Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-11-30
FIGHT WITH TRAMPS
Trainmen Have n Running Battle
with q Gang.
A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT TO WRECK.
The villains Endeavor TO Unooupie Freight
Cars 10 That the Express Might lie
Wrecked and They Could
Rob Victims.


GOSHEN, Ind, Nov. "a. This city was
thrown into fever Of excitement by
desperate attempt made, almost within
the city limits, 70 wreck the New YORK
fast express on the Lake Shore road,
! which Ia due here at 1909 At IL
O'Clock shrill whistlinB In tho Lake
Shore yards ana 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 10 the scene. 1hey found
tine hrst section OF No oo the Chlcago
ana New York meat freight train, in
the yards ana badly battered up train
crew
IL was soon learned from the ap-
parently dazed crew that two attempts
had been made 70 use the last ten cars
OF the train To carry out dastardly
attempt To wreck NO H. the New YORK
fast express, on the Lake Shore road
The city was quickly thrown into n
fever fexcitement, rs the attempt was
made on plan singularly new In the
annals OF modern train robbery IL
was however brought TO an unsuccess-
ful end by the resistance OF the train
men who fought constant battle dur
ing the run OF ten miles from Elkhart
here.
The hrst OF NO 90 pulled out OF
Elkhart at 1880, with orders TO
run to Ligonior without stop. All
seemed well with the train, but when
about n mile from Elkhart the CON
ductor John Hickok, and two brake
men were attacked by gang composed
OF eight burly tramps, who, II Is since
learned, boarded the train Mt Elkhart
and had been concealed between the
cars. They overpowered the crew and
were proceeding to disconnect the last
ten cars when the crew, assisted by the
engineer and fireman, again secured
control OF the train. second attempt
was made five miles further on, and
from that point into Goshen, run OF
Tour miles, "a desperate light was waged
between tho eight robbers and the
crew
Conductor Hickot, who know the
imminent danger No IL was in OF
running into the freight, cncour-
hged tine brnkcmeh ana an cN-
IRA conductor campbell, who hap
| pencd to be on the train, aud they
waged successful hght until the train
reached the "o'hen yarls. The bnttlo
for the control Of the train was dcsp'r-
ate Tor the Inst Tour miles ami Conductor
u'cNoN was hndIy bruised and pun
mcled, as was also one of tho brake
men, who resides at El'Shnrt The rob
bers secured four watches and all the
money belonging To the crew. The en-
gineer whlstled Tor help aud officers
were quicNly upon the scene
Ihat tue eight robbers who were up
on the tram when u arrived In the
"osnen yards should nave escaped
seems Incredible hut iuch Is the fact
owing TO the daHed condition of tho
crew ana the Ignorance OF those here
hs 10 the cause OF stopping ana alarm,
they All escaped Two were subsc-
Pueht'y captured ana the sherlt ana
posse are at present IN not pursuit OF
ahother' Henry zimmerman was mr.
rested within tho CITY limits, ana later
III the morning william Cone was
captured These two are now in GUS
tody mere posse OF officers aud Lake
shore detectives are securing the sn'-
rounding country for the remain NJ
hlN.