The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-03-01
JESSE JAMES OUTCOME AT HIS
OWN GAME.
TRAIN ROBBNG RECORDS BROKEN.
A Lone Highwayman Enters An Express
Car BY Means OF . Rope Ladder At
Rochester, n. T., and Casts In the
Shade All the Daring Deeds
of Our Own jesse JImss
Run to Earth at Last


ROCHESTER, y. Y, Feo 22-The shoot
Ing OF an express messenger in a New
York Central train, the riff ng of valuable
safe, the fight Of the ro5bcr on Tie Gu
CINE OF another train, from which he drove
the crew at the point OF a revolver, a run
+ ning fight from the engine for miles with
another engine filled with railway men
and the final capture Of the desperate by
. sherif's posse in swamp after wild
pursuit across the country, are some Of
the sensational features of the most des-
perate attempt At train robbery in the
history Of tho Central railway and which
east in the shade as an exhibition Of cool.
aess and nerve the famous exploits Of
Western outlaws.
The train, No. 81, on the Central Hud-
son known as the American express COM
pany's special, runs between New York
and Buffalo and carries only goods and
property shipped by that company, on the
Same time and with the same privileges a.
the limited express. The train leaves
Now York at 9 o'clock each evening and
Is due in this city at 105 in the morning.
An Express Oar Full of Money.
Nearly all the cars are run through to
Chicago and contain the most valuable ex-
press matter. One car is known as the
money carr and in il is sent the specie
from the United States treasury for West
ern 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
IN any other day and often amounts to
more than e1,0)O.OOo in addition to jewelry
and other valuables. Daniel T. McInerney
Of this city was in charge Of the money
sar on the trip Saturday night.
VISITED by . Lone Despsrado.
When the train was near Weedsport the
conductor, who was in the coach with his
two trainmen, thought he heard the air
whistle sound very family. Going out on
the platform Of the coach he climbed into
1t and looking through the hole where the
bell cord comes through he saw the upper
part Of q man whose face below the eyes
was concealed by Q red flannel mask. The
messenger he could not see. He went
back, set the air brakes and called his two
trainmen to the platform. Suddenly mans
form appeared ct the side door Of the ex-
press car. Revolver bullets whistled
past their ears and . voice was heard COM
handing them to signal the engineer to 60
ahead or take the consequences. Tho
trainmen were unarmed. The conductor
told oLs Of his men to jump OF, run back
to Jordan and telegraph to Rochester that
they had train robber on board. This
was done and the conductor signaled the
engineer to 20 ahead at full speed.
FAT Fort Byron the trainmen went to the
express car This sho wed signs of des-
perate struggle. Money packages and
tewelry were lying scattered about
Everything in the car was stained with
blood and Messenger McInerney was ly-
ing bleeding from several wounds and
almost unconscious. The robber was
aowhere to be seen. McInerney wanted
to be brought on to Rochester and q tele-
gram for an ambulance was sent
The Outlaws Wonderful Nerve
At Lyons the station was alive with peo-
ole. Among others was q well dressed
man wearing gold eye glasses and carry
ing Q satchel slung over his shoulder. Now
1t happened that the trainmen had noticed
the young man at the station at Syracuse
before the train started and they had not
seen him ,nce and the question what he
was doiu.i at Lyons at once sug-
gested itself. An attempt to arrest him
was made, but he pulled two
revolvers, held the crowd back and backed
across the ysrd until he reached q coal
train, the engine 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 fireman out with his re-
volvers, pulled open the throttle and
started the engine.
DConductor Lass and one Of the switch
men procured shot-guns, freed the engine
Of the express and with the fireman and
engineer started in pursuit Of the fugitive.
The express engine soon overlook the
robbers engine, but he suddenly reversed
bis engine and let his pursuers pass him,
pouring . perfect train Of bullets into the
cab as his pursuers went by. Then the
others stopped and the pursued went
ahead. Another duel ensued. the shotgun
taking part this time. No one was hurt on
either side.
Captured After . Long Chase.
About seven miles further on the rob
Der found his steam going out Of his en-
CINE, dropped OF at q cross road and
started across the country, going south.
Here he forced farmer into letting him
have horse and ro< on two miles fur
ther south. Here Q procured q horse
and compelled the 'ner to trust him with
1t BY firing on him.
The party in the express engine had re-
turned to Lyons where the sheriff Of
Wayne county had organized q posse,
which, after An exciting pursuit, succeed
ed in capturing the outlaw.
The outlaw gave the name of William
Cross, said he was from New Mexico and
had been boarding in Syracuse for some
time. He Is believed to be the much want
Cd Oliver Curtis Parry, who robbed Ex-
press Messenger Moore Ut Utica last fall
Tho story Of the attempt at robbery
q far Is It can DO gathered is this:
3, How the Robbery Was Done.