Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-09-29
Train Robbers Fooled.
oTE MORALLY WOUNDED AND THREE
OTHERS CAPTURED.

oxE MORTALITY WOUNDED AND THREE
OTHERS CAPTURED.
CENTRALIA, ILL.,, sept. 2l.-Three ban
dts held up the New Orleans limited
train on the Illinois Central, just outside
of this city last night. The train hands
resisted. One of the robbers, George
Jones, was moItally wounded and
Engineer Young, Conductor Odum and
Fireman Mcdowell were badly hurt.
The train made a short stop here at
1l.05 p. Ia, and three men heavily armed
and carrying a sledge and graphing
hooks, boarded the front end of the tx
press car. Whed the train had cleared
the town, Fireman Mcdowell and the
engineer heard noise on the tender be-
hind them. Both Turned In alarm and
faced two big revolyers.
Keep your mouths shut and stop the
machine, or we'll shoot" the robbers
cried.
Both sprhng at the robbers, but the
latter fred and they fell wounded on the
platform connecting cab and tender.
One of the masked robbers sprsng over
the bleeding men and slowed up the train.
In moment it stopped and one Of the
robbers ran back and. revolver In hand,
stood guard over Baggage Master Arm
strong and Brakeman Stacey.
The two other thieves then began a
furious pounding on the express car door.
shouting. "Open the door or we'll blow
you up" Conductor Odnm and the ex-
press messenger replied with shots from
their revolyers until they were empty.
While they were reloading the robbers
fastened graphing hooks on The top OF
the express car, and with ropes lowered
themselves to the top of the door.
The railroad men were aiming low
while serehely above them the two
robbers were welding a Eeavy sledge'
Soon an opening large enough for the
robbers to enter showed. Through this
they leaped, and, revolvers in hand, faced
the conductor aud messenger. The latter
we're plucky and, partly birrlcaded by
boxes and packages, fired at the robbers
as fast as they could shoot. The thieves
fred, too, but they were at disadvantage
The conductor received slight pistol
wound in the hand.
The shooting lad aroused the passeu
gers, and they, terrified and just waking
up. had been busy concealing their valua-
bles. On tie train, deadheading his way
was P. j. Sanders, brakeman on the
read. He came to the rescue of the con-
dnctor and messenger armed with shot
gun. He attacked the robbers from the
rear and, though in turn attacked by
third robber, managed to shoot George
Jones. one of those IN the express car, the
charge of shot entering over his left eye.
The others, seeing their companion fall
bleeding, took to their heels and got
away through the trees and fields One
of the train hands hurried back to Gen.
tralIa with the news of the robbery, and
the town YVES aroused. In half an hour
posses of men were beating the country
near the place where the train was held
up in hunt for the fngitives.
Jones, the wo1nded robber, cannot il, e.
He was carried to the station. On his
person were found passes under tine name
of Dan l.. Jones and a travelling cara
from a Chicago order Of railway tram
men issued August "a; also switcbman'
by.the Santa Fe route at Kansas CITY, de
gave the names of the other two robbers
as Martin Nichols and j. Hardin There
as some tals by the passengers OF hang
ing Jones to a telegraph pole, but the
Ceptralia officers protected him and lock-
ed him up under heavy guard at the city
jail.
Eaglheer Benjamin Young was shot ID
the shoulder and in the center Of the back'
The firoman was bit iI the chin and fore
head the ball lodging In his neck. Con
ductor Odum received painful wound IN
the right hand. All the train crew live
at Centralia.
Martin Nichols and James Hardin were
captured early this morning in corn
field not far from the scene Of the hold
up. When they were brought TO Ctntralia
mob was ready with ropss to bang them
but they were landed in jail.
Jones admitted that ho shot the en-
pineer and fireman. He said that be ano
Charles O'Dwyer, who was raise | in thu
city with Nichols and Hardin, had plan
ned and Put into execution the holG-up
: They held their meetings at the home o
O'Dwyer's mother In thu eastern part o
Centralia. O'Dwyer was arrested To err
this aftern Don.
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