Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
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BArnwr1L KY, Nov. IL .-Three closely |
masked robbers held up north.bound
train No. - on the main line Of the Illinois
Central, early this morning. at Mayhei9
rreek lFestle, two and one.half miles horth
uI Maytield junction. The express car
was robbed OF two money packages. one
containing S3S, addressed to j, y titus,
Chicago, and another bag OF money,
containing M unknown amount, II trans
fer from Memphis to Chicago. The eN-
press messenger saved the remainder oil
the contents Of the safe.
ABOUT 5 o'clock. while the train was
leaving Bardwel, three men climoed over
tile tank and one Of the robbers said 10
Engineer CLARK, Pail out AS soon as you
| can At the same time the roober
| grabbed the left arm of the engineer and
| then nut a 45.caiibre Colts revolver under
| his ear, ordering HIM at the same tune 70
! do what they wanted or they would XIII
| him. At that time the fireman ran away
| and got on the pilot OF the engine, where
| he remained in hiding until The robbers
had finished their work. While this was
| going ON the passengers in two Sleepefs
and three coaches, which made up the
train, were in ignorance as all were asleep
and no firing was done to awaken them.
The engineer wanted to get down ana
nut in some coal. but the robbers refused
10 let him stir from his seat in the cab.
one Of the robbers did the firing for him
from Bardwell to Port jefferson and Or
dered him to stop the train Oh the May
field .trestle. Tie self-possessed engineer
insisted that the robbers should lei
him put the tlagman off to protec'
the rear end of the train and the
! lives of the passengers, because they
, had passed freight train at Bard
we'll which might run into them. This
the robbers agreed to, and when the tram
was stopped BY their orders ut the trestle:
they forced the engineer at the point oi
! their guns to so in front OF them TO INT
! express car door aud open it..
5 He shouted to Express Messenger Nc
i Neil. to open the door and not to shoot, a
g he was in front of the robbers. one o
i'll the robbers went into the car and cam
v ont with several bundles. which be pu
Z, into a sack. He told the engineer to pic
- up his dynamite on the platform OF III
J. car and put it in another sack, whic
Clark did. In the robbers company, an
with revolvers close to his head the Ell
r. uinecr carried the train to Fort jefferson
" where the robbers got behind some pin
he aud shouted to the engineer, Pull out fas
le Old man.
e. In reply to Clarks question the robbie
I'd said they were not going to bother the pa
to sengers, and they kept their promise. A
er the robbers wore soft hats and masks
"a black cloth completely covering the
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x and breathing. Two of them were spa
d. built men and the third heavy and Ia
es with blue overails on. One Of the spa
built men was well dressed. but the cloth
of all was covered with mud. All carri
-, fine double-barreed shot guns with pist
~ grip and Colts revolvers. The sherffs
~ Ballard and Carlisle counties and the mt
Hb a shal of Fulton, Tenn, as soon as tn
w. were notified of the hold-up started wi
we a posse in different directions to hunt I
-, robbers with bloodhounds.
w Second Nice-president Harahan of
", VI Illinois Central sent word along the Ii
~, ~ to spare no money to bring the robbers
is' the penitentiary, and reward will pr'
m, ably be offered for their capture.