The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-29
SHOT DEA-IN HIS CAR.
A Train Robber kills a Locomotive
Fireman.

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Fireman.
san Antonio. Tex. June 2S-The bold
est attempt at train robbery that ever oc-
CURED in Texas. or boa the whole country,
happened 40 O'Clock this afternoon near
the little village Of Breckenridge. iu VII
son county, thirty miles s0vth ~ this city.
The train held zap was ;ho San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass passenger No. ,, leav-
ing here 40 20 p. m. The affair resulted
in the killing Of r. \. Martin, the fire
man, and the capture of one of the
robbers. who gives his name asJ. d. May
a cowboy. A Breckenridge train stopped
TO take water and as she pulled out
three men boarded the blind baggage car,
but We're not seen by the train crew
The engineer pulled out at a speed OF
about ID miles an hour, and had Just
entered sharp curve a few hundred
yards from the tank, when the robber
May climbed upon the tender and with
pistol in each hand threw his weapons
down upon the engineer and fireman and
said Throw up your hands, CD
you"
This remark was the first intimation of
the engineer or fireman Martin that they
were to be held up.
MILLING OF THE FIREMAN
Engineer Tierney threw up his hands,
but fireman Martin made a movement as
though he was about to secure a pistol
from the box under his seat. The robber
then began pouring lead into Martin and
emptied one six-shOOter into his body,
keeping Iierney covered all the time with
the other pistol. Martin was dead and
his body rolled out of the gangway of the
engine and onto the track, where
1t was run over by the wheels and mutt
lated. The other two robbers, when they
saw the dead body fall out of the cab,
jumped from their position on the baggage
car to the platform and made for the
brush. There We're but two passengers
on the train, and each was armed with
six-shOoter When they heard the firing
they rushed upon the platform, and as the
two robbers rushed into the brush a vol
ley was fired after them.
MAY GAME TO THE LAST.
Robber May, who killed the fireman,
seeing that he had been deserted, made
last desperate effort at capturing the
train single-handed. He jumped into the
cab and ordered Engineer Tierney to run
the train across Indian river bridge. The
engineer, instead of complying, put on
air brakes and the train came to a stand
still.
The robber then grasped the throttle
and threw her wide open, but the train
would not make any Roadway, and with
parting shot at the engineer the robber
jumped from the engine and started
up the track on hard run.
Conductor Steele rushed uD to the en-
CINE with SiX-shoOter in his hand. He
jumped into the cab, and cutting loose
from the train, started with Messenger
Butler and Engineer Tierney in pursuit of
the train robber The throttle
NuVsnH HI
the light engine leaped along,
gaining every moment on the robber, who
would turn and fire at his pursuers as he
ran. Finding that he could not reach the
bridge over the river where his win
chester and 3 pals were, the robbcr left
the track as the engine was almost upon
him.
CAUGHT BY THE CONDUCTOR.
The engine was brought to a stand still
and the conductor started after the rob
Der single handed. He chased him into
the brush, firing at him as he went The
three robbers at the bridge with Winches-
tiers commenced firing at the conductor
and their volleys were returned by the en-
gineer and messenger Conductor Steele
Overhauled the rObber he was
after in the bush and dis
armed him of two pistols. The robbers at
the bridge then disappeared, leaving their
WlnchefterS behind A United States
marshal and posse of deputies went down
from here on a special train and are pur-
suing the robbers. J. d. May, the man
who was captured, refuses to make any
statement further than it was the inten-
ton of the band to rob the express and
passengers.
He was taken to Breckenridge for safe
Keeping, as threats were made by rail
road men that he would be lynched if
brought here.
Martin, the fireman who was killed, was
unmarried.
Conductor Steele will receive the $1,000
standing reward from the state for the
capture of train robbers