Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-11-09
BECAME MURDERERS.
Train Robbers in Arkansas Shed
One Mans Blood.
They XIII a Conductor, and, After Loot
Ing an Express Car, Rob the Passen.
gers-Bandits Come to Grief
in Tennessee.
KILLED BY ROBBERS.


LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. Cast ex-
press train No. 81 of the ST. Louis. Iron
Noun ain g. Southern, known as the
cannon ball, due here at 2:1O a. M, was
held up and robbed by seven masked
men at Oliphant, Ark, miles north of
Newport, at 10 o'clock Friday night.
Passenger Conductor j. =. McNally was
shot and killed while trying to protect
his train. Oliphant is small lumber
town of about 500 Inhabitants, situated
l.. II lonely timber district in White
county.
When train 81 stopped at the station
two men jumped on the engine and,
pointing revolvers at the engineer and
tiremen. ordered them to keep still,
threatening to blow their brains out if
they moved muscle. The other five
men surrounded the express car, the door
of which was open, and at once began
firing wicked fusillade from their re-
volvers. Conductor j. p. McNally drew
his revolver and returned the robbers
fire, but before he had succeeded in
wounding any Of them he was shot and
killed. The robbers then entered the
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ger and looted the car.
Leaving two men to guard the train
men, the other robbers proceeded to
rob the passengers They entered the
coaches and slh pers and at the point
of a revolver relieved all the passen-
gers of their valuables. They then
left with a parting volley, taking a
northerly direction. A telegram was
at once sent to the sheriff of Newport,
who formed posse and started in pur-
suit.
An engine was dispatched to Augusta
for bloodhounds. kilograms were
quickly sent to Little Rock for assis-
lance, and a special train left about
o'clock a. M, carrying a posse of off,
GERS and a pack of bloodhounds. The
train which was held up reached here
about a. m., bringing the remains Of
Conductor McNally.
The railroad people have no idea as
to the amount of money secured by the
robbers. General Superintendent Peck
and Division Superintendent Rose Of
the Iron Mountain, who are in Mem
phis, have been notified of the robbery
and have instructed the railroad people
here to offer large reward for the ar
rest of the robbers.
Knoxville. Tenn, Nov. Am at
tempt was made at Coal Creek water
tank, 80 miles north of here, to rob the
express car Of passenger train No Is,
Capt. Brown conductor, which runs
solid from Knoxville to Louisville, KY,
over the East Tennessee, Virginia g.
Georgia and Louisville & Nashville
railways. The robbery was expected,
as there were on board the train Capt.
J. j. Atkins, chief of police of Roanoke,
Va, and N. s. Woodland, local agent at
Knoxville
When the train stopped for water
four men jumped on the platform of
the car armed heavily and demanded
that the messenger open the door.
This was done, but instead of the
lone messenger the would-be robbers
were covered by half dozen pis-
tolls. Firing in rapid succession from
both sides commenced, when the rob-
bers tried to escape. Two were cap
tured, however, and will be brought
here. One, who was mortally wounded,
was identified as James Smith, of this
city, tough character. The other
was an ex-express messenger, name un-
known.
There is said to have been consider
able money in the express car. There
were four robbers in the party, two OF
whom escaped. Chief of Police Atkins
was shot in the left arm and slightly
injured. Officer Irwin received only
slight flesh wounds on the head and
right hand. The injured men were all
brought here at 2 o'clock a. m. Smith
will die.
The Southern Express company has
known of a conspiracy to hold up trains
for several days, and from four to ten
armed men have been sent out on the
express car for three nights past.