Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-09

some mystery about it. Some people do not
think that Mohatt wanted him caught But q
big row was made about it and rewards offered
In perhaps . year, after numerous arrests and
releases, It was announced that prisoner in
jail In Clay county, No., charged With horse
stealing had confessed to being Mofatt's robber
The bank teller went there and identified him.
Then Moffatt went and identified him. The
Denver chief Of police told me. however. that
the prisoner was a pretender and that he did
not believe be had ever been in the state Of
Colorado. Then the chap went crazy. You
can't try lunatic for robbery, and the public
does not keep track Of the crazy prisoners Of
Clay county, Mo.
DRUMMER's CLEVER RrsE.
Zone OF the most humorous stories in con-
nection with train robbery have ever heard
came into Pinkerton's headquarters in Chicago
during my employment by them. 1t occurred
on the Denver and Rio Grande road. drum
mer for New York house was the chief figure
in the little drama. He had about elO 900
worth of diamonds and jewelry about his per-
son and recognized the fact that it was useless
to resist a train robber once he has the drop
on you. As in all similar cases the train was
held up in good spot for the robbers, il
being many miles from a habitation. Some
half a dozen men composed the gang in this in
stance, but only two entered the car, one at
each end, wherein the drummer sat Az soon
as the train began to slacken speed, after q
startling blast from the locomotive whistle, the
drummer appeared to know what il meant
and went to work with the quickness and skill
OF predestinator to get his valuables out Of
the way.
Hold up your hands, everybody came the
command from both ends Of the car simulta-
neously, followed by an ominous click of the
revolver hammers as they dew back, and two
masked men stood before and behind the panic
stricken travellers. Up went every hand, with
but kept his eye on the robbsr in front Of him.
Joe, you go through the crowd and I'll keep
guard, came the orders from the robber in the
rear
The drummer was seated in the middle of
the car and when the robber reached him he
shouted: Hold up them hands. hold 'em mp
he repeated, or I'll blow the whole top o yer
head off,
"I would il could quietly replied the pale
but self-possessed drummer, looking down at
his empty sleeves, but haven't seen them for
nearly thirty years left them on the field Of
Antietam.'
~ beg your pardon, sirI wouldn't hurt a
hair on your head for fortune said the rob-
Der, as he passed on to the next victim.
AFTER the train pulled out and left the rob-
beers behind with their spoils a great shout of
laughter went up from the entire crowd of pas
sengers, who had witnessed the 'drummer's'
transformation, and, as he slipped his missing
arms back into the empty sleeves, general de-
mand for a treat was made and aeceded to- He
had been held up before and was several thou
sands ahead through his shrewdness.''
THE EXPRESS ROBBERY AT HAaGERrY's CUT.
slow about that express car robbery out in
the Indian territory that occurred about three
years ago? Did you come across it? think it
was near Haggertys Gut" said the reporter.
"Yes, remember that WELL" replied Brady,
'.as was with the posse that went in pursuit.
The story Of that robbery was one OF unex-
ampled outlawry on the part of the bandits
custodians of Wells. Fargo 4 Co.'S property.
The robbers got everything in sight. In the
battle between the messengers and the bandits
nearly 200 shots were fired, but no one was
killed, owing to the steel breast plates, of
which have spoken, which were worn by the
messengers as well a. the robbers.
ut was 10 O'Clock when the train reached
Haggerty's Out. Just as 1t Was pulling out
few minutes later two men. with black masks
covering their faces, jumped suddenly in the
engines cab from the tender and, covering the
engineer and fireman with their reyolyers, COM
manded them to run the train down to the
stock yards and to stop at given signal The
engineer obeyed the command To have re-
sisted would have meant death. When the
train stopped the two robbers were Joined by
five masked companions. Their leader COM
manded the engineer and fireman to walk back
to the express car and ordered the fireman to
break open the door with his coal pick
THE messenger and guard, anticipating
what was going on, had blown out the lights in
the car and refused to let any one enter. The
bandits then opened fire upon the car from
all sides, but the two men within responded
promptly, aiming all their shots at the door.
The highwaymen shot into the car from all
quarters, even getting under it and shooting
through the floor. Their firing was all to no
effect, for the messengers bravely stood their
ground. In the meantime one of the robbers
had chopped n hole in the door of the car large
enough to admit q mans body, and the fireman
was told to crawl through it into the car This
placed him literally between two fires and the
engineer seeing that it meant death to his com
paniop explained the situation to the messen-
gers within and told them to cease firing
when the robbers at last entered the ex-
press car they covered those within with their
guns, and with a sledge hammer and chisel
OF broke open the safes and secured something
like $50, 900. The robbers we're described by
several of the passengers who talked with them
as being well dressed and of gentlemanly APP
pearance and bearing. This was especially
true OF the leader, who have always thought
was one of the James boys, who apologized to
the engineer for rough remark made by one
OF his crowd and promised him that ii should
not occur again. The leader, in conversation
with passenger, asked for some smoking to-
bacco. The passenger reached into his coat
tail pocket for it, when the robber told him if
it was in his hip pocket he had better not at
tempt to get it.
After the robbery the men mounted their
horses and rode off to the southwest, and six
hours later we were after them. But it was no
use. They had provided themselves with fine
horses and after chase of three days, in which
our hardships were Of the extreme kind we
gave up the chase and returned to the station.
After lying around there for couple of DAYS,
much needed strength, 1 started out
alone, tracked them down into Texas but lost
the trail in the neighborhood of Dallas, and the
gang was never caught. That was my last ex-
perience with train robbers in the west. and
shortly afterward returned east and got back
into my old berth with the Pennsylvania COM
pany."
Why People Lose Weight in Summer.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
To most persons the summer season is time
Of excitement instead of quiet rest, as it should