Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-22
EXPRESS ROBBERY
Held Up a Money Car on
 the Central Road.
WOUNDED THE MESSENGER
The RObber Captured in . Swamp After
 Long Chase.

He Made No Resistance When Called
 Upon to surrender-Detectives 1dentifs
 Him as Perry, the REan Who Robbed :
 Train at Utica Some Time Ago. aud fo,
 Whose Capture SI, 900 Was Onered by
 the American Express Company.
 RocHEsTER, N. Y., Feb. 22.-Daniel T. McInerny, 8 messenger in the employ oi the American Exprtss Company, lies al his home on Waverly place, in this city, with three bullet wounds on his person, the result of an encounter with most desperate train robber.
 The American Express train which reaches this city at 7:15 a. m. on the New York Central Railroad, left Syra- cuse very nearly on time, in charge of Conductor Emil Laass and Engineer Caleb Cherry.
 About half an hour after the train left Syracuse, Messenger McInerny was 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 8 revolver.
 McInerny drew his weapon and both men fired at the same time. McInerny missed hls mark, but the robber didn't. His bullet penetrated McInerny'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 at the packages in the car.
 The robber secured $5, 900, but the au, thorities now have 1t in hand.
 RThe conductor of the train while stand ing in a crowd at Lyons talking of the robbery, recognized the robber, who as soon as he saw he was known, ran across the track and uncoupled heavy "hog'' engine and started off in it, followed by a couple of trainmen in lighter engine.
 Finding that this engine was gaining on him, he reversed the lever, and as he passed the trainmen emptied one of his revolvers into the cab without doing any harm. His fire was returned.
 Three times this performance was re- peated, and then the robber left the engine.
 AS soon as word was received in this city that an express robbery had been committed and 1t was learned that the miles of Lyons, preparations were made to have Rochester detectives join in the pursuit.
 Depot Master Warren telephoned to the police station and sent a carriage after Detective La Pointe.
 Detectives Kavanaugh and Furthere1 at once went to the Central station and were soon followed by Chief Hayden.
 Engine 691, in charge of Engineer c. Mackley, was placed at the service of the officers. The dstails of pursuit are thus told by Chief Hayden:
 -'As soon as was informed that the robbery had been committed I started with several detectives in pursuit. We heard of him first at the house of Samuel Goetzman, not far from the tracks at Blue Cut, where he had obtained horse by pointing pistol at the farmer. We again heard from him at the house of another man, where he had left the horse he had gotten from Goetzman, and took 8 horse and cutter in exchange. The farmer did not want to let him have the rig, but the robber fired two shots so close to his head that the powder black ened his face. After going ten miles further we discovered him in 8 swamp and he surrendered without making any resistance"
 Detective O'Neil of the New York Cen Ural railroad and Detective Ennis of Syracuse visited Lyons and identified the robber as Perry, who is wanted for the express robbery at Utica, committed last September. There is 8 reward of $1,000 offered for his capture by the American Express company.