The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-09-27
FELL INTO A TRAP.
Tho Bad Break of Would-Be Train
 Robbers.
A santa Fe Express Train Attacked That Is Alive With Detectives-Flight and Capture of Robbers-Thoy
 Were Farmers.

morning, was nelu up Dy nVe men at gIO o'clock this morning mile east of Gorin. Mo-, IFS miles east of Kansas City. Engineer William Prescott, of Fort Madison, Ia., was shot in the shoulder by one of the bandits, but not dangcrously wounded. The hold up was expected and Chief Detective J. J. Kinney. of the Santa Fe secret service, was on the train with squad of armed men. They opened fire on the bandits, and after twenty minutes delay the train proceeded, leaving Kinney and his men in pursuit of the bandits.
 Early this morning two of the ban dis were caught at Memphis, Mo. Their Ovcrfcld Abrams is wounded in six places and will die. The men who held up the train are farmers, living miles north of Arbeila, Mo.
 The Santa Fe officials in Chicago had been given notice of the robbery. It was to have taken place Saturday morning, September 8. When the train reached Kansas City this morn ing q man who is supposed to have warned the Santa Fe officers was handed over to the Santa Fe officials and taken to hotel on Union avenue where he registered under fictitious name and went to bed. He will re- main in Kansas City until the arrival of Chief Detective Kinney, of the Santa Fe secret service.
 The railway and express company officials have been expecting the rob bery for three weeks. When the train left Chicago at 5 o'clock last evening railroad and express detectives, all walking arsenals, climbed on at vari- Ous stations. Chief Detective J. J. Kinney, of the Santa Fe, with G. c. Montgomery, his right hand man, boarded it at Joliet. At Streator they were joined by two more men who have been patrolling the line for twenty days. ]. A. Mathews, who has been in com municatiOn with spy among the rob berS for the last two weeks, getting the news of the robbers plans, put in an appearance at Galesburg. He brought news that the would-be rob- berS met early in the day and decided to leave their hiding place, near Mem phiS. Mo-, at S:30 o'clock last night and make their attempt to get rich at the expense of the express company. They expected to make haul of at least SjO,OOO, the Monday run being always much heavier than any other day of the week.
 Out from between the two high em- bankments, just 1 mile from Gorin, sped the train. One minute more and the anxious watchers would know whether their labor had again been in vain. Then came the crack of the looked and longed for signal. There was but one. A moment and a shrill, Aharp whistle gave token that the engineer had heard, and almost before his hand left the valve, across the tracks some 30 yards away swung red light. A grinding of wheels along the rails in- dicated the air had been applied and within twenty seconds from the explo- sion of the torpedo the train was at a standstill.
 Out from the dense undergrowth north of the track came four forms. The face of each was hidden by black mask. One, more agile than the rest, rushed to the engine almost before his companions could reach the express car. He carried a rifle, and when within 13 feet of the tender brought it to his shoulder, pointed it at Dad" Pres colt, the white-bearded engineer, and as he shouted, Hold up your hands" pulled the trigger. His aim was true and Dad" fell to the floor of his cab with bullet in his right shoulder. With one bound Detective Kinney gained the top of the tender, and, bringing his gun to his shoulder, sent shower of shot almost into the face of the masked individual. How the fellow ever managed to run is mys- teiy. But he did, and made for the woods
 The shot which laid Engineer Pres colt low was the signal for fusilade and shots echoed and re-echoed from bank to bank and through the woods. It was also the signal for nasty re- treat to the shelter of timber on the part of the surprised robbers. Not un- til they reached timber did they an swer. Then they fired a few shots. Their aim was bad, for although men were leaning from car windows and pulling triggers, while others had Jumped to the ground and were after them on foot, they failed to hit man.
 THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE.
 The detectives remained at the scene ot the attempted robbery to continue the search for the men, as all of them escaped at the time. Reports received Tn this city tell of the capture of two of the Inen early yesterday morning at Memphis. They were farmers in that country. One is Charles Abrams and the other is Lincoln Overfeld. The former is badly wounded and may die. The company's officers here believe that information was wrung from the captured men that will lead to the arr rest of all of the participants. In fact all of them are known.
 Mrs. Willie K. to Return.
 NEw YORK, Sept. 19-At the flag end or the season, when every body else is pettip0 out of NnxyYort M,S Willie K