Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-27
TRAINMEN's BRAVE WORK.
BY P1ucky Fighting They Frustrated
Attempts TO Wreck a Train.

Goshen. Ind, was thrown into a fever Of
excitement Saturday night by a desperate
attempt made, almost within the city limits
to wreck the New York fast express on the
Lake Shore road. which is due there at
1903. At IL O'Clock a shrill whistling in
the Lake Shore yards and from the water
works plant, which is very close to the
Lake Shore freight depot, brought two of
the night police and a number of citizens
to the scene. They found the first section
of No. o., the Chicago and New York fast
meat freight, in the yards and a badly
battered train crew.
The first section of No. 90 pulled out Of
Elkhart Saturday night at 1923, with orders
to run to Ligonier without stop All seemed
well with the train. but when about a mile
from Elkhart, the conductor, John Hickok
and two brakemen were attacked by a band
of eight tramps, who IL is since lea med
boarded the train at Elkhart. and had been
concealed between the cars. They ove--
powered the crew and were proceeding to
disconnect the last ten cars. when the crew
reinforced by the engineer and fireman. re-
gained control of the train.
A second attempt was made five miles
further ON, and from that point into Goshen
a run OF four miles, a desperate fight was
waged between the eight robbers and the
crew. Conductor Hickok, who knew the
imminent danger that No. L. was in of run
ming into the freight, encouraged the brake
men and an extra conductor, Campbell who
happened TO be or the train, and they waced
a successful fight until the train reached
the Goshen yards.
The battle for the control of the train Was
desperate for the last four miles. and Con-
ductor Hickok was badly bruised and pun
meled, as also one of the brakemen. who re-
sides at Elkhart. The robbers secured four
watches and all the money belonging to the
crew. The engineer whistled for help. and
officers were quickly upon the scene.
That the eight robbers who were uDon
the train when IL arrived in the Goshen
yards should escape seems incredible, hut
such is the fact. Owing to the dazed con-
dition of the crew and the ignorance Of
those at Goshen as to the cause of the stop
ping and alarm, they eluded capture. Two
were subsequently arrested, however, and
the sheriff and a posse are in hot pursuit
of another. Henry Zimmerman was arrest
ed within the city limits and later in the
morning William Cone was captured.
The plan of the robbers one which
would, had il been successfully carried out,
have caused great loss OF life and money.
They We're endeavoring TO leave eight or
ten cars of the freight on the track, into
which they expected No. Il, which was fol-
lowing close after, would dash In the sub
sequent wreck il is su-mised that the
wreckers expected TO get away with con-
siderable booty from the express car The
place where the first attempt was made,
one mile from EIkhart. was one singularly
well adapted for that kind OF work. Ii is
a sparsely settled location, and one OF the
darkest places on the Lake Shore road.
There is a rather sharp curve there, as is
also one not far from Goshen.
No 10 the fast express, is the same iain
which was so successfully looted at Kess-
Ter two months ago, and Is a very heavy
train never being made up of less than ten
or eleven cars. A reward OF stWS VIII lie
nosted an over the surrounding country for
the arrest and conviction of the eight rob-
hers or $500 for the arrest and conviction
of any one OF lheil