The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-09-13
$4,OOO,OOO ON TIE TRAIN.
now THE MONEY WAS SHIPPED
ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND
HOW IT WAS GUARDED.


tinent as follows:
In an express car attached to the reg
ular passenger train which arrived at the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road station at Hoboken at 80 O'Clock
Yesterday were 100000 in United
States gold coin. The money was pack
ed in 100 oblong pine boxes, each OF
which contained $40, 900, and these boxes
were stored away in thirteen movable
safes, that are said to be burglar proof,
as we'll as fireproof. Guards armed with
reyolyers and Winchester rifles sat on the
safes as the train rolled into the station,
but otherwise there was nothing about
the treasure car to attract public atten
ton.
ARMED WITH RIFLES.
The gold was sent from the sub-treas-
ury in San Francisco to the sub.treasury
in this city. The treasure left San Fran
cisco on Friday, the 21St, in charge of
the Wells Fargo express company, with
dozen extra messengers on the train.
They werL armed with rifles and re-
volvers, and at least four men were con-
staptly on duty near the safes The
others lounged in the car or slept in a
neighboring car within easy call.
The 81, 100000 were turned over to the
United States express company at Kan
sas City last Friday, and We're started to
Chicago over the Chicago and Alton vail
road. The gold reached Chicago on Sat
urday, and went on to Buffalo by way Of
the Lake Shore.
Eight men we're considered sufficient
50 guard the car from Kansas City to
Buffalo At the latter city the treasure
was transferred to the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western. 1t left Buffalo in
care of four extra guards at 7 80 O'Clock
Sunday evening. Throughout the trip the
car containing the money was attached
to regular passenger trains so that no al
tenii0n would be attracted.
KEPT A SHARP LOOKOUT,
The express car in which tie e Id was
carried across the continent was iron
sheathed and protected with every device
that experience with train robbers has
shown to be seryiceable. Particular care
was taken by the guards at every station
along the road to see that no strange men
approached the treasure car.
When the train rolled into the station
atHoboken Yesterday morning the ex-
press car was uncoupled and side track
ed. The four guards on the safe were
reinforced by four extra men, who wors
picturesque SLOUGH hats and carried
double-barreled shot guns heavily loaded
with buckslo.
NETS AND SHOT GUNS.
Four United States express wagons
with iron MEETINGS around the four sides
were waiting in the railroad yard, and
as soon as the treasure car was side
tracked one of these wagons backed up
against the open doorway. Three safes
were rolled into each Of the three was
0ns and four iato the last one. A man
armed with shotgun then got into each
wagon and two messengers sat in front
with the driver
The processi u drove on a ferryboa
a i'd arrived at the United States express
Office in Broadway in less than an hour
after the train had reached Hoboken.
Here the SAT Is were opened and the boxes
weighed. The accounts being found
correct, they were loaded into the wag-
ons again, and, escorted by the armed
guards, were taken to the Pine street en-
trance Of the sub-treasury.
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