The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-23
LDESPERL1EROBBER
His Attempt 10 " 0rack" an Ez-
press Train Oheckmated.
.BFoLE An ENGINE N H1s FLIGHT


Robber ami His Pursucrs Engage
IN . Flying Duel Finally Sur
rounded and Captured By n Quar-
let or omcers.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Feb, 2e.--Daniel
T. McInery, messenger In the employ
fthe American Express company, lies
1T his home on Waverly Place, in this
city, with three bullet wounds on his
person, the result Of an encounter with
a most desperate train robber. The
American express train, which reached
this city at 7:i5 ON the New York Cen
trail railroad, left Syracuse yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock, very nearly on
time, In charge Of Conductor Emil
Laass and Engineer Caleb Cherry.
About half an hour after the train left
Syracuse Messenger McInery WINS
startled by the sound Of breaking glass.
Before he could discover its cause a
masked man sprang through the broken
windoW and confronted him with re-
volver. McInery drew his weapon q id
both men fired at the same time. Nc
Inery missed his mark, but the robber
did not. His bullet penetrated Nc
Inery's left hand, and it was followed
by two others, one Of which entered his
leg and the other grazed his forehead.
The robber knocked him senseless with
the butt Of his revolver and went it the
packages IN the car, while the Inessen-
ger lay unconscious.
Between Weedsport and Jordan the
conductor, z. Laass, thought he heard
the air signal sound, but as no one else
had heard 1t he paid no attention to it.
In few minutes it sounded again, this
time Enthusiastically, and the conductor
said: There is something wrong in the
express car ahead. where Mclnery Is
alone" He and a brakeman, H. A.
Culver, accordingly went to the plat
form between the two cars. The con-
ductor raped at the door, but received
no reply Then climbing on to the
handrail he peered into the car through
the opening that the bell rope ran
through. He saw nothing of McInery,
but instead saw strange man standing
In the car, over whose head was thrown
. red hood, which covered all of his
face except the nose and eyes, and fell
below his chin to his breast. Stepping
on the platform, the conductor said to
the brakeman, There is something
W4QnA III tACAUy MAAn DlktlA1Cl luz BuS
train to slow up.
Then both he and the brakeman leaned
of the platform on the south side of the
car and at the same time the red hooded
head Of the robber protruded from the
door OF the express car, and voice said,
.AG d. You, shove her ahead. and
before either could reply or dodge back
= bullet whizzed past their ears. Both
gprang back into the coach and the brake
man locked the front door.
Thought the Robber Had Escaped.
The train was running very slowly.
and without stopping it the conductor
directed the rear brakeman to take both
the red and white lanterns and 20 back
10 Jordan, signal any train he might
meet and telegraph to this city concern
ing the affair. The train then swung
rapidly ahead, but on nearing Port
Byron again slowed up. Arriving at
the station the conductor set the brakes
on his train and jumped onto the depot
platform and called the telegraph
operator. Presently McInery appeared
in the door of his car and called for
help, saying that he was wounded and
was all alone in the car. On hearing
this the conductor supposed that the
robber had become frightened and left
the train while it had been running
slowly, but future developments went
70 show him how much he was mis-
taken.
Another messenger was put in the car
20 care for the wounded man till they
should reach Lyons. The conductor and
his crew returned to the rear coach, and
the train proceeded ON its way to Lyons.
The train pulled into the depot Of the
last named station. McInery was taken
off and cared for, and then the train
backed up to take water. The con-
Anctor remained on the depot platform
talking to the station agent and to some
dozen or fifteen others who happened at
the station, stating that he thought the
robber had left the train before reaching
Port Byron, when the agent INTERRUPTED
with the remark that he had seen a man
jump off his train while it was standing
ut the depot
While Conductor Laass was looking
over his train Just previous to its pull
ing out OF Syracuse he had seen a man
lettering near it and had sharply scru-
tinized the face, as it was new one
around the depot to him, but he sup
posed that it was some one on duty
there and so thought nothing of it. Now
as the agent made this remark he
dIOulu duu 1lIQSelI lace
TO face with the same individual.
Kept at Bay with Reyolvers.
Turning to the brakeman, who stood
near, Mr.. Laass said, Didn't we see this
man in Syracuseg' to which the brake
man replied: YES, that's him; that's
your man, boys
All made rush for him, but the
stranger pointed brace Of revolvers at
the crowd, saying, "Oh, no, boys; keep
easy and don't be in hurry" He then
backed up. keepingN the crowd at bay
with bis threatening pistols, then turned
and ran across the tracks to the express
train, which was ON track 2, and tried to
nncouple the engine Of that train. He
could not do it, however, and crossed to
track !, where coal train was standing.
Leaping on the front car he uncoupled
the engine from the train, climbed over
the tank and thrusting his revolyers
into the faces Of the startled engineer
and fireman he Missed, with an oath. aIf
you prefer your lives to this engine hide;