St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-12
ROBBERS RUN THE TRAIN.
Two or THEM TAKE POSSESSION or
THE ENGINE.
EXPRESS CAR IS RrFLED.
Five Masked Men Board an Hill
nois Central Train Near Cairo
After Securing Seven Thou
sand Dollars They Escape in
the Usual Manner-PassenCe
Were Not Disturbed.

the usual Manner-PaSsenC
Were Not Disturbed.
CAIRO, Ill, Nov. 1.-THE Illinois Cen
trail Train No. %, due here at 1880 this
morning,w was stopped at Mayfield bridge,
hy.,aDout eight miles south of Cairo, by
hVe masked men, supposed to have
boarded the train at Bardwell. A. soon
as the train stopped the robbers gained
an entrance to the express car and Sc
cured $50 in cash and valuable pack
age, contents of which are not known.
The robbers then left the train and
made tor the woods. The train was in
charge of Conductor Charles Shearin,
and e. B. NcNeai was the messenger.
both OF whom fired several shots at the
robbers, but without effect.
The express car was robbed of two
money packages. one Of which was ad-
dressed to j. S. Titus, Chicago. and the
other a bag containing an unknown
amount of money in transit from Mem
phis to Chicago. The express messen-
ger saved the remainder of the contents
OF the safe. Second Vice President
Harahan, of the Illinois Central, tele-;
graphed word along the line to spare no
money to bring the robbers to the peni-
Tertiary. and reward will probably be
offered for their capture.
Engineer Clark makes the following
statement: "Three men climbed over
the tank while we were leaving Bard
well. One of them said: 'Mr. Clark,
pull out as soon as you cam at the same
time grabbing my left arm and pulling
45-caliber Colt revolver. and placing
the weapon TO my ear he told me to do
what they wanted done; that they did
not wish to hurt me, but would kill
me if l did not obey. About
that tine Fireman Butler ran away
and got on the pilot of the engine. l
wanted to get down and put in some
coal, but they would not allow me to
get off my seat. One of the robbers did
the firing for me from Bardwell to Fort
Jefferson. They told me to stop the ex-
press car on Mayfield trestle. l told
them l had passed train at Bardwell.
and insisted upon asking them to
let me put a t1agman off to pro-
tect the rear end of the train.
They refused to do so, but l
insisted, claiming that L was afraid of
the freight train running into US when
L stopped at Maytield trestle. They
made me get off the engine and go in
front of them to the express car door. L
called to Mcneil and told him to open
up and not shoot as | was in front of
the robbers. One of them went into the
express car, and came out with several
bundles and put them into a heavy
sack.
He told me to pick up the dynamite
on the platform of the car, which did,
and put 1t into the sack. They then
told me to get onto tine engine and carry
them to Fort jefferson, because they
wanted to get Off at the stove factory.
They got off on the east side
about twenty yards from the road
crossing at Fort Jefferson. They
got behind some piling, and told me to
pull out fast. l asked them if they were
going to bother the passengers. They
told me no. and that they did not want
anything that l had. The robbers car
Tied fine double-barrelen shotguns with
pistol grips. Two of them also had ten
inch 44-caliber Colt revolvers, while the
other had a five-inch Colt"
Opinions differ as to the amount of
money contained in the valuable pack
age" secured. The Cairo office says
that the consignment consisted of
$1,000, but this Mr. Harahan is inclined
to doubt. The only man who knows
exactly what was in the package is the
Illinois Central agent at Memphis, who
consigned it to Chicago, and his report
probably Will not be made public.
American Express Messenger E. B.
Mcneil also acted as baggagemaD. The
officials of the express and railroad COM
panieS have no fault to find with his
surrender at the command of the armed
men. In fact, they are rather delighted
that Mcneil concealed all of the valua-
BILE packages he could in the short time
of warning that he had. But few of the
passengers of the train were aware of
the robbery at the time.
A special TO the Republic from Bard
we'll, KY, tonight says: A few hours
after the robbery of the Fulton express
the officials of the road wired here for
a posse and blOodhounds. A body of
citizens was quickly got together, and
with several hounds, started for the
scene Of the robbery. arriving there
little after noon. All efforts to trail
the robbers with the hounds
proved fruitless. and the dogs were
abandoned. but the search was con-
tinued. Fifteen hundred dollars reward
has been offered, and the sheriff of this
county. as well as other officials, are
on the lookout. Those Interested IN the
search are very reticent about giving
out statements. but it is clear at this
time that they have very faint clew.
A dispatch from Cairo says that an I'M
pOrtant clew has been discovered, but
no particulars are given.