The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-14


band of robbers was George Carter, who,
1t is said, up to two years ago, lived about
a mile from Aqua creek, the scene of the
robbery. Carter is described as 81 years
old, feet 10i2 inches in hight, and his
weight is about $50 pounds He has brown
hair and dark complexion, two moles Oh
his left cheek and a mole on the under lid
of his right eye The thumb and index
finger of his right hand are gone In
January of last year, it is stated, Carter
was sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment in Sing Sing for robbing the home
of the superintendent of Blackwell's
Island, but escaped after a few months
Incarceration and has since evaded cap
ture. He is also wanted in Pennsylvania
and Virginia for robbery. He was at one
time locomotive engineer, is crafty and
a thorough desperate.
This afternoon a man came to police
headquarters and gave himself up, de-
claring that he was one of the bandits,
but being refused a share of the booty,
would turn states evidence. He is closely
guarded by the detectives and the re-
porters are not allowed to see him.
Richmond, Va, Oct. 13-No event that
has taken place in Virginia for many
years created as much excitement as the
hold-up and robbery The affair was lit
orally the talk of the town here to-day,
and there was a good deal of wild rumor
as to the amount of currency on board
from Richmond.
None of the Richmond banks had cur
rency on the train. AS one of the CASH
iers said, the robbers might have been
we'll up on train robbery but they were
sadly off on the laws of trade, for at
present all shipments of currency were
southwark. If, however the hold-up had
taken place Thursday night a good haul
of mutilated currency would have been
made.
The Merchants National Bank sent
north by express last night a package of
drafts and other papers, valued at $1,000
! This package was on the robbed train,
but it is supposed that as the robbers
! coud make no use of the contents, it was
/ thrown away. At any rate the payment
/ of the paper has been stopped by tele-
/ graph
| The two express messengers, J. s.
| Crutchfield and II. Murray, will not re-
| turn to the city until tomorrow and un-
| til their reports are made and the several
| points from which packages were shipped
are heard from 1t will be impossible to
! give the exact amount stolen. Andrew
/ Welsh, the agent of the Southern Ex-
| press Company here, said this afternoon
there was sent from Richmond on the
! train 5000 in currency and s16,500 in listed
| bonds. The bonds had been received at
| the Richmond office from another road,
the currency was in miscellaneous remit
! tances of $50 and less. He knows of S14-
| 500 that was going through from the
south, and also that there was in the ex-
press car light pouches from Savannah,
! Ca, Jacksonville, Fla, and Charleston,
S. c. He did not think that the aggregate
amount stolen amounted to more than
scr, COO
1t is said that if the robbers had made
their raid on the southbound train, No.
| 43, they would have struck bonanza.
| There was in charge of the express mes
| Icar ,rln chi ant Of In 1unr
rency.
As soon as Gov. OFerrall heard of the
affair, he issued a proclamation Offering
a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of the
| robbers, and sent the following kilograms
! to Gov Brown of Maryland the district
! commissioners at Washington and the
mayors of Philadelphia and Norfolk: AT
| about $3.50 o'clock last night the north
| bound train of the Richmond, Fredericks-
! burg and Potomac railroad was held up
| by robbers, supposed to be seven in num-
! ber at or near AcGuia creek, county of
| Stafford, state of Virginia. The door of
| the express car was blown open by dyna-
! mite, and the express safe robbed of
/ large sum of money. The engine was
| then turned loose and a collision with the
! southbound train, which would necessa-
rily have caused great loss of life, barely
| aVerted.
Il have offered a reward of 81 900 for the
/
of any one of them. payable after trial
and conviction.
ct respectfully request that you call
| upon the officers of your state Cor city)
generally to be on the alert and to use
their best efforts to secure the arrest of
these men. They are supposed to have
escaped by boat"
Mai Myers, president of the railroad
company, has offered q reward of 81, 900 for
the arrest of the outlaws, or any one of
them.
Mr. Walsh, Richmond representative of
the express company, to-day said that
he had no doubt that his company would
follow suit,
No further intelligence as to the amount
Of money looted could be obtained this
afternoon at the Adams Express Com
pany's headquarters. The officials of that
| company we're busy receiving reports
from the places whence the diff
ferent consignments of money were
shipped and We're endeavoring to
sum UP the total loss. The
amount stated to have been taken ranged
from $4,000 to s25O,ODO, but the Adams
/ Express Company say that IT will not be
near the lowest of these figures.
It was also rumored that clew ha1
| been discovered to the robbers but the
officials Of the company would not speak
about It.
and Engineer Gallagher of the robbed
train to report at his office this afternoon
and assisted by w. G. Preston, one Of the
attorneys for the road. made a rigid and
close inquiry into the proceedings Of last
| Friday.
Capt. Birdsong was then called upon
for statement of what he saw and heard.
! Il was back at the rear of the smoker,
counting out my tickets" he said, when
the train was brought to a standstill.
Charley Munford, my porter, rushed past
me and out Of the door. / followed him,
and just as I got to the front end OF the
car 1 heard two reports, which 1 took TO
| be torpedoes. Charley came running
| back into the car and exclaimed that the
train was being robbed. ! then went out
on the platform, and he advised me TO
come back, saying ! would be shot.
Just then / saw man run up by the
platform and stopping just In front Of me,
| he fired his pistol into the air. ] at once
| realized that we had been held up, and
thinking to intimidate the robbers, ]
! called out loudly: Charley, bring me my
| winchester ] then went through my
| train and cautioned all Of the passengers
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