The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-04
TRAVEL IN THE WILD WEST.

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TRAVEL IN THE WILD WEST.
The Varied Experience Of One Day on tl,a
Missouri Pacific.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23.-Last Zig =
was, a thrilling one for the crew al |
pas 'engers Of the south. bound MiSs0u ;
IA liic train. The train was held twic s,
once by lynching party that was 60
cor ing Murderer Robert iIepler fro /
NeIada, Mo, to Lamar, Mo-, where th,y
har ged him, and a second time by ira a
robDers, who robbed the express c. /
anG its inmates. The train had hard V
lefi Nassau Junction, where the lyme
ing party took possession Of it, WAcn
the danger signal induced the engineer
to SLOW up again.
When The train came to a Standst. i
two masked mGn entered the express
car ana ordered the occupants to no Il
up heir hands, keeping them covered
wit rrVolvers, While the train traveIl d
twelve miles to Lamar. The rOObei S
rlllta the pockets of the trainmen, tax.
ing SO from Baggageman Hull, small
amounts from Express Messenger
llouck and Travelling Passenger Age
Bardett, of the Missouri Pacific, who
had gone to the express car to escal
annoyance by the mob of lynchcrs II
the rear cars. The express mcSsengt r
was compelled to open thecombinatlO l
OF the Pacific COmpanyS safe, and tina {
was also riled. rhe amounts received,
nov ever, was Of an inSigNilicHI
amount, less than S75.
" H., T
destination Of the mob, the bandi'
mlt gied i'll the crowd of lynchcrs al
Tor / time were lost sight Of. One Ct
the Irainme1l, however, soon diScovere
them boarding q passing nOrth-bounj
freight train on the Memphis Roa,
and sent the following dispatch TO III.
she III and city marshal at Fort Sec,
hahSaS: "Watch Tor two men, no baS
G@EH, rough appearance, one SOmowh:E
th!:'r than other. They are wants
! her' for "obhing Pacific express, Nj,
SCu. Pacific train. here this morniH!
ArE coming toward your city {
! fr2i :ht."
7 y" freight train arrived "a, 70,
S1c' t at o'clock tls u0rning. Polite.
| m&a :. i Nemore, colrred, was on du>
at tie station. Two Suspicious Ioukil
characters Of tn" description of Il.
robpeIS given in the dispatch arrive.
lie matted them, wheD one OF the ~,
GRE Y his revolver ana fired. The bu
let pierced the policeman'S heart and
dropped dead Oh the instant.
/ ne freight was Just pulling out q,
the ro0bers boarded an empty box ca.
and locked themselves in. Shortly a
ter.3ards the passenger train fro
Lamar arrived and on 1T was Dntec.iv.
Chester, Of the Missouri paciiit, wi
was In p"rsuiU of the ban Its. lie VIZ
accompanied by United States Marsh. ..
MApcS, and Marshal Abbott, of FoI
SEQ t, boarded the passenger trai
winch pulled out Immediately in pa.
suit OF the freight. At a. NJ. t.
1ft'Yht was OVtrtakGn, hut W&S ju.
pun ing out for pleasant0n, wien th
paS"c cnGer tram arrived, the crew oftlr
'Or.ncr train having no KNOWLEDGE (,
Tie dangerous treigh; they were hau
Ing Detective Chester and his con
paulon, however, succeeded in boar,
ing the moving freight and took DO
SeoS ion Of Ihe car Immediately bcnil.
the one in which the bandits ha& TAX,
refuge. The latter hH'i seen Their pu.
SurrS enter the car and immrdi lie. .,
opeieC fire upon chem. The officers r.,
turned the fire and shots were COntinu.
ly exchanged through the ends Of IT,,
cars ali the way to Fleasanton, Il dis
tan ;c Of five miles.
4 dispatch had been sent to plcusaI,
TN asking that Il posse meet the trrin
anG when the freight pulled in the rob
berH' cu w 'S SErroundcd and the IN
mates were called upon to Surrcndc
lhIy answered with shots from the
rev ,Iyers, and the posse returned /.
fire. The two imprisoned men fire
through the side of the car at random
tnd the posse returned the fire wit &
WlnchesterS and rcvolvers. The fisi
ladc lasted nearly an hour. Finally 4
ShOI from II Winchester Of one of tie
pos e struck one Of the robbers on th4
heal and killed him. The other bandit
then surrendered. He was seriously
wounded in the side. He gave his own
name as Charles Meyers, Of KansH
City, Kansas, but declined to reveal the
name Of his companion. There Is ever
rca' on to believe. however, that it -
). Z. Francis, Myers'S brothcrin-
Escaped 81 Horrible Denth.