The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-27
A SENSATION ON THE LINE.
Express Robbery, Pursuit and Capture
CT the Bold bandit.

the American Express Company S Spe-
cia'. 1t runs every day III the year be-
tween New York and Buffalo, ana car
ries only goods and property shipped
by that company. One car is known as
sent the specie from the / nlted States
treasury for Western banks as well as
the money in process Of exchange be-
tween the banks of New York and the
West The load of wealth sent out rom
New York on this train is usually great
er on Saturday evening than on any 9th
er day, and often amounts TO more than
a million dollars in addition to ieWelrv
and other valuables. Daniel t. McIner-
ney, Of this city, was in charge Of the
'tmoney car" on the trip Saturday night.
When the train was near NetdSport,
the conductor, who was III the coach
with his two trainmen, thought he heard
the alr-Thistle sound very family. IT
was enough 10 arouse him to the belief
that something was wrong III the eX-
press car. Going out on the platform
OF the coach he climbed into il, and
looking through the hole which the bell
cord comes through he saw the upper
part OF a man whose face below
the eyes was concealed by Ii red flannel
mask. The messenger he could not see.
He went back, set the air-brakes and
called his two tralnnen. The three
stood leaning out from the platform
looking forward along the sides Of the
express car. Suddenly mans form
appeared at the side door of the express
car. Revolver bullets whistled past
their ears and voice was heard com
manding them to signal the engineer to
20 ahead or take the consequences.
The tTainmen We're unarmed.
The conductor told one Of his men to
lamp off, run back to Jordan and te.e-
graph along the line to Rochester that
they had train robber on board. This
was done, and the conductor signaled
the engineer to 20 ahead at full speed,
thinking that the robber would not dare
unp and would be captured al the next
stop. The train went to Fort
Byron. Here the brakes were
set again and the conductor and
trainmen went TO the express car. The
car showed signs Of desperate strug
gle. Money packages and jewelry were
living scattered about, everything in
the car stained with blood and Mes
senger McInerney was lying bleeding
from several wounds and almost uE-
conscious. The robher was nowhere
To be seen, and was supposed 10
have jumped and made good his
escape. McInerncy wanted to be
brought on to Rochester. telegram
for an ambulance was sent on to ROches-
ter, and the train went on to Lyons, the
next stop. The news had spread all
along the line by his time, and the sta
ton at Lyons was all alive. Among
others in the crowd was well-dressed
Young man wearing gold eyeglasses
and carrying satchel slung over his
shoulder.
Now it happened that the trainmen
had noticed the young man at the sta
ton at Syracuse before the train started
out ami they had pot seen him since
and the question what he was doing at
LYONS at once suggested itself. An at
tempt 20 arrest him was made. but be
pulled two reyolyers, held the crowd
back and backed across the yard until
be reached a coal train the engine OF
hlch had steam up ready 10 pun
out for the West. He pulled the pin
holding the tender TO the first car,
climbed over the coal into the cab,
drove the engineer and tiremen out
with his revolvers, pulled open the
throttle and started the engine. Con-
duCtor I.aass and one of the sWltchmen
procured a shotgun, fired the engine
of the express and with the fireman
and engineer started III pursuit OF the
fugitive.
1t will be remembered that the Cen
trail Hudson is a four-tTacked road and
the engines, though they were going
West were not on the same track. The
express engine soon overlook the rob
Der, who suddenly reversed ms engine
and let his purSuers pass him, poura per
feet yOllev of bullets into the cab as his
pursuers went by. Then the purSuers
stopped and the pursued went ahead.
Another artillery duel ensuod, the shot
gun taking part this time. No one was
hurt in either battle. About seven
miles farther on the rObber found bis
steam going out of the engine. lie
dropped off at cross road and started
across the country, gong south. lie
managed to terrorize farmer INTO let
ting him have horse and rode on about
two miles further south. Here he pro-
cured horse and compelled the owner,
A farmer, TO entrust him with 1t by tir-
ing on him.
The party in the express engine had
returned to Lyons, where the sheriff Of
Wayne County had organised a posse.
which under command of Deputy Ster-
1T Collins started in pursuit. Mean
time the farmers along the robber line
of retreat had also turned out fully
armed in pursuit. The runaway WAS
sighted about five miles south of New
ark. The roads are very bad and he
had made very poor headWsy.
He abandoned his horse and ran
across lots to Benton's swamp. Butthe
swamp proved too full of water to be
penetrated, and the fugitive took up his
position behind 4 stone wall and faced
his purslerS. After some parley he sur
rendered to Deputy SheritfCollins. He
was taken back to Lyons and lodged in
ian. He gave the name of William Cross.
said he was from New Mexico, and had
been boarding in Syracuse for some
time He admitted he was the man
who attempted the train robbery to
Chief OF Detectives Hayden, of this
city. who had been wired for. He Is
believed to be the much-wanted Oliver
Curtis Perry, who robbed Express
Messenger Moore near tica last fall.
The story of attempt at robbery as lar
as it can be gathered is this: The eN-
press messenger, be it understood, will
not talk Cross boarded the tram when
it pulled out of Syracuse and climbed on
top of the express car He was provided
with hooked rope. Fastening the hook
in the slight cornice OF the root on one
side OF the car be let himself down
on To the other, and resting his toes on
the ledge that runs across the car he
looked in the glass of the side door and
saw the express messenger in front OF
one of the safes which was open. max
inc up his bills. He smashed the
glass and with his revolver cover
ing the messenger. he shouted to
him 10 hold up his hands. Instead
Of doing So, Mcinarny reached
for the signal cord with one hand and
his revolver with the other. \ bullet
smashed the hand, but not before the
signal had been given that aroused the
onductor. Then McInerny fired on the
robber and put a bullet through his
coat. Then the robber shot the mes
senger twice, once IN the right leg, and
once in the left leg. He climbed in
the car. and desperate struggle took
place which did not end until the train
stopped for the first time. near Woods
p1rt II is evident thar the r0bber