Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-07-06
ANOTHER HERO.
A Santa Fe Conductor Captures
a Robber.
DONE BY A BLOW on THE NOSE,
The bandits Eyes Attracted from His Win
chester, which Gives the Conductor
q Chance-The Bandits
Queer Story.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, June 30.-Con'
ductor AL Glazier is the hero Of the
great southwest. Near the little sta
ton Of Wharton, the first on the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad north
Of Oklahoma in the Cherokee strip, he
performed the coup of a life time.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
tough-looking young man boarded
the north-bound Santa Fe train at Ok
lahoma City There was nothing re-
markable about his appearance. He
had neither beard nor mustache, and
as he entered the first smoking car the
passengers only noticed that he had an
air OF bravado, a slight swagger and
carried large package done up in yell
low paper. lie took seat in the front
end of the car and carefully tilted
his package, resting one end Of 1t on
his arm. Just as the train crossed
Black Bear creek approaching the sta
ton at Wharton, the young man took
his package and entered the car closet.
In few minutes he opened the door
and looked out. Conductor Glazier was
standing in the aisle at the time
Throwing open the closet door, the
young man grabbed a murderous-look-
ing Winchester rife and leveling II at
the astonished conductor, said;
"Throw up your handsw
The conductor did not demonstrate,
and after he had complied with the re-
quest the bold desperate commanded
him, In language most forcible, TO pull
the bell rope and stop the train, This
| the conductor also did, the dozen male
passengers in the coach preserving all
the while a dignified silence. After be-
ing accommodated this way by the con-
ductor the young desperate gave a
further order for him to get off the
| train. Conductor Glazier did not tarry
on the order Of his going, and the ban
dit followed with his Winchester al
most against the conductors head.
The conductor jumped off on the ground
and the bandit followed.
At this time the two men were less
than five feet apart, A noise in the ex-
press car attracted the bandits atten-
ton. Conductor Glazier saw his eyes
leave the sights on the Winchester and
with desperate lunge he planted a
blow with his fist square on the rob
ber's nose. The blow felled him and
picking up the Winchester the conduc-
tor proceeded to beat him until he was
both docile and harmless. Then the
train men carried him on board the
train and he was taken to Wichita lie
had on his person,two sticks of dynamite
and some torpedoes. When he had
been put aboard the train the unsuccess-
full desperate said his name was Eman-
uel lIerrick.
At Wichita he was locked in the
county Jail and will remain there un-
til some arrangements can be made TO
find safe place in Oklahoma for his
confinement lie claims that he is only
rs years old. lie was raised near Madi-
son in Greenwood county, Kansas, and
went to Oklahoma on November last.
HIS story Is that he met "a gang of four
men at Ten Mile Flats in the Chicka-
saw nation one day, and they told him
of a scheme TO rob the Santa Fc train,
and told him he had to help them un.
der penalty OF death. They met him
again June 10 and told him he must
go on the Santa Fe train on June
80, and when it approached Black
burn creek he must cover the conductor
and stop the train, and that they would
do the rest All this work was i'm
posed on him under bullet orders - rs
he calls il, and he was afraid To dis
obey. lie secured copy of the morn
ing's Wichita Eagle and saw IL dutet
June 80. lie was in the habit of see
ing papers day old and IL at one,
dawned upon him that the appoint ,
day was at hand. lie took his gun