Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-11-11
TRAIN ROBBERS
5tde-Tracl and Ditch n Train on tho
% illinois Central-An Attempt on tho
Missouri Pacific Frustrated by Piucky
Brakeman-rhe Iron Mountain Train
Robbers Surrounded-One Hundred and
Fifty NJ. N In Pursuit.

Illinois Central-An Attempt on tho |
Missouri Pacific Frustrated by Plucky
Brakeman-rhe Iron Mountain Train (
Robbers Surrounded-One Hundred and
Fifty Men In Pursuit.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Nov 6.-The Illinois Gem
trails Chicago and New Orleans limited
vestibuled train was side-tracked and
ditched ut Lime Switch, two miles
north Of Ullin, at o'clock yesterday
morning, and Fireman Charles llar-
mond, of Centralia, was instantly
killed.
There is every reason to believe that
the wreck was the work OF would-be
train robbers, because the switch track
runs out to lime kiln, and is never
used by passenger trains. The lock
was broken and the switch turned and
the lantern thrown into ditch. The
train was behind time and run
ming at high rate of speed,
and was some distance out on
the side switch before the en-
gineer discovered that anything was
wrong. The track gave way under the
ponderous engine and the tender were
overturned, burying the fireman be-
meath the ruins. The baggage and ex-
press car followed and rolled over on
it's side, imprisoning the express mes
senger and two guards within 1T.
Three coaches left the track but did
not turn over, and none OF the passen-
gers were injured There were ten
yestibuled coaches in the train be-
sides President Fish's private car,
which was occupied by Mr.. Fish and
his private secretary
The train was delayed until another
engine could be sent from here to
bring down the coaches that had re-
mained on the rails. They were sent
on to New Orleans about o'clock yes.
terday morning. A wreclsing train
was at work all day yesterday and the
coaches are back all right. 1t is a
lonely spot on the road and favorable
spot for train hold-up.
!, Would-be Train Robbers Routed.
UNION, Neb., Nov. 5.-An attempt
, was made last night to hold up a Mis-
souri, Pacific train near this place
Two men boarded the engine when i,
!, was leaving the water tank and trlec
to overpower the engineer. Brake
r man Harp saw the would-be robbers
n and at once opened fire on them. Sew
9 eral shots were fired, and the robber
d were routed. A posse is in pursuit
s Great excitement prevails,
d The Iron Mountain Robbers surrounde
r. by Pursuing Posses.
d LITTLE Rock, Ark, Nov. 5.-Th
a proba ability is that the desperadoe
f. who held up the Iron Mountain trail
and killed Conductor McNally at oil
phant Friday night will be capture
i, or killed before morning, as the pursr
~, ing posses are closing in on them o
to all sides
~ The first posse on the ground wa
20 20 from this city, but it was quickly RI
~ inforced by officers from jackson an
10 Wolff counties, and to-day the sheriff
"a of Independence, White and Cleburr
~ counties have joined in the pursui
After the robbery the brigands weT
:. directly west, evidently intending
~ effect their escape into the Indian te
40 ritory, but so prompt WAS the action
~ :. Gov. Fishback in notifying the office
:. in that part OF the state that they hay
~ been hemmed in.
= A skirmish took place with the ro
~ bers this morning, but the majority
4. them escaped. Two, however, we
- captured near jamestown, taken
' Batesville and thence by rail to Ne'
port, where they are now in Jail. 1t
known that one OF the robbers W;
wounded at the time of the robber
er probably by Conductor McNally b
ne fore he was killed, as the bloody ba
IRE dages dropped by the bandits we
1t found by the men in pursuit. II
ne country in which the hunt is takil
gs place is rough and mountainous al
MS some distance from the nearest tel
graph station. Several suspects ha
been arrested here to-day and are he
ed for identification.
;th One Hundred and Fifty Men In Pursu
,ed BATEsvIILE, Ark, Nov. BY tt
MS time Is p. n.y. there are $50 men in pl
yer suit of the robbers and determin
ng effort is being made to capture the
he A courier has just arrived from t
son front with six horses, one of the
as wounded, and lot OF plunder n
ted cheap iewelry also abandoned by t
ng highwaymen. The robbers are NJ
ort surrounded by the posse in Greenbr
bottoms where the men have frien
who are helping them to make
fight and escape. The men arrest
this morning were Bill Lemons
my. Mark Arnott, who are now in Jail he
g. of but refuse to talk. No doubt
what the capture is good one.