The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24

sent to the Union Pacific Company at Omaha.
Berry's, mental condition did not favor re-
When gangrene set In. he pressed the hands
Of the men who had known and trusted him.
farmer. robber died in less ti,an month COL OIL
| Inns tho mysterious nth man. was meyer seen.
81 OF ihS Sns noTfG
senRer train was held up near Emmett. Ark.
and $4,000 taken from the op Pacific ,, ,ESpress
were captured and punished, without mercy,
vigorously Mt once Clark Hall the conductor In
charge OF the train. followed one Of the thieves
he caught him. single handed. and took him
back to Arkansas. The others were arrested
.nS All res @ere tried at once at
Washington. Ark, and each sent to the pcni-
tenGry Tor seventy Year, one died Gs In p1iso2
tho third is stil there. Tho ages of the rob
hers Vt the time OF the hod-up were II. II.
isss MsssSnser Getting g., , was holH up il
4 stockman who stepped out Of the smoking
car to see the robbery was shot and instantly
ea shot iS Of holes ' at ' Sn al week ate
His ienMtennnt Barker was Killed 6yS United
sFsH of Dave f%ns
non, an Indian policeman. The men drew ut
the time hut the ns
robber was arrested. convicted of shooting tho
| stockman. and hanged at Fort Smith
Missouri kansas and Tsxas raj rain Was held IN
Dick Tarlinson G. s Johnson was s tie me "e
senger and the sum OF money secured was
weeks and a few months later burlington not
known as the robber, was locked up for shoot;
ad" and ks i'd
vas placed in iaiI at Boonyie bnt in few
Say and tie
The murderer was caught and hanged. On
rsoq crees robber Tee is he
United states prison at Detroit.
One of the few robberies for which no one
Crescent road not far from New Orleans in tile
eiEhties, Capt Bunch led the gang, Two
covered them. and throwing wheat sacks across
the car forced the protectors OF the treasure
bPaT them oSes e @ or he daring
Tn In the annals Of train robbery there is no
case more interesting than that Of sam Will
the ay ?RsaitG 81 Year So Wson s Single
train at Pacific. Mo-. and took $1,000 in silver
from the express messenger. Wilson was on
tender and forced the engineer to stop the
train; After getting the train crew in line. he
the IN he sse Sa
in, silver in sacks; He took but one-Sl,OQ0
the t. pm rsn h nf
stopped Wilson bowed good night to the
frightened passengers and lodged into the
woods. Before he had walked half a mile the
string to his money bag broke. and 500 of the
silver dollars rolled away into the grass. 1t
was an easy job to catch Wilson. He is now
doing lifteen,year sentence at jefferson City.
Coy; stone Of Missouri was va passenger on the
had held it up. The Governor will be much
older man than he is now before he hears the
The most famous and by all standards the
most . cleyer n planned Of all train robheries
Jaese 0f f4s not rso rso fspo Il b Il
borhood Of 100000. SIperlntenden nf Fuller
has good reason to b, believe that not half that
BY Fred Wittrock. young man who had long
lived at Le Ave Ham mn he had three
Thomas &eavur All Of the me men Vent down
to Pacific Il few days before the date OF the
robbery and rehearsed it; A boat. with wear
on the south bank q the Missouri liver. not
far from Pacific. The plans INCLUDED es;
s station down ' stream, wttr"ck was 10
present to the express messenger in the
InS on the run. II The other robbers were e! to
rusH Int" the EXPRESS "S and carry OF the
booty. Wittrock' S work WAS to ovorpower the
sS s @ to sseo eerne
messenger; Dave Fotherinsham. At the last
moment Wttro 9 nec9mpliees weakeMnee .i
order II his po;k and his was to be the NEST
on whom Le hSd depended: So lie did ne Job
so daring in the history Of the crime. Witt.
rock got on the train at St, Louis. presented
nn UNI FothernGnam While the 81 mes ,,.o
senger, was not watching his man Wittrock
Pvt pgG in The bell e9rd hole iho ann
bound and gagged him. Then. at his leisure.
he ritied the safes, putting the valuables in
for the trAI Phot to reach Pasic' thirty
ss IN the ear lied and heip kn
WittEock carried ont his ; plans e the letter
Charles. whore no took the Wabash train to
Kansas City. From that place he sent money
to Rated P pna Thsp
his mothers home. Fof weeks detectives
a time letters began TO come to the news.
papers and authorities. They were all wei!
One s'' would be posted ut ut" St. Louis one
day. while another, in the same writing would
same dste That they W were Witch f' Sy On some
one acquainted with tho details OF the rob
ssrs that
ont why he would not dare such n plot; The
messenger was suspected. however. and even
arrested. Iater he began n suit against tho
Wolls- Fargo Company for damages Arrests
were made through the weakness of Moriarty.
who told the story and went free. Wittrock.
llaight, and Weaver were sent to the Mis-.
souri, nenit entiary for seven years each. but
ali are now at liberty. Wittrock. who
proved to be Cumming" told his story free:
prison not long ago he laugh ingly related his
experience with Fotheringhnm. and told OF
the fun thnt he got out Of fooling the authori-
tiaS with hi9 IattprS. Iully four tlftha of tina
stolen cash was recovered
Within the past month the ST. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad has suffered two robber-
les. The first occurred at Mound Valley. |
Kan. The Wells Fargo messenger. Henry |
Chapman. was kllled-wantonly murdered. for |
he was sick and offered no resistance. Three |
men. country fair fakrs. are under arrest for |
the crime. A reward OF $4,000 WAS offered by |
the railroad company. Tho second robbery |
occurred less than two weeks ago at
the, iavorite place Of Pacific: where