The morning call., 1894-02-17


the robber said: See here, don't look at
me so close, but get light there quick
| The messenger said be had no match.
| Well, Pll give you match. said the rob-
Der. putting his pistol TO the messengers
head, .iust feel down in my vest pocket
and get it yourself. The bomb that was
thrown against the door broke few pan
els and some windows and slightly stunned
the express messenger. Beyond that i
understand no damage was done. The
robbers madethe express messenger carry:
the money they se'ured down from the car
toward their two-horse team, which was
about $50 yards away. But when within
thirty yards of the wagon they took the
money and made him turn back. There
were several bags of bullion OF money in
the car that the robbers did not get, and
proDa bly,. they did not secure very large
amount. .:.:.:
There we're eight or ten shots fired al
tegether.% and three OF them whistled close
te me. My recollection is that about five
shots were fired before the bomb was ex-
paded.. If the train had been coming,
down grade with speed of forty miles an
hour at that point there would have been
q great loss. Of life and property. As il
was the upgrade pull made the speed
eighteenor twenty. miles an hour, Fire
man Arthur Masters suffered terrible
fate. The wild pJunging of the engine
threw BIN eff his:feet ard he fell d 0wuthe
Qpenin between the tender-b beam and fire.
box. The rising of the engine closed the
openineand Dinched poor Masters IN by
the lower par. of the legs with frightfully
g. 81,
rlble agonies while be lived, which was
about an: honr, and although we. worked
the very best we Gould To extricate bin he
died.abaut ten minutes before we cOnld
get himnut. In the midstof his suffering
he; begged for a pistol that he might Kill
.himse f. and end his, misery. 1t seems
strange.he should have died so soon from
having his legs crushed. Masters was
good man and well. liked. He was an
aged *27 years and NOT mar
.rled. .- =. -: !. -. =.
The tramp that was killed was found
Under the.ieft cylinder. His partner was
stunned some, but soon: recovered. and
helped TO get Masters outof the wreck.
During the whole: affair=I saw enly. two
robbers, and If there were more they were
cot about The. eng ne" -; =: :: -. :.
The bodies of Arthur Masters and the
tramp were: brought to this city and are
now lying al fhe M0rgue, where az inquest
wac held this evening. Upon the person
of the tramp was found letter addressed
to Harry DAILY. 125 Wall street,
Sheriff Cline and Detectives IHsley and
Benson CAME back this afternoon and re-
ported at raflroat headquarters that they
had left Detective Bowler at Ian kershim.
on the Clearwater Park branch, following
the wagon track. made by the robbers.
The officers returned are going to take an
other track according to plans agreed upon.
The robbers are apparently heading in the
directions Of Ventura. T. ~.
Detective Auble returned late this even
ing. He saws there were at least three
robbers in the gang; two of them drove in
a blackboard and Que was on horseback. The
ffieers followed the trail on horseback.
They followed the trail plainly thres miles
westof Cahuenga and then turned on
the old Ventura ROAD. When seven miles
from the scene of the robbery a binding
sand erm arose and put stopto further
proceedings. Along the trail the officers
picked up quite acoilection of tags which
sHo Ao uoe4s5 cus ouf .the- Lays sueWiDB tpat
the robbers made quite. haul. Besides
The money packages carried off were two
Wells Fargo boxes filed with valuable
packages. When Officer Auble left United
States Marshall Gard. who captured
Bandit EvaHs short time ago, and Will
Smith:of the Southern Pacific and Deputy
Sheriffs Cline. aud Boteilo were still fol-
lowing. the clew. On reliable authority it
can be stated that Marshal Gard knows
the men and has made a wager that he
will have.them In twenty hours.
+ Sheriff Cline states that he and his
deputies tracked The robbers to a roint
seven miles due west o Roscne. There all
traces of the men were host. Cline says
ali:the parties implicated rode together to
the pointstated and tten. separated.