The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-06-29
Hands Up
Bandits Attempt to Rob Passenger
Train in Broad Daylight.
FIREMAN MARTIN KILLED.
Twelve Passengers with Revolvers Too
Many for Them--The Conductor
Captures One After Chase.
MARTIN KILLED.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 28.-
Another train robbery has been COM
mitted, this time attended with fatal
results. The robbery was bold in the
extreme, The train was an Arkansas
Pass passenger. and it was held up in
broad daylight. There were three
bandits, and in the fight with the train
hands the fireman was killed and a
bandit captured.
The train was passenger No. 4,
leaving here at 100 pm. Itconsisted
of three day coaches, an express car
and combination baggage and mail
car. 1t was in charge of Conductor
Ed. Steele, Engineer Mike Tierney
and Fireman Martin, all of San
Antonio.
At Breckenridge the train stopped
to take water and as she pulled out
three men boarded the blind baggage
but so guarded that they were not
seen by the train crew. The train
had just entered sharp curve few
hundreds yards from the tank, when as
robber climbed upon the tender and
with a pistol in each hand, threw his
guns down upon the engineer and fire
man.
Throw up your hands" said the
robber.
The remarks was the first intimation
they had of being held up.
FIREMAN MARTIN KILLED.
Tierney threw up his hands, but
Martin made movement as though
he was about to secure a pistol. The
Erobber began to pour lead into Mar
tin and emptied six shooter into hia
body, keeping Tierney covered all
the time with the other pistol.
Martin feel dead and his body rolled
out of the cab onto the track, where
it was run over by the wheels aud
mutilated.
The other two train robbers when
they saw the dead body fall, jumped
r from their position on the baggage car
platform and made for the brush
There we're but twelve passengers
on the car. and each were armed with
D a six shooter. When they heard the
e firing they rushed upon the platforms,
: and as the two robbers rushed into The
e brush a volley was fired after then
e Robert May who killed the fireman
|, seeing he had been deserted, made I
i last desperate effort at capturing tn
train single handed. He jumped int
it the cab and ordered Engineer Tier
% new to run the train across the Indian
rs river bridge The engineer, instea
Ie of complying, pu' on the cir brake
!. end the train came to a standstil
o The robber then grasped the throttl
l. and threw her wide open, but til
= train would not mrke any headwaJ
O and with parting shot at the enginee
o the robber jumped from the engir
and started up the track.
ar AERAvE CONDUCTOR.
{ Conductor Steele rusLed up TO ii
. engine, jumped into the cad, and en-
ting loose from the train, started vii
Messenger Butler aud Engineer Tie
ney in pursuit of the train robbie
The engine gained every moment c
h The robber, who would turn and f
at bis pursuers as he ran. Findir
he could not reach the bridge over q
yer where his Winchester and thr
- pals awaited him, the robber left Il
IN track as the engine was almost up
OF him. The engine came 10 standst
Gu and Conductor Steele started after q
= . ro5ber single banded. He chased t
h robber into the brush firing as
es went. The three robbers were at {
he bridge with winchesters commend
D firing at the conductor and their y
~ leys were returned BY engineer a
We messenger. Conductor STEELE owe
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