The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-13
DARINo TRAIN RoppERY.

Two sIea Hold Up n TraIa Ssar saera-
msnto and Thea Take the Engine and
Escape.
sAcaAxrno. GAIA. Oct l2-Ths
sas.bound overland train, due here at 9
o'clock, was held up by two men about
six miles below this city last night. The
ROBBERY occurred about seven miles be-
yond Dayisyills, at crossing known as
Sheep Camp. The robbers Waylaid the
trackWalker on his tricycle. about 8
O'Clock, tied him hand and foot With
the trackwalker'a lantern the robbers
signaled No. 70 stop. Scott slowed
mp, but did not como TO full stop. until
the explosion Of dynamite bombs under
the engine warned him that II was use
less to proceed further. By this time
the two robbers were on the engine.
They sprang on from opposite sides Of
the track and began shooting az once
! IThe robbers made the engineer and
fireman dismount and walked them
back, with rifles at their heads, to the
rear Of the express car, where the VIC
tims were ordered 10 uDcouple the train.
This was done. aud. before the express
man, mail clerk or any Of the train
hands knew what was going on, the
engine was speeding ahead. and was
drawing only the two forward mail cars
and Wells Fargo & Co.'S express car.
They went ahead about llvp miles with
the robbers, the engineer and fireman
on the engine. The rest oil the train
remained ut Sheep Camp. When the
captured cars were halted. Engineer
Scott and the fireman were marched
back 10 the express car, where the rob-
beers made u demand OIL Messenger
Paige to open his door.
Paige hesitated, and some shots were
fired through the glass door Of him, one
OF which grazed his temple and filled it
with bits Of broken glass. Then the
engineer called out to Paige to open the
door. "We're covered with guns, and
they will kill US II you don't open,"
said Scott. Still PaigO, desisted and be-
gan to fire through the door, but his
aim was wild, and again Scott, in fear OF
his life, called on the messenger TO open,
ssTing that the robbers would surely
blow him up unless he gave up.
The messenger finally opened the
door. Ono robber then covered the
messenger and engineer and fireman
with his rifle, while the others searched
for coin. lie found three sacks, one
containing 500 lin silver and two small
sacks Of gold. There was good deal Of
treasure on the train, however. which
the robbers did not get.
The engineer and fremen were made
to carry the booty to the engine and de-
post where directed. The robbers
mounted the engine and rode of. leav-
ing the engineer and fireman behind.
They went down the road toward sacra-
mento, and then they reversed the
lever and sont it back to the stalled
train. Luckily tho steam was low, and
when the locomotive came in contact
with the forward mail car but little
damage was done. Train No. 10, the
Oregon express, came along and pushed
the three detached sections Of train No.
8 together, and then into Sacramento.
AS far as eau be learned, more than
800 pounds OF coin were taken. II all
silver, 1t would be about 5000; if all
gold, It would be about $4,000. 1t is be.
lieved that one sack, weighing 100
pounds, carried by the engineer, was
gold, considering the smaIlness OF bulk
as compared to its weight. II go, that
sack contained $4,000.