Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-12
AInNGYIMM AccouNr.

Special to the Gazette.
LuuNicw, TX, Dec, li.--'rae lnicrne
honnl ana Great Nnrlhtru north
huund cannon boil which lcfi Austin o.
1870 last niehl was held up by eiN mask
"a rohhcis last Night az Dpsnlls, a At
following was Obtained from tne trals
crew aud passengers WHO arrived Zero ~
10 Il. IN. to-day, The switch lock was
broken aud the switch thrown No ths
tiv,u whnl run IN ga The siding whirt
would have caused a danngois wreck
hut the cnenoer slowed M when be saw
tho switch MIS- turned and stopped he
fore tho lrain lad pressed entirely on tai
silrr Engineer kuthlcigg WIS psFDar
IN, 10 back mt when Nollcy Of bullets
hit his cngine nnd cab. aud he was order
cd down ana ipil TO get the NrWNs NUS,
scngrr 10 onru the express rar door 10
this ilry were successful and soon had
the ttainmril standing IN line near ne
danr with AL hands W., The express rn'
MAS car, fully starrhcl and ihe m'f'tngr,
was ruundly cursed aud Threatened
agalnsl hiding anything from ihen DNl,
ing this iiHp ennsinnt trims was Kept
IN ia tcrrnriHp ekrrylndy one Of these
Shots striking the Nplrld Agm u lirnnhu
lnrlNs, passing through tue ilpAh below
the elbow and nut pluyc, making q Very
with bis OtLOr hand M until cnurcly cN'
h0Astrd. and thou alhwW ~ luy u0Wh
commanded IN lay Mul These srainmon
were lefi guarded by an nnsren inhher,
who stuO1 very near thp cuihnnl lnent
| working the loci, ~ lhs Inn u make Ia
dangerous presence known, The re.
nNindcr went back tO lhc cohVhes nnd
| fOnnd the conductor coming ont Whit was
promptly rrlltvcl ut nll the money he tat
| ahant $40 nf $40 IN sllvrr Tie was
| iOn'ol with The pnssonrets meih Moinnn
mid children ~ hold un their hands while
| tlv robbers rnrspd. Ihc women cucd aud
| ehlllrou screamed with fear hni tue rob.
J hrrs took everything uf vnmc they could
| rct. One MANS pocket book, containing
! nnprrs was Rpltefnlp dashed ~ Tvs lace
| ono yonng man was ernnlH M ,pNr ih ny,
| hrnd with a hg pistol because ne diln
| hive any muuvy. One lady ruve up $40
and a rims. CRYING about the ring the
rOhher returned ii. Another lady gave
thcm q dollar which was returned Ihs
negro porter who hmvnly MOI 10 nHiurt
the passengers that tho i!lHers Wpnlg
not cnmu Va The euurhns, or u ~, plil, ~
each. was relieved OF $40 mud iiue gold
watch md all thc iuwclry be had. TlH
| Pullman porter whou asked whore hl
was whom tho men iriod 10 Eri i The
sleeper said he WIS ilai Oh The hpor u
avoid hulluts, Though the robbers kick
the sleeper door several Hines 10 othpi
cnort were nude 10 rob the Two Pullman
ears, The laEgag. nnstrrW Rowther
p7tvc vivid description ~ an that trans
plrt-l md said thit express urHsenger
u. II liatimnn who sncnhs EnFIiHt
with u German ncerui was very accom-
m0dnting TO tho robbers, Wishing ia es
cape injury liz also said the brakeman
lnck Kramer who went back IN ilng
kept ON south hnntlnR another train %
moro safety, und never came hhck
though tho engineer slrnalel In vain 70
him. Mail agents q -, Bonn and v
A. Vaughan were nnmnlgstnl wifi IN
exception Of four bullets nuwinn tnOng
their car unrOmforinhly nenr theai. 49,,
1hc robbers ordered ihN trnln crew {
stand NJ ~ The door aud lhc rn4inpgr I
hhrk ont They mounted horses md Pod
RAPIDLY away toward the southeast