Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-23
READS LIKE FICTION.
An Account II the Mos, barring Train
Robbery Ever Re-
corded.
THE DESPERATE SHOOTS AN tx
PRESS MESSENGER.


4 DARING TRAIN HOuiIiH.
4 Thriiiing Account OF Hts Marvel.
Gus ENpioits.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Feb. 2l.--rhe
shooting o; au pres messenger yus
New Nork Central train; tho hing OF
the safe; the illghl u the rohher on the
engine OF another train, from which
he mad driven the crew ~ the point %
q revolver, running fight front the
engine for uiiiyI, followed by another
engine, filled with railway men, ami
the final capture ot tho desperate by a
shrr!n'A posse 30 q swamp, aitera wild
pursuit across tho country, are some
OF the sensational features o. the moot
desperate attempt at train robbery In
the history ui the Genital railway, and
which cast In the shade, as mn exhibl-
ton Of c0Dluc.s AMI nerve, the famous
exploits OF The Jegse james band or
other outlaws VI Western fame.
The American Express Company's
Huucial between New York aud Bull',-
10 carried only goods shipped by that
company. Nearly all the ears are run
through to Chicago, and contain the
most valuable express matter. One car,
known ~ the money car, contains
specie from the United States treasury
for the Western banks, aud money In
process Of exchange between the banks
vi New York aud the Wus,.
THE LOAD OF WEALTH
sent out from New York on this train
Ii greater Saturday evening than ON
other days, and often amounts 10 more
than u million dollars, 10 addition To
juwelry And other val1ahles. The
most trusted messengers are placed In
! charged OF this car. Only one messenger,
| Daniel Y. MclnCfy, was assigned to
this money cgr Saturday night, as tho
| work 81 billing was light Tho other
earn had two messcngen.
The train left Syracuse at . this
/ morning IN charge Of Conductor Emil
| LAS, with Caleb Cherry "a engineer.
| a coach was Ia the rear % the train
| and the money car lust ahead. When
| the train was near Westport the con.
/ dueiOF thought hu heard AN Rir whistle
/ sound family. II aroused hin 20 he-
i.Uvc that something was wrong ON the
express ear. Going out on the platform
he climbed onto the Cnr and, looking
through tine holr which the bellcord
comes through, he saw the upper part
Of man, whose iace below was con-
coalcd by red flannel mask. Toe
MESSENGER ho could not sec. lie went
hack, set the aitbrake and called his
two trainmen. Suddenly the mans
fora appeared ut tho side door OF tho
express car. Revolver bullets
whistlpd past their ears and
voice WIS heard commanding them
o. signal thu engineer TO 70 ahead or
take /. the consequence. The train
men were uuarmed. The conductor
told one Of his men 10 jump oil and run
back to Jordan and telegraph line u
Rochester that they had train roobnr
on board. This was dOne, and the
conductor signaled the engineer TO 20
ahead NJ full speed, thinking the rob-
Der would not dare to jump and would
b1 captured nj the next stop,
the TRAIN WEST 10 ruRr BYRON.
Here the brakes were set again aud tho
conductor and trainmbn went to the
express car The cal showed signs OF u
desperate struggle. Money packages
aud jewelty were lying scattered all
about. Everything In the ear was
stained with blood, and messenger Nc.
ineTy was lying bleeding from several
, wounds aud almost unconscious.
! The robber was nowhere TO be seen,
anu II was supposed that he had
train went on 10 Lyons.
: The news had spread all along tho
limo by this time and the station at
, Lyons was alive. Among others In
, the crowd was well dressed young
! man, wearing gold Eyeglasses, and
carving n satchei slung over his
shoulder. IL happened that the train
, men noticed this young man nj SyTn-
! cuse before the train started,
and they had not seem him since,
and the questiOn what ha
was doing ut Lyons, ut once suggested
, itself. An attempt TO arrest him was
, mndc, hut ho pulled two revolvers,
: held the crowd back and backed across
{ the yard until he reached q coal engine,
which had steam up ready To pull out
| for the West. lie pulled the pin hold
: ing the tenucr 20 the fret car, climbed
Z over the coal into the cab, drove the
engineer and fireman out with his re-
4, volyers, pulled open the throttle and
a.. STARRED THE ENuISE.
: Conductor Laas and one OF the Pwltch
= mun procured u shotgun, freed the
engine u the express, aud with the
: fireman aud engineer, started In pur'
suit OF the fugitive.
road, aud the engines, though going
west were not on the same track. The
express engine soon overlook the rob-
Der, who suddenly reversed his engine
G anu let hls puTsuufs pass him, pouring
d perfect shower Of bullets into TIA,
& cab an his punuors went by. Then IN,
: pursuers stopped and the pursued Wen
Is ahead. Another artillery deal ensurd
d he shotgun taking part this time. Nc
j. ne was hurt In either battle,
o About seven miles farther ON The
q robber found out that the steam VIA
}. going Out Uf his engine. He dropped
/, OF at u cross road aud started acrus
J. tho country, going south. lie managed
g to terroTize farmer into letting hin
p have horse, aud rode un about twt
~ miles. Here he procured another
" hOTsU.
IL Tao party In tho express engine hal
IL returned 10 Lyons, where the sheriff
NJ VI Wayne county organized posse
ii which, under the command Of i.
/, deputy, started In purault Meantime
" tho miuprs along the robber's line o
~ retreat also turned out, uily armed, II
10 pursuit.
70 u.u. uINAyAN WAS SIGHTED