The Butler weekly times., 1893-09-28


over Conductor Odum and the ex-
pressman. Que of Sanders shots
took effect on one of the robbers |
and he sank to the floor of the car.
While Sanders was doing yeomau
service the third robber, who had
kept in the shade up to this time,
came out and began firing at San.
ders from the shadows of the coal
chute His aim WAS bad. however
and Sanders escaped unhurt. When
the wounded robber fell to the floor
the two others, seeing the game was
up, started on Il run and disappear
ed in the darkness
AS soon as the outlaws had taken
their departure one of the train
hands went back to Centralia aud
aroused the marshal, who iminedi-
ately organized searching parties.
These at once began securing the
surrounding country.
When the facts became known
generally, excitement was at high
pitch and there was considerable
talk oflyuohing, but the cooler heads
controlled, and the wounded man
was taken to j,il where physician
dressed his wounds l. is not
thought he cao survive.
While the shooting in the express
Car was going Oh Conductor Odum
was slightly wounded in the hand.
The wounded robber is known as
D. L Jones. He carries a card from
the Order of Railway Trainmep,
issued by one of the Chicago lodges
and he also has switchmen's card
from the A. T. & S. F. at Kansas
City.
The train always carried a lot of
valuable express matter. While the
express people decline to state the
amount of mouey which was on the
train, it is learned from reliable
sources that one of the safes con-
tanned fully $4,000 in currency. 1t
is believed that the would be rob-
bers had received information as to
\ the amount of mouey in the car, and
that they wanted to blow open the
, safe.
AS soon as the passengers i'll the
: train were notified that robbers were
J attacking the train they hurriedly
secreted their valuables and stood
about the cars terror stricken.
| The wounded bandit was threaten
: ed with lynchipg unless he uade 6
full Confession. Jones is a Catholic
| and a priest was introduced and
} Jones then gave the names of tht
members of the gang as ODwyel
|, and Harding. He also implicated +,
mau by the name of Martin from
DuQuoin, whom he claimed was not
: with the gang at the time of the rob
e berry.
{ O'Dwyer's home is in this cit,
/ and his home was irrmediately sur
rounded and his surrender demand
ed. His mother denied admission
e to the searching party and they KEEP
5 guard over the house until daylight
l when ODwyer gave him self up ant
5 is now in jail with Jones.
One of the escaped men wes bad
. ly wounded by a shot from the hun
. ter's gun fired into the car where
Conductor Odum was accidentally
, shot. O'Dwyer is uninjured. HI
, bears hard reputation.
$ Later reports have it that Jones in
D lurles were chiefly at the hands OF flrt
: man Chas. Mccullough, who during
e the struggle on the engine, strucl
=. Jones on the head with a monkey
}. wrench, knocking the robber clea
y out of the cab.
e Jones. upon being interviewed il
+ Jail, said: "My home is in Oxfort
Y Mills, la. I have father and twt
d brothers living there. came from
b st. Louis to Centralia Monday wlti
James Harding of Danville, ILL.,, aLl
= Charles O'Dwyer of this place ane
) ascertained that the Chicago limite.
e would be the most profitable hole
) up of any of the trains coming int
e this CITY. Arrangements were mad