Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22
TRIED TO ROB A TRAIN.
Tho Daring Of . Cowboy ON the Central
Hudson R0ad-Exciting Chase.

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Tho Daring Of . Cowboy on the Central
| Hudson Notwithstanding Chase.
Train No. 81 on the Central Hudson is known
ss the American Express Companys special
It runs every day in the year between New
York and Buffalo. and carries only goods and
property shipped by that company. The ex-
press com pany pays the Central Hudson many
thousands Of dollars yearly for the uso Of this
| train, and 1t runs on the same timo and
with the same privileges as the limited ex-
presses. The train leaves New York at 9
o'clock each evening and is due In Rochester,
n. Y. ut 705 o'clock in the morning. Nearly
| all the cars are run through to Chicago and
contain the most valuable express matter.
| One car is known MS the money" car and in
| II is sent the specie from the United States
| treasury for western banks, as we'll as money
| 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 other
days and often amounts &c more than 81 900 900,
! in addition to jewery and other valual les.
| One of the most trusted messengers OF the
| company. and sometimes several, arc placed in
charge of this car, and great is the secrecy
observed in regard to the car and its contents
| that often the crew of the train do not know in
which car the money is carried.
Daniei L. MciHefney OF hochoStef WAS In
charge of the money car on tie trip Saturday
night. The train was made up of eight ex-
press cars and one day coach for the accommo-
dation of the regular train crew. Only one mes
senger was assigned to the money, as the work
| of billing was light. The other cars had two
messengers.
The train left Syracuse at s o'clock yester-
Gay morning in charge of Conductor Emil
Laass Of Rochester. The train was drawn by
engine 692, with Caleb Charry engineer. The
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car just ahead. When the train was near Weeds
port the conductor, who was in the coach with
his two trainmen, thought he heard the air
whistle sound very faintiy. 1t enough to
arouse him to the belief that something was
wrong In the express car. Going out on the
platform OF the coach he climbed on the rail
and, looking through the hole where the bell
cord comes through, he saw the upper part Of
man, whose face below the ewes was concealed
by a red flannel mask.
The messenger he could not see. He went
back, set the air brakes aud called his two
trainmen. The three stood leaning out from
the platform looking forward along the sides
OF the express car.
Suddenly mans form appeared at the side
door Of the express car. Revolver bullets
whistled past their ears and voice was heard
commanding them to signal the engineer to go
ahead or take the consequences. The train
men were unarmed. The conductor told one
OF his men to jump of, run back to Jordan
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desperate struggle.
Money packages and jewelry were lying scat
tered about, everything in the car seemed
go IL. W, otooo' anu IuesSenser ASlherheS
a' .tins oieeolis from several WOUNDS anu al
to he seem and wss snnnosoJ 90 WAS WAS iunad
W 9e seen, ana was supposed 10 nave jumped
nI' in , eoou MS escape. Mclnerhey wanted
70 DC Drought on 70 hochoster. telegram Tor
an an amDui was sent on 70 Rochester and
.he .rsih went on 70 lyons, th9 next stop. Inc
hews h''u spread an aiong Ihe line by 'his time,
anu .ne s'a.ton q. ~ ohs was al aIve.
r, U'nono IN ',o Has
youne man wearing eoid eyeglasses ana carry
ing satchel siung by strap over ms shoulder;
noticed this same vopna man AZ The s,ation NJ
Syracuse before the train pulled out, and they
had not seen him since. and the question Of
%hat ne was ooinS at Lyons ana now ne got
mere AT once suggested ltseii. turning 70 the
nrnheinan' VINO s'ooo near, CONDUCTOR Laass
saiu:
Diun we see inns III y IN syracuse!
10 which the brakeman sand: es, that's him;
that your man, boys. Win that all made a
rush Tor MIN, but they had reckoned without
sncir host Tor the stranger, pointing brace
Oh reYoiVers at the crowd. said:
oh; no, boys; Keep easy and don't be In
hurry.
lie then backed up little ways, keeping the
crowd at Day with his threatening pistols, then
turned ana ran across the tracks to the express
Tram which was on the track and tried to I'M
couple the engine OF that train. He could not
90 1t, however, and crossed to the track where
coal tram drawn by one OF the heavy hog"
engines, No. oil, was standing. Leaping on
the 'front.' car. he uncoupied the engine from
the train, climbed over the water tank. and
thrustlng his revolvers into the face OF the
startled engineer and fireman he Kissed. with
an oath:
III You prefer your lives to this engine hide
your ID self. and they hid.
linen he pulled the throttle wide open and
sailed away, whistling aSshe came to the cross
ing with all the accuracy Of an experienced
engineer.
IN PURSUIT.
Conductor Lass and one of the switchmen
nrocurad n shot,,r fraa, th. .,,,,,.,o "a a.
VIC 0As,"e vi 'ne
eAPress, ana win tne fireman and engineer
started In pursuit OF the fugitive 1t will be
remembered that the Central Hudson is four
tracked road and the two engines, though both
going west, were not on the same track. The
express engine soon overlook the robber who
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