The state herald., 1892-02-26
A CHEEKY ROBBER.
ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP AN Ex-
PRESS MESSENGER.
A Daring Bandit Attempts singlc-Handcd
to Secure n Fortune, but Fails and
II Captured.

The express train which left New
night had strange experience.
When the train was near Woodsport tho
conductor, who was In the coach with his two
trainmcn, thought he heard the alr whistle
sound very family. 1t was enough to arouse
him to the belief that something was wrong
in the express car. Going out on the plat
form Of the COACH he climbed into It and
looked through the hole where the bell cord
comes through. He saw the upper part of n
man, whose face below the eyes was concealed
by red flannel mask. The messenger he
brakes, and called his two trainmen. The
three stood leaning out from the platform
looking along the sides Of the express car.
Suddenly mans form appeared Mt the side
door of the express car. Revolver bullets
whistlcd past their heads, and voice was
heard commanding them TO signal the en-
ginccr to go ahead or take the consequences.
The trainmen were unarmcd. The conductor
told one of his men to jump of and run back
to Jordan and telegraph along the line to re-
port that they had train robbcr on board.
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the engineer TO go ahead at full speed, think
ing that the robber would not dare jump, and
would be captured ut the next stop. The
train went to Fort Byron, Here the brakes
We're set again, and,thc trainmen went to the
express car.
The car showed signs OF desperate strug-
gle. Money packages and jewclry were lying
scattered about, everything In the car was
stained with blood and Messenger McIncrney
was lying bleeding from several wounds, and
almost unconscious, The robbcr was nowhere
to be seen and was supposed to have jumped
and made his escape. McIncrncy wanted to
he 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 alive
with people. Among Others In the crowd was
II wcll-drcsscd man wearing gold eyeglasses
and carrying satchcl slung over his shoulder.
Now 1t happened that the trainmcn had no.
ticcd the young man at the station at Syracuse
before the train started ont, and they had not
seen him since and the question, what he was
doing Mt Lyons, at once suggested itself An
two rcvolycrs and 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 ont for the west. He pulled the
pin holding the tender To the first ear. He
climbed over the coal into the cab, drove the
engineer and fireman out with his revolyers,
pulled open the throttle and started the en-
gne.
The tralnmen gave chase on another loco
motive and n hot chase and lively fusilladc
followed. The fellow took to the woods and
was finally captured by farmers.
1t transpires that he had at first gotten on
top Of the express car and then lowered him
self by means of hooked pole TO the ear
door, and gotten in. a hot fight ensucd with
the express messenger who was badly wound
cd. After the robbcr had been discovered he
climbed back to the roof where he rode to
Lyons. lie secured nothing at all by his dcs-
perate venture.