Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-02-25
A DARING DEED.
Express Money Car on the New
York Central Robbed.
TIE WORK OF BUT ONE NAN.
lie seiEes an Engine and Is Pursued
on tho Rail For Mlles-At
Last Caught In
swamp.

Rochester,, ~ v, Feb 21.-The
train No. 81 on the Central Hudson,
known as the Ancri an Express Co.'S
specinl. runs between New York and
Buff.loa and carries on goods AMI prop
crty shipped by trat complnc, on the |
same time an with the same privileges |
ms the limited express. The train left |
Syracuse at o'clock Saturday morn |
ing, Conductor Emil Lass, of this city, |
drawn Ivy engine co. with Caleb Cherry, |
engineer The coach vas in the rear
and the money car just ahead.
When the train was near Wccdsport
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 elm bed into IL and looking through
the hole where the bell cord comes
through he saw the upper part OF
man whose face below the eyes was
concealed by red flannel mask. The
messenger he could not see. lie went
back. set the air brakes and called his
two trainmen TO the platform
Suddenly mans form appeared Mt
the side door of the express car. Re-
volver bullets whistled past their ears
md n voice was heard commanding
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 jump off,
| run back 10 Jordan and telegraph to
Rochester that they had train robber
on b ard This was done and the con-
duc,or signaled the engineer 10 60
ahead at full speed.
At Fort Byron the trainmen went 70
express car. This showed signs of
desperate struggle. Money packages
and Iewelry were lying scattered about
Every thing In the car was stained
with blood and Messenger Mclnerney
was lying bleeding from several
wounds and almost unconscious The
robber was nowhere TO be seen.
At Lyons the station was alive with
people. Among others was II well
dressed man wearing g Id eye glasses
and carrying a satchcl slung over his
shoulder. Now IL happened that the
trainmen had noticed the young mau
at the station at Syracuse before the
train started and they had not seen
him since and the question what he
was doing at Lyons at once suggested
itself An attempt 20 arrest him was
made, but he pulled two revolvcrs,
held the crowd back and backed across
the yard until he reached n coal train,
the engine of which had steam up
ready TO pull for the west He pulled
/ the pin holding the tender 10 the first
car, climbed over the coal into the cab,
drove the engineer and fireman out
with his revolvers, pulled open tho
y throttle and started the engine.
{ Conductor Lass and one OF the switch
: men procured shotguns, freed the en-
: CINE Of the express and with the fire
5 man and engineer started In pursuit OF
I the fugitive. The road Is four tracked
road and the engines though they we've
going west were not on the same track
= The express engine soon overtooh
the robbers engine, but he suddenly
: reversed his engine a1d lct hisp rsuer,
- pass him. pouring u perfe train Of bu''
G lets into the cab as his pur,ucrs wen
d by. Then the others stopped and TIA,
r pursued went ahead Another due
d eusued. the shotguns taking part thi'
y time. No one was hurt on either side
About seven miles further on tn,
: robbcr found his steam going out o
the engine, dropped off at a cross roa,
= and started across the country, goinI
south Here he reed farmer 10 lie
g him have a horse and rode on two mile
c further south Here he procured
s horse and compelled the owner
: farmer, to cntrust him with it by firinI
$ on him.
The party in the express engine hn,
5 returned TO Lyons whore the sheriff o
n Wayne county had organized "a posse
II which, under command of Deput.
u Sheriff Collins started in pursuit
Il Meantime the farmers along the rot
p bers line of retreat had also turne
n out fully armed, in pursuit.
e The runaway was sighted about iv
= miles south of Newark. The road
/ were very bad and he had made yer
c poor speed. lie abandoned his hors
20 and ran across lots to Benton's SWAMI
70 But the swamp proved 100 full Of waite
IN to DO penetrated, and the fugitive too
10 UP his position behind n stone wall an
faced his pursuers. After some parlc
, he surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Co
" Inns lie was taken back 10 Lyons an
OF lodged In Jail.
The outlaw gave the name of Willial
81 Cross, said he was from New Mexic
Or and had been boarding in Syracuse fC
IN some time, lie admitted he was tn
d. man who attempted the train robber
O. TO Chief Of Detectives Hayden, OF tn
SO city, who had been wired frr lie
err believed TO be the much wanted Olive
NJ Curtis Parry, who robbed Exprei
r. Messenger Moore near Utica last fal
y So far as can be learned the robb'
ly secured absolutely nothing, for whiC
tic the company can thank the readinel
lis Of Conductor Lass and the pluck
ed Messenger Mclnerney.
ed II Is now learned that Parry Il
.ly Lyons train robber was formerly
he COW boy and later worked rs a railwI
nd brakeman.
IN Miner Caught By Failing Coat
LEXINGTON, Mo-, Feb. 2i.-A co