday night had been reported as
having been collected. The railroad COM
pany, he said, would probe the matter
to the bottom and would do all in their power
regardless Of expense, time and labor, to solve
the matter and cause the arrest of the guilty
parties. The officers interested in the case re-
gard it as a remarkable one and do not think
the criminals were professional thieves.
Officer Slack, who has done duty in the vicinity
of the railroad tracks for several years, is of
the opinion that it was the work of tramps. He
spoke Of the large number Of tramps who are
seen along the line of the road and referred to
an instance that happened about a month ago.
He said that he was in company with Sergt.
Slattery when he noticed three tramps washing
at the mouth of the sewer on the lexington
property. He started toward them and they
ran up the bank and jumped on passing train
and got away.