The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-12-01
A ElENplsH ATTEMPT


thrown into a fever of excitement
Saturday night by a desperate at
tempt, made almost within the CITY
limits to wreck the New York fast ex-
press on the Lake Shore road, which
Is due here at 1909. At ~ o'clock
shrill whistling in the Lake Shore
railroad yards, and from the water
works plant, which is located very
close to the Lake Shore freight depot,
brought two of the night police and
number of citizens to the scene. They
found the first section of No. 60, the
Chicago and New York fast meat
freight train in the yards and badly
battered up train crew.
1t was soon learned from the appar-
emily dazed crew that two attempts
had been made to use the last ten cars
of the train to carry out dastardly
attempt to wreck No. 12, the New
Y York fast express on the Lake Shore
road. The city was quickly thrown
into fever of excitement. as the at
tempted hold-up was conducted on
plan singularly new in the annals of
modern train robbery. 1t was, how
ever, brought to an unsuccessful end
by the heroic resistance of the train
men, who fought a constant battle
during the run of ten miles from Elk
hart here.
Attacked by Eight Tramps.
The first section of No. 60 pulled out
of Elkhart at 1923 p m. with orders
to run to Ligonier without stop. All
seemed well with the train, but when
about mile from Elkhart, the con-
ductor, John Hiclok, and two brake
men, were attacked by a band COM
posed of eight burly tramps, who it is
since learned, boarded the train at
Ellxhart and had been concealed be-
tween the cars. They overpowered the
crew and were proceeding to discon-
meet the last ten cars, when the crew,
assisted by the engineer and fireman,
again secured control of the train. A
second attempt was made five miles
further on, and from that point into
| Goshen, run of four miles, a desper-
ate fight was waged between the eight
robbers, and the crew.
Desperate Fighting for Four Miles.
Conductor Hiclxok, who knew the i'm
minent danger No. - was in, of run
ming into the freight, encouraged the
bral<emen and an extra conductor,
Campbell. who happened to be on the
train, and they waged successful
| fight until the train reached the
Goshen yards.
The battle for the control of the
train was desperate for the last four
miles, and Conductor Hickok was
badly bruised and pummeled, as was
also one of the brakemen, who resides
at Elkhart. The robbers secured four
watches, and all the money belonging
| TO the crew. The engineer whistled
| for help, and officers were quickly upon
| the scene.
That the eight robbers who were
| upon the train when it arrived in the
| Goshen yards should escape seems in
| credible, but such is the fact. Owing
| to the dazed condition of the crew and
| the ignorance of those mere as to the
cause of the stopping and alarm, they
all escaped Two were subsequently
captured, and the sheriff and a posse
are at present in hot pursuit of an
| other. Henry Zimmerman was
| rested within the city limits and later
| in the morning William Cone was cap
| tured. These two are now in custody
| here.
Securing the Country for the Bandits.
A posse of officials and Lake Shore
| detectives are securing the surround
| ing country for the remaining six. The
| plan of the robbers was one which
| would, had it been successfully carried
| out, incurred great loss of life and
| money. They were endeavoring to
| leave eight or ten cars of the freight
on the track, which they expected No II,
which was following close after, would
| dash into. In the consequent wreck it
| is surmised that the wreckers expected
| to get away with considera BILE booty
| from the express car.
| The place where the first attempt
was made, one mile this side of Elk
| hart, was one singularly well adapted
| for that kind of work. 1t is a sparse
| ly-settled location, and one of the
| darkest places on the Lake Shore road.
| There is rather sharp curve there, as
| is also one not far from this city.
| No. IL, the fast express, is the same
| train which was SO successfully looted
at Kessler two months ago, and is
very heavy train, never being made up
| of less than ten or eleven cars.
| The Lake shore OfHciais Aroused.
/ The two attacks have aroused the
/ Lake Shore officials, and every means
possible will be taken to apprehend and
| punish the robbers in such manner
as to discourage future attempts of the
| kind. President John Newell came
| from Chicago at noon yesterday and
was in conference with the attorneys
| of the road, Messrs. Baker & Miller.
| A reward of 1900 will be posted all
over the surrounding country Tor the
arrest and conviction of the eight rob-
bers, or $500 for the arrest and convic-
tion of any one of them.
| The Captured Robbers.
Henry Zimmerman denies every.
thing, saying that he came to Goshen
from Elkhart on the passenger train
Saturday night; but the inconsistency
| of the stories he tells are almost proof
of his guilt. The conductor of the
plug" swears that he was not on his
train Saturday night.
| Zimmerman said he bought his ticket
| at Elkhart and paid twenty-five cents,
for it, while the regular fare is thirty
cents. His home is in Kendallville,
and he has been in the employ of the
Chicago & St. Paul road. In his shoe
was found four silver dollars, which
was the amount taken from the engi-
neer, while Cone had in his possession
sig, the exact amount of which Con-
ductor Hickok was relieved.
| Cone claims Benton Harbor as his
home and claims he is tramping to