The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
TRAIN ROBBERS YIELD
Chicago Police Capture Bandits
Who Boarded a Freight.
Outlaws Kill a Detective and Wound
Three Officers.
Fight Desperately After Being Sur.
rounded in Elk Grove Wood

CHICAGO. Aug. 25-The two masked
oandits who boarded northbound,
freight on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railroad at Deerfeld, small
station Just north of the line between
Cook and Lake counties, at 1920 O'Clock
last night and killed Railroad Detec-
tive Patrick Owens, OF Chicago, and
robbed Conductor Sargent, have been
captured
They were finally made prisoners In
the woods In Ella Grove Township at
about noon to-day by five Chicago police
On. The men were surrounded ana
fought desperately. firing as often an
their revolvers coull be loaded. After
fully 100 shots had been exchanged both
men fell seriously wounded They gave
their names as VIII Lake and w. r.
Gordon. and were ought to Chicago
and locked up in n west side police sta
ton f
When the train stopped for water at
DeerfeId the two masked men mounted
the steps OF the caboose The brake
men were forward near the engine.
which was In charge of Engineer Pritch-
Detective Owens were in the caboose.
The bandits entered the car door and
covered the conductor and detective with
their revolvers. The detective sprang
for his rife, but before he could reach
the breast.
The conductor threw up his hnds. ana
the robber who had done the hsooting
went through his pockets taking his
watch and a small amount OF money.
After searching the detectives clothes
| for valuables the robbers left the train
just before the BRAKEMAN. who had heard
the shot. came running back.
Accounts so far received are conflict
ing as regards details, but It seems that
| after the hold up the despe ra does cut
| across the country to Mayfair. The depot
at Mayfair Ia on Holcomb avenue sitting
at the depot was Patrick McGrath, a'Chi-
coga and Northwestern Railroad police-
~oe"se IA" at D Gse lie was on tSe
lookout for any suspicious characters. &
and was shot In the left arm and twice
! IN the body when he started to inter-
cept them. 1t is said that his wounds
may. prove fatal After this bit Of
TO have met a farmer in wagon on
the way to the city. 1t was but a mo-
ment's work to throw him out and take
to draw them the thieves made better
time, and were soon on their way
through Lawrence avenue to Milwaukee
avenue.
By this time that part OF the coun-
In the chase after the desperadoes. Out
Milwaukee avenue saiioped the robbers
In the wagon. while behind them at q
respectful distance clattered the horuea
OF the pursuers. Behind these again
came Desplaines street station patrol
wagon at fu.i speed. in which were I'VE
policemen. r-t--e f-ta.'i
The pursued men kept, on out May.
nard road and tooak refuge in the Eli
Grove Woods, where captured. - Ri
Before reaching the woods It II sait
that they wer chased by two specsa
policemen named PUNK and Yunt ans
GERS fell wounded. The robbers theI
continued their Night, and after an ex
! citing time reached the woods In safety
The desperadoes were captured by 20
licemen Mullaney. Finnegan. Moisely
Lawson and Hayes. The crowd which
had gathered. ,warted to lynch them
bu the police held the mob back witt
drawn revolvars. t,'.t
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug. ga,
Mltchelrs Station last night band o.
masked men took Riley Walker and
Richard Jordan of the Central. traiI
and lynched them by hanging them to 3
tree. and afterwards perforated tiIeii
: bodies with buckshot. The prisoner
had been convicted OF murder. and
Walker was sentenced to the peniten
tiary for life and Jordan for twelve years
Last February the agent at Suspen
sion was shot dead in his store. TIVE
weeks later Mr.. Hall was shot at thu
same place, but was not killed. Tit
crimes were traced to a gang of muir
derers, and robbers. OF which Walker
was the leader and Jordan member
Detective William W allace, of Columbus
: Ga. went to arrest Walker. The detec
tive and others surrounded Walker.
. house. when the latter shot Wallac>
dead through door AMI escaped.