The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-16
THE DALTONS AGAIN
A Train Held Up in the Indian
Territory.
FOUR OF THEPAssENaERs WOUNDED

tUUh VI I'LL d6EASbhNHEhS WUuNDED
The Express Company's Safe Blown
j Open and Between Fifty and Sew
enty-flve Thousand Dollars Cap
tured-Quite a Lively Fight-No
Trace of the Thieves.
PARSONS, Kan, July 18.--NeYs has
reached here that the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas passenger train No. 3 was
halted and robbed at Adair Station. in
Indian territory, seventy miles from
here, late at night. The kdesperadoes
who committed the robbery are the
Dalton brothers, who have been guilty
of more crimes Of this nature than any
other of the gang of rufians that make
the nation their headquarters. The
thieves blew open the safe and secured
the contents, which, it is asserted by an
official who knows, were certainly be.
tween $50, 900 and $75, 1000.
The robbery was not accomplished
without hard fight, however. in which
Captain j. M. Kennedy, chief of detec-
tives Of the road; l.. A. Flora, member
of the Indian police, and two doctors,
passengers on the train and residents Of
Adair, were wounded. None of them,
however, is likely to die from the injur-
los received.
The train left vinita, forty miles east
of Adair, On time. Nothing wrong was
noticed until few miles from Adafr,
where two men with faces masked
jumped down from the tender into the
cab, and, presenting revolvers to the
engineer and fireman, ordered the train
brought to halt.
The Train Stopped.
This command was obeyed. And the
train soon came to q standstill. Is soon
as the train stopped shots were heaId
outside. Captain Kennedy, Flora and the
two doctors, who live in Adair, rushed
from the cars. They saw two men
standing at the side of the express car.
: into which they had fred several shots,
after the messenger had failed to comply
with their demand to open the door.
The men who had last appeared kept
up a lively firing for the purpose of in
tlmldatlng the passengers on the train
and with excellent effect, not soul ap-
pearing. As q matter OF fact, most of
them were il their seats or lying in the
car aisles. The two men at the express
car were Joined by third, only one
man being left with the engineer and
fireman.
Up to this time the messenger had
persisted in his refusal to open the door
One of the Dalton boys then shouted he
had placed dynamite under the car and
would blow IL TO atoms if the door was
not opened, firing, by way of emphasis,
sevF! al shots into the air, which passed
unct hliortably near the head of the mes
senger. At this the messenger gave in
and opened the door.
The Safe Blown Open.
The three men sprang into the car,
and while one covered the terrified mes
senger with his gun the other two turned
their attoption to the safe. The work
OF blowing it open was soon accom-
plished and the contents quickly ex-
tracted. After relieving the messenger
of his watch the robbers bound him and
dumped him in a corner of the car.
They then leaped to the ground. and
after firing several more shots disap-
pearsd.
After it became certainty that the
robbers had gone the train started for
Adair. AS soon us the station was
reached the alarm was given, posse
hastily formed and returned to the scene
of the robbery. No trace of the thieves
was discernible. That they We're mem-
bers of the Dalton gang, headed by the
Daltons themselves, is known beyond
peradventure.
The officials here are reticeHt as to
the amount of money received by the
thieves, but the sum given above is
youched for by an official of the express
company here. The railroad company,
while admitting the facts stated, ex-
press surprise that the affair should
have takee place without loss Of life.
Another Account of the Robbery.
The express company says that the
money in the safe was only small
amount, not exceeding S2 600 but there
is reason to believe that it was many
times that amount
The train was stopped at water tank
about quarter of mile from Adair.
Two masked men confronted the engi-
peer with revolYers and held him pris-
oner while two others compelled the fire.
man to break down the door of the ex-
press car with II pick. Two other men
joined tue robbers at the car door, max
ing six all. The messenger began
shooting through the door, but desisted
when he learned that the tiremen was
compelled to stand in front of it.
The shooting attracted the attention
of Captain Kennedy, of the detective
service, and an Indian officer who was
with him, and they, with Doctors
Mitchell and Ward of Adair went for
ward to render what assistance they
could to abe messenger. The robbers
began firing and wounded all four of
them. The wounds are not fatal, but
Kennedy and Ward will be laid up for
many days, one with ball through his
shoulder and the other wRh broken
leg