The Magnolia gazette., 1892-04-23
The TRAIN ROBBERY.
What Engineer Jarvis and Express
Agent Mat hews Say About it,
$1,000 Reward.

Ni,uuU reward.
| Mr.. c. q. Jarvis. engineer Of pas
seRger tram No ., which was
/ robbed on its north bound trip
1 last week at Newsom's mill, in his
official report to the railroad com.
pany, says that the man who
stepped on his cab ut Hammond
Station bore every indication OF be
inga native. He was OF M vi statur
AMI very shabbily dressed. He az
| peared to be young man. His
trousers we're trayed AZ the bottom,
aud he wore n cheap pair of bro
/ gan shoes. He WAS masked aud
h ld "A pistol in each hand. A.
soon as he got aboard Of the train
he pointed the weapons at both
the engineer and the tirema an, annl
in "A low tone said: "If You do
just exactly as tell you there
will be no trouble He then
added, ''Run along lively and stop
at the seventy seven mile post.
AS the engineer hesitated he Ie-
marked, addressing himself to thu
engineer, "D1 you know where
the sevenly-seven mile post is2"
Jirvis answered that he was not
Ger ain that he did. "W H." re-
marked the train robber, "yau
pass over two trestles and the
Seventy-seyen m le post is about
80 yards the other side of the
second trestle."
The col in the fire box was
about exhausted and the practical
railroad IN ~, noticing This, ID
served to the road agent "lt you
don't let us put some coal into
this engine she will stop, aud we
Will not be able TO M Ike the
seventy-seven milr post" "Fire
her up" re orted the robber.
The fireman threw op.n the door
10 the fire box aud the food Of
light which burst fn tia lell full and
trong upon the face Of the road
! tgrni. Daring the bricf interval
which elapsed pending he coaliag
{ OF the en- gine, the engineer was
} able 10 obtain good look at his
uniuyited gnes This necessary
piece Of work completed, Jarvis
{ Id the rubber tnat he had re-
crived orders to meet the south
bound train at Independence. The
man asked Jarvis which one Of the
trains took the siding, and the en-
giheer replied, 81 will take the
SIDE track.n He then asked Jarvis
who attended to the opening aud
closing Of the switch at that sra
tion, aud was told that it was the
tiagnan.
The robber thereupon exclaimed:
"That's all right; but dOn't you
} let any bpdy G on THIS engine and
don't you make any signs to any.
body that would in any way an.
nounce my presence, for if you do
| will kill YOU
The train proceede on its way
north aud went il Oh the side track.
After the south bound train had
passed, as IS the custom. the fl e
man a tempted to get on The eu-
gine, but the engineer would not
let him do so. The hagnan was
not given the reasons for this
rather unusual proceeding, as may
be conjectured.
The tram then took up its
Journey north. When it had
reached the seventyseve u mile
post, it was stopped by order OF
the train robber, who wa' joined
at that point by his two conftd-
crates, who were in waiting.
The two other robbers were also
masked. They are described by
the engineer as young man.
plainly, not to say shahbily
dressed, and locke to be residents
of that section Of the country. The
mrn required the engineer and
fireman to g, with thrm back to
ilI- expr s. car aud demand en-
trance. After knock ing few
times, the door was forced open
aud thu messenger contronte | by
th- m "a wirn leveied pistols IT,.
messenger made no resistance, d
one Of lie robbers entered the car,
while tile rwO others kept the m s.
senger and the engineer aud fire
man covered. The work was
quickly completed.
/ The fact that the train had
stopped AZ an unusu,i plic 80 ~
brought ont the cODdGct n aud the
train crew. Trey came forward t.
see what was the matter. Tue en-
gine~r was thrn ordered Dy HE
robbers to go oiin 'front.' and in
form the appro 'ching crew that
, tue train was ~ the hands oi
+ robbers aud n It il they advanced
that they would be XII led. t ,e
crew upoi learning Lliis iininedi.
afely went b ick. The train robbers
: having completed their work. com
pell-d The engineer and firem IN tc
. cover the headlight. They were