Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
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The Captured Corder Bank Ro:Sber Hanged
Further Details of the RobberX.

The Captured corder Bank Ro:ber Hanged
Further Details Of the Robbery.
CoRDER Mo-, Sept 2-Yesterday
morning the body of Andrew MurreI,
one of the American bank robbers, was
found hanging by a clothesline from !
locust tree which stands full in view Of
passing trains, where the lynchers had
left it unmutilated-
About noon the corpse was brought
to town and Justice of the Peace r N
Barley, in the absence of the coroner,
impaneled a jury, which decided that
the man met death at the hands of I'M
known parties Then the body was
buried.
Cashier Groves gives the details of
the attack about as follows: At 500
o'clock, while he was posting up his
books, he heard some person enter the
bank. He paid no particular attention
at first, thinking it was q customer. A
few seconds later. as he stepped to the
window, he was confronted by a man
who pointed a revolver at HIM with the
words:
''Hold up; we mean business"
Another man walked around inside
and covered him with two revolvers
while the first man repeated the de-
mand to shell out Mr.. Groves quietly
told them he supposed they could help
themselves This they did. Several
large checks had been paid during the
afternoon, leaving the cash on hand
unusually small The cashier was I'M
armed and had no weapon in the bank.
Most Of the money was taken from q
drawer, but some was taken from the
vault They were persuaded not to
take package of notes upon the assur-
ance that the notes could do them no
good The robbery consumed about
ten minutes, and then the desperadoes
retreated through the rear door.
Murrell. who was young in appear
ance, declared that this was his first ex-
perience as a desperate and that he
was persuaded to assist in the robbery
by Derrick, who paid his railroad fare
from Tennessee. He says Derrick
used to work on farm in this section
and had been an outlaw for years.
The robbers had divided the spoils
as about half of the money was found
in Murrell's possession
OF the escaped robber, who really
did the work, there is no trace. He left
behind as a c1ew only broad brimmed
white hat with black calico mask
sewed into it. He was, according to
Cashier Groves, short, heavy set man,
very determined in action, evidently
experienced in crime. Murre1 said
that every one in Corder knew him.
COLORADO TRAIN ROBBERS.
Seven Masked Men Rob a Train on the Rio
Grande koad-Believed to he the Mccoy
Gang.
CANON CITY. Col, Sept. 2.-Seven men
held up an east-bound Rio Grande train
last night near CotopaXi
The highwaymen compelled the flag
man at Texas creek to give up all the
torpedoes in his possession and also
forced him to flag the train.
AS soon as it stopped the engineer
and fremen were held up at the point
of rifles. Fireman Auer was relieved
of his fine gold watch, and then, at the
muZzle Of seven rifles, he was forced to
pick the lock and break in the door of
the baggage car. under fire from the
express messenger, who knew that
something was wrong as soon as tho
train stopped.
Express Messenger Angel made de-
termined resistance and used a revolver
to good advantage, but whether anyone
was killed or not is not definitely
known, as he was compelled to shoot
through the glass part of the doors.
The fight was a fierce one, though it
lasted only few moments.
Then one of the masked men placed
the cold muzzle of a revolver against
the messengers temple and, under a
threat against his life, he opened the
safe door. The highwaymen took 49,
600 from the strong box.
The mail car doors were all broken
out, but nothing was taken from the
car.
Horses were in readiness and as soon
as the robbery was accomplished the
robbers fed to Wet Mountain valley.
They did not disturb the passengers,
evidently not wishing to stay longer on
the ground than the actual necessities
of the occasion demanded.