The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-03

air whistle sound very family. 1t was
enough to arouse him to the belief that
| something was wrong on the express
| car.
Going out on the platform OF the
coach, he climbed onto it, and, looking
! through the hole which the bell cord
comes through, he saw the upper part of
| man whose face below the eyes was con-
| cealed by red flannel mask. The mes
senger he could not see, and he went
| back, set the air brakes, and called his
| two trainmen. The three stood leaning
| out from the platform looking forward
| along the sides of the express ear. Sud-
denly a form appeared at the side door
| Of the express car. Revolver bullets
| whistled past their eyes, and Il voice
was heard commanding them to signal
| the engineer to go ahead or take the
| consequences. The trainmen We're un-
! armed. The condu tor told one of his
men to jump off, run back to Jordan,
and telegraph alon: the line to Rockies
| ter that they had Il train robber on
| board.
This was done and the conductor sig
| nailed the engineer to so ahead at full
| speed, thinking that the robher would
| not dare jump and would be captured at
| the next stop. The train went to Fort
| 1Ou. HUI INC vi ahtS WHY Stt
| and the conductor and trainmcn went to
the express car.
| The car showed signs of desperate
struggle Money packages ana jewclry
were lying scattered about, everything
stained with blood, and Messenger Nc
! Inerney was lying bleeding from several
! wounds and almost unconscious. The
| rObhcr was nowhere to be seen and was
| supposed to have Jumped and made good
| his escape. McInerney wanted to be
brought on TO Rochester, and the train
went on to Lyons, the next stop. The
news had spread all along the
line by this time, and the sta
tion at Lyons was alive. Among
others in the crowd was well-dressed
young man wearing gold eyeglasses and
carrying Il sachel slung over his shoul-
der. Now, it happened that the train
men had noticed the young man Mt the
| station at Syracuse before the train had
started out. An attempt to arrest him
was made, but he pulled two 1evolvers,
held the crowd back, and acked across
the yard until he reached Il coal-train,
| the engine of which had steam up ready
! to pull ont 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 fireman out with his
revolvcrs. pulled open the throttle and
started the engine.
| Conductor Laas and one of the switch
men procured a shotgun, freed the en-
gine of the express. and, with the fire.
| man and engineer, started in pursuit of
the fugitive. Tho Central Hudson is
four tracked road. and tho engines.
though they were going west, were not
on the same track. The express engine
soon overlook the robber, who suddenly
reversed his engine and let his pursuers
pass him, pouring pistol bullets into the
cab as his pursuers went by. Then the
pursuers stopped and the pursued went
ahead. About seven miles further on
the robbcr found his steam going out of
his engine. He dropped off at q cross
road and started across the country. He
managed to terrorize Il farmer into let
ting him have a horse, and rode on about
two miles farther south, where he pro-
cured another horse. The party in tho
express engine had returned to Lyons,
| where the Sheriff of Wayne County had
organized posse, which, under com
mand of Deputy Sheriff Collins, started
in pursuit. Meantime the farmers along
the robbers line of retreat had also
turned out. fully armed. in pursuit.
The rohber was sighted about five
miles south of Newark The roads are
very bad and he had made very poor
speed. He abandoned his horse and ran
across lots to Benton's swamp, hut the
swamp proved to be too full Of water
to be penetrated and the fugitive took
up his station behind n stone wall and
faced his pursuers. After some parley
he surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Col
Inns. He was taken back to Lyons and
| ln6paI in iait H., bn .nf
William Cross; said he was from New
nIexico, and had been boarding in Syra-
cuse for some time. He admitted he
was the man who attempted the train
robbery to Chief of Detectives HAYDEN
of this city. He is believed to be the
muchwanted Oliver Curtis Perry who
robbed Express Messenger Moore near
Utica last fall. The story Of the at
tempted robbery, as far as can be gath
cred. is this:
The express messenger will not talk.
Cross boarded the train 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 door ON one
side of the ear he let himself down onto
the other, and resting his toes on the
ledge that runs across the car. he lcok-
cd in the glass Of the side door and saw
the express messenger in front of one Of
the safes. which was open, making up
his bills. He smashed the glass with
his revolver, covered the messenger, and
shouted to hold up his hands.
Instead Of doing SO McInerney reached
Tor the signal cord with enc hand and
for his revolver with the other. A bull
let smashed the hand, but not before the
signal had been given that aroused the
conductor. Then McInerney fired on
the robber and put a bullet through, his
coat. Then the robber shot the messen-
ger twice-once in the right leg and
once n the left leg. He climbed into