Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-12
TRAIN HELD UP.
Robbers Go Through the American Express Gar
on an Illinois Central Train and Get a Fair
Haul-The Booty Estimated at S7OOO-Bcw
the Work Was Done.

CAIRO, ILL, November 1.-THE ILL
nois Central train No, %, 1ae here at
lao this morning, was stopped at
Mayfied bridge, Kentucky, about eight
miles south of Cairo, by five masked
men, lpposed to have boarded the train
at yrdwel. AS soon as the train
stopped the robbers gained an entrance
to the express car and secured S32 in
cash and a valuable package, the con-
tents of which are not known,
Engineer Clarke makes the following
statement:
"Three men climbed over the tank
while we were leaving Bardwell. One
of them said: "Mr. Clarke, pull out. as
soon as you can at the same time
grabbing my left arm and pulling As
callbre Colt revolver and placing the
weapon to my ear. He told me to do
what they wanted done; that they did
not wish to hurt me, but would kill me
if l did not obey. About that time
FIREMEN BUTLER RAN AWAY
and got on the pilot Of the engine. l
wanted to get down and put in some
coal but they would not allow me to get
off my seat. One of the robbers did the
firing for me from Bard dwell to Fort JEFF
ferson. Tney told me to stop the ex-
press car on Mayfeld trestle. told
them had passed train at Bardwell
and insisted upon asking them to let
me put a fagman out to protect the
rear end of the train. They refused to
do so, but insisted, claiming
that | was raid OF the freight
train running into us when stopped
at Mayfeld treste. They made me get
of the engine and go In front Of them
to the express car door, and they told
me to open the door. called Mcneil
and told him to open up and not shoot,
as | was In front of the robbers. One
of them went into the express car aud
came out with several bundles and put
them into heavy sack.
HE told me to pick up the dynamite
on the platform Of the car, which ] did
and put 1t into the sack. They then
told me to
0AA O&N ~ AAAAA -%htA-N-
and carry them to Fort Jefferson, be-
cause they wanted TO get of at the
stove factory. They got of on the east
side about twenty yards from the road
crossing at Fort Jefferson. They got
behind some piling and told me to
pull out fast. l asked them IL they
were going to bother the passengers
They told memo. and that they did not
want anything that / had. Tie rob-
bers carried fine double barrelled shot
guns with pistol grips. Two Of them
also had ten inch 44-calibre Colt re-
volyers, while the other had five inch
Colt revolver.
Opinions differ as to the amount Of
moRey contained in the valuable pack
age" secured. The Cairo officials say
that the consignment consisted OF ST.
600, but this Mr. Hsrahan is inclined TO
doubt. The only man who knows eK-
actly what was In the package Is the
Illinois Central agent at Memphis, who
consigned 1t to Chicago. and his report
probably will
NOT BE MADE PUBLIC.
American Express Messenger z. B.
Mcneil also acted as baggage man.
The officials Of the express and railroad
companies have no fault to find With
bis surrender at the command Of the
armed men. In fact they are rather
delighted that Mcneil concealed all Of
the valuable packages he could In the
short tim Of warning that he had.
But few of the passengers Of the
train were aware Of the robbery At the
time.