Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-12-28
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A Failure.on the NJ, K. g. T.-Not
30 on the Valley.


There is no decline In the train rob.
bing business and this portion OF the
Cherokee nation seems 10 be favor
ite spot for outlawry Of this character.
Last Friday night an unsuccessful at
tempt was made on the Missouri, Kan.
sas and Texas, and Sunday night the
Valley road train was completely
looted
AS the Friday evening southbound
passenger on the"Katy "reached Kelso,
five miles north Of her e, the engineer.
Jack Lyons, was surprised TO see his
train take the siding; an instant later
he heard a report hich he took TO be
a torpedo, such as railroad men use
for danger signals. A second report
was nnmistakably a gun and realizing
tha an effort was being made to cap
ture the train he applied full steam
and ran his train out OF the other end
of the siding, which bad what Is
known as a "split" swift ch. The train
was thus saved. but the fireman,
Charles Milne, received a serious
wound In the face, half OF his lower
jaw being torn of by a Winchester
ball. The poor fellow was brought on
TO this place where his wound was
temporarily dressed and he was sent
home to Parsons by frat train. There
we're not lees than four Of the would
be robbers; possibly one more than
that mum Der. A very few minutes be-
fore tr ain time four men appeared at a
house near the hay barn and wished
to borrow an ak. The woman said
she had none, but they discovered one
at the woodpile and took it with them,
ordering her to stay in the house and
not to leave there. With the ak they
cut of the staple by which the switch
Is secured with lock, and throwing
the switch were enabled to run the
train upon the side track. But there
we're no cars on the siding, as some
times happens, and the robbers did
not calculate upon the switch having
an automatic outlet. The 1ring into
the engine aud train was wholly vic
penalty that can be meted out TO the
outlaws, ifthey arc captured, is wholly
inadeqate.
All the occurrence took place before
dark and none of the men wore masks
or made any endeayor to conceal their
features. As soon ae the train was
gone they mounted their horses and
three Of them rode away in south
easterly direction as hard as they
could force their horses. 4 few min
utes before the attempted hold up a
mover passed four men on the road,
just as they came into the road from
the west, and there 10 no doubt they
did the work. One OF them rode a
high headed, black horse, another a
light bay or nearly sorrel, a third an
iron gray. All the men had overcoats,
and he believed light hats, and one
wore leather leggings; three Of them
carried guns on their saddles. Just as
the attack was made young man
named Stewart rode up, on his way
to visit young lady living in that
vicinity. When he discovered what
wac taking place he "lit out" for home
at iull speed and was mistaken by the
section men just above there for one
Of the robbers.
An hour or so after the attempted
robbery man passing on foot saw
three men of their horses in the tim
Der at the jenkins ford, on Big Cabin,
all disguised and having guns; he also
heard another man short distance
away.
THE KANSAS a ARKANSAS VALLEY.
The southbound passenger train on
this road was run upon a side track
and stopped early Sunday night at
Seminole, a few miles south Of Cotfey-
vile. 1t is presumed the same party
did this job that made the failure two
nights before at Kelso and that profit
ing by that experience they ran the
train upon siding where stood car
and thus prevented an escape. One
of the bandits took charge Of the en-
gineer and fireman and the other four
went through the train and took alb
solutcly everything Of value which
they could find, keeping up a fusillade
to intimidate. The mail, express,
money, jewelry, watches and even
pocket knives were taken. After de-
lay Of an hour and a half the train was
permitted to resume it's journey
towards Ft. Smith.
The officers are using every endeavor
to apprehend the perpetrators of both
crimes and 1t is probable will event.
ually succeed.