The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1892-07-20

Messenger " lIIlitiIIs OF tue extreme
gravity Of tue situation. The door
was opened. 1t swarmed with greedy
robbers with their guns trained on
the messenger. They made him Ut
lock the safe and they pulled every /
thing they could lay hands upon |
out of it aud piled it on the floor
of the car. Then the three robbers |
in the car took away the messenger 5
watch, ,bouud thal nnAappy man and
dumped him il au out of the way
corner. From uut Of the darkness
there appeared ii sprius wagon
driven by one of the robbers. 1t
backed up to the door and the heap
ed up plu-der was shoveled into it
Then the business like Daltons pre-
pared to depart.
FALsTAFFIAN HEROES.
In the smoking car Of train No. ,
there sitting nine we'll armed guards
sent along to prevent just such an
episode as was going on in the tx
press car. These doughty guards
were commanded by J. J. Kinney,
chief Of the roads detectives, and
CAPTAIN J. H. LAHORE. chief Of the
Cherakee Indian police.
About the time the robbery was
all over these guards became dlmly
aware of what was going OF,
and they opened rapid fire
at the freebooters through the
car windows. The robbers replied
with promptness and much visor.
Bullets whistled everywhere. How
ever the robbers loaded their wagon
and drove merrily off toward the
woods firing as they went. After the
robbers had disappeared in the dark
it was found that the fire had been
deadly.
DEADLY RANDOM SHOTS.
In drug store near the depo'
Doctors W. l.. Golf and YoungblooC
had been sitting. Many stray hui
lets tore through the frame wall oi
the building both of the men We're
struck by them. DR.. Gotf died III
short time. DR.. Youugbloods con
dition is most serious.
The robbers bullets wrought in
jury among the guards too Cap
tain Kinney was slightly wounded
on the shoulder and La Flore re
ceived a superficial wound on tn
arm, while a guard named Ward wa
slightly wounded.
All this shooting created grea
panic among the passengers, VIII
frightened into frenzy. But non
of them We're harmed; the Dalton
ALWAYS contine themselves to .expres
safes when they go on a bushes
tous,
AMOUNT OF swAG.
Just how much the robbers secul
ed is not known The officials
. the company refuse to give out an
information, and the messenger VIII
was robbed processes dense ign'
rance. That the haul was a lars
one is indicated by the quick actie
of the express people in orderir
pursuit. Vice-president Thomas
Purdy of the Pacific express COZ
panv and J. S. Fuller, the divlsit
superintendent. have issued circula
offering a reward $4,000 rewa
=. for the arrest Of the entire gang,
$4,000 for each robber.
- Local officials of the compal
- have Detective Kinney to secure t
- largest possible posse and to spa
: nothing to run down the robbie,
There will be hot chase.
n. HAD BEEN EXPECTED.
ct Sedalia. Mo, July 15-The ho
lis up of the Missouri. Kansas and Il
he as train at Adair. L T.. last mig
es brought ont some interesting fac
g. For a month past the officials of t
Pacific Express company have be
: anticipanu5 an attack from the re
ne nant Of the notorious Dalton gal
lis but exactly at what point 1t wol
"a be made was al surlnise. In {
1l tlcipation, however, armed guar
it have accompanied the messeng'
Is, Oh each trip.