Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-02-25
a MODERN JESSE JAMES.

a MODERN JESSE JAMES.
He Ia Detected In the Act Of RobbInR an
Express Car His Capture Attempted,
when He Seizes q Locomotive and Speeds
Away, Followed BY u Posse on Another
Enginc-Steam Giving Out He Deserts
I.!s Machine and Is Finally Caught in
Swamp.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Feb. 22.-The
shooting of an express messenger on a
Central Hudson train; the riding of q
valuable safe; the fight Of the
robber on the engine of another
train, from which he drives the
crew at the point of revolver; a rum
ming fight from the engine for miles
followed by another engine filed with
railway men, and the final capture Of
the desperate by a sheriff''s posse in a
swamp after wild pursuit across the
country are some of the sensational
features of the most desperate attempt
at train robbery in the history of the
Central Hudson railway and which cast
in the shade as an exhibition of cool
ness and nerve the famous exploits of
the Jesse James band or other outlaws
of western fame.
Train No. 81 on the Central Hudson
is known as the American Express
Company's special It runs every dav
in the year between New York and
Buffalo and carries only goods and
property shipped by that company.
The train leaves New York at clock
each evening, and is due in this city at
7:05 in the morning Nearly all
the cars are run through to Chi
cago and contain the most valuable ex-
press matter. One car is known as
the money car, and in it is sent the
specie from the United States treasury
for western banks as well as the
money in process of exchange between
the banks of New York and the west
The load of wealth sent out from New
York on this train is usually greater
on Saturday evening than on any other
day and amounts to more than 81, OOO,-
600, in addition to jewelry and val
uables
Daniel I. McInerny. of this city, was
in charge of the money car on the trip
Saturday night. The train was made
up of eight express cars and one day
coach for the accommodation of the
regular train crew. Only one mes
senger was assigned to the money car
as the work of billing was light.
When the train was near Weedsport
the conductor, who was in the coach
with his two trainmen, thought he
family. It was enough to arouse
him to the belief that some
thing was wrong on the express
car. Going out on the platform
of the coach he climbed upon the rear
OF the express car and, looking through
the hole which the bell cord comes
through, 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. He went back,
set the air-braxes and called his two
trainmen. The three stood leaning out
from the platform looking forward
alo.ig the sides of the express car Sud-
denly mans form appeared at the
side door of the express car.
Revolver bullets whistled past their
ears and voice was heard command
ing them to signal the engineer to go
ahead or take the consequences The
trainmen were unarmed. The con-
ductor told one of his men to
and telegraph along the line to Roch-
ester that they had train-robber on
board. This was done and the conduc-
tor signaled the eng :neer to go ahead
at full speed, thinking that the robber
would not dare jump and would be
captured at the next stop.
The train went to Fort Byron. Here
the brakes were set again and the con
ductor and trainmen went to the ex-
press car. The car showed signs of des-
perate struggle Money packages and
jewelry were lying scattered about.
Everything in the car was stained with
blood and Messenger McInerny was
lying bleeding from several wounds and
almost unconscious. The robber was
nowhere to be seen and was supposed
to have jumped and made good his es-
cape. Mc1nerny wanted to be brought
on to Rochester. A telegram for an
ambulance was sent 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 station at
Lyons was al alive Among others in
the crowd was "a well dressed
young man wearing gold eye
glasses Now it happened that
the trainmen had noticed the
young man at the station at SYRIA
cuse before the train started out and
they had not seen him since, and the
question what he was doing at Lyons
at once suggested itself An attempt
to arrest him was made, but he pulled
two revolvers, held the crowd back
and backed across the yard un.
til he reached a coal train, the en-
CINE of which had steam up ready
to pull 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 firemen out
with his revolvers, pulled open the
throttle and started the engine.
Conductor Laass aud one of the
switchmen procured a shotgun, freed
the engine of the express and with the
fireman and engineer started in pur-
SUIT OF the fugitive. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Central Hudson is a
four tracked road and the en-.
gines, though they were going west,
were not on the same track. The
express engine soon overlook the rob-
Der, who suddenly reversed his engine
and let his pursuers pass him, pouring
perfect rain of pistol bullets into the
cab as his pursuers went by. Then the
pursuers stopped and the pursued wen,
ahead. Another artillery deal ensued,
the shotgun taking part this tine. No
one was hurt in either battle.
| About miles farther on the rob.
Der found his steam going out of the
engine. He dropped off at cross
road and started across the country,
going south. He managed to terrorize
a farmer into letting him have horse
and he rode on about 2 miles
farther south. Here he procured a