The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-10-28

capture, but they were never appre-
hended.
SOME EXPLOITS OF THE JAMES BOYS.
The James boys added train robbing
to the category of their crimes by fore
ing the station agent at Gad's Hill,
Mo-, on the Iron Mountain road, to flag
a passenger train, which they held up
until booty to the amount of 1000 had
been taken from the passengers and the
express messenger. Two years later,
July z, 1876, at Oysterville, Kan, the
same gang pillaged a Missouri Pacific
train, escaping with $4,000. Oct. 2,
1876, Chicago and Alton train was
stopped at Glendale, Mo-, and $4,000
carried off by the James and Younger
boys. The biggest haul they ever made
was at Muncie, Kan, in December,
1878, when they secured $4,000 from a
Kansas Pacific train and fed into the
Indian territory to evade pursuit. At
Winston, Mo-, in July 1881, the gang
held up a Rock Island train. The con-
ductor, Westfall, was shot dead by
Jesse James and passenger named
Mcmillan killed by a random bullet.
They got but $4,000 for their trouble,
and two months later went through
Chicago and Alton train at Glendale,
the scene of previous exploit. They
rode away with $4,000 il money and
lewis. This was the last hold up for
the James boys.
One of the most successful jobs ever
planned, though it had a disastrous
ending for several members of the at
lacking party, was carried out at Big
Springs, Neb., on the Union Pacific
railway. A party of six Texas cattle
men, under the leadership of Hank
Mcdonald, on the night of Sept. 10,
1887. boarded an overland mail and ex-
press train, got into the express car
and helped themselves to $4,000. In
the long pursuit that followed three of
the robbers were killed and $4,000 of
the stolen money recovered.
The afterwards lannon's Bill Bass, who
took part in the Big Springs affair, fed
to Texas and became the leader of a
gang of robbers that committed nearly
score of robberies along the south
western roads before he was killed at
Las Vegas, N, M, in an open fight with
a party of pursuing Texas rangers.
OF the long list of noted highwaymen
none was more active and desperate
than Rube Burrows, who was killed in
Alabama about three years ogo. while
attempting to escape. While operat-
ing west of the Mississippi Burrows and
his pals, at brief intervals and at
nearly the same point, held up and
robbed FIVE Texas and Pacific trains,
securing about $4,000 in all While
going through an Illinois Central train
at Duck Hill, Miss, in 1888, RUDE Bur
rows killed Chester Hughes, a passen
ger, who made show of resistance
Several other robberies were charged
to Burrows and his desperate men,
the last of which was that of a Louis
Vile and Nashville train near Flamaton
Ala, in August, 1882 He made a bis
haul, some of the booty being found il
his pockets when he was captured neal
Linden, in that state.
"JIM CUMMINGS" THE LONE RoBBER.
The lone train robber made his debut
, in August, 1886. AS a Rock Islan(
train was showing up at water tanl
near Joliet, Express Messenger Nickel:
, was Drained by blow from behind and
| the safe looted of nearly 100000. !
/ brakeman was suspected, Swallowed ant
/ arrested, and is now serving a life sen
tence at Joliet. Another lone robbie
/ was Fred Wittrock, alias "Jim Cum
= mings," the hero of the daring job o.
+ the St. Louis and San Francisco road
near Pacific, Mo-, seven years ago
r Wittrock bound and gagged Messenge
Fotheringham and secured 100000
= He was arrested through information
e obtained from his confederates, VIII
n had at the last minute weakened an
g refused to assist him in the robbery
j Nearly all the money was recovere
4 and Whittrock served term in prison
K An equally daring exploit was that o
n Oliver Curtis Perry, who gained Ell
/ trance, single handed to an expires
n car on New York Central train, nea
t Albany, last October, intimidated tn