Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-18
TRAIN ROBBERS AT WORK.

fSoiu ana Darin. hODDery OF an B1Apress
Train in Gaiirnrnia-The Engineer aud
Fireman Compelled 10 Help Carry the
Booty from the Express Car--A sIessen-
ger Who Was Fun of Fight and Gave in
Only to Save the Lives of Others.
SACRAMENTO, Call, Oct. l2.--A daring
robbery which occurred last night at about
seven miles beyond Dayisyille, a crossing
know as Sheep Camp was daring crime,
-Four sacks OF coin were secured from the
express car and Messenger Jack Page
barely escaped with his life. The loot
amounted 10 about 81 500.
Engineer Bill Scott of the Oregon over
land that left San Francisco at p. M,
and his fireman were forced at the muzzle
of a revolver to carry coin SACKS from the
express car to the engine. There the rob.
bers uncoupled the engine and rode off
with their booty.
WELL PLANNED AND EXECUTED.
1t was well-planned and skilfully exc
cuted robbery. The robbers waylaid the
track-walker on his tricycle., about y
o'clock, tied him hand and foot, stole $3.50
from him and left him helpless at the side
of the track. The track-walker was Just
pulling out of Sheep Camp and the over
land was already in sight. With the track
walkers lantern the robbers signalled No.
8 to stop. Scott slowed up, but did not
come to full stop until the explosion of
dynamite bomos under the engine warned
him that it was useless to proceed further.
BEGAN BY SHOOTING.
By this time the two robbers were oil
the engine. They sprang on from oppo-
site sides of the track and began shooting
at once. The passengers and train hands
saw quite number OF shots were fired be-
fore anybody knew what it was all about.
The robbers made the engineer and fire.
man dismount and walked them back
WITH RIFLES AT THEIR HEADS
to the rear of the express car, where the
victims were ordered to uncouple the
train, This was done speedily and before
the expressman, mail clerk or any OF the
train hands knew what was going OH the
engine was speeding ahead and drawing
only the two forward mail cars and Wells
Fargo d Company's express car. They
ahead about five miles with the robbers.
the engineer and fireman on the engine.
The rest of the train remained at sheep
Camp, IN imminent peril of being tele-
scoped by the Oregon train in the rear.
When the captured cars were halted En-
gineer Scott and the fireman were marched
back to the express car, where the robbers
madee demand on Messenger Page to open
his door. He refused. by God, we'll
SHOOT THE ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
| if YOU don't open in hurry" said one OF
| the robbers, the taller of the two, while
the other masked man held two dynamite
bombs up to view in the clear moonlight
| and threatened to blow the express car to
| pieces unless it was opened at once.
Still Page hesitated and some shots were
| fired through the glass door at him, one of
which grazed his temple and filled it with
| broken bits Of glass. Then the engineer
called out to Page to open the door. I'VE
are covered with guns and they Will
KILL US IF YoU DON'T OPEN"
said Scott, Still Page desisted and began
| to fire through the door, but his aim was
wild and again Scott. in fear OF his life,
called on the messenger to open, saying
| that the robbers would surely blow him
up unless he gave up.
The messenger finally opened the door.
| One robber then covered the messenger
| and engineer and fireman with his rifle
while the other searched for coin. he
found three sacks, one containing 500 in
| silver and two small sacks of gold.
There was good deal of treasure on the
train, however, which the robbers did not
| secure.
GAVE IN TO SAVE scoTT's LIFE.
~ was about out of ammunition" said
Messenger Page, land Scott was so badly
frightened that opened the door 20 save
his life. am sure they would have killed
him il had held back moment longer.
When the door opened the engineer and
fireman were ordered to jump in the car
The robbers followed them. Train No. II
was close behind them, the bandits evi
IDENTIFY knew that their time was precious
The engineer and fireman were made tt
carry the booty to the engine and deposit
where directed.
FLIGHT OF THE ROBBERS.
The robbers mounted the engine ant
rode off, leaving the engineer and fireman
behind. They went down the road toward
Sacramento and then they reversed thu
lever and sent it back to the stalled train
As the steam was low when the locomo
tive came in contact with the forward mai
car, but little damage was done. The train
No 10 the Oregon express, came aloni
and pushed the three detached sections o
train No. together and then into Sacra
nento, where they arrived at 1880 thi
morning.
The backs of Lincoln and Scott are COY
cred with bruises caused by the proddin
of the rifles held by the robbers.
SACRAMENTO, Call, Oct. l5.-Somewher
within mile of Sacramento fortune
hidden. Fifty thousand dollars in. gol
and several thousand i'll silver, the boot
J of the train robbery of last Thursda
night has been buried in the earth, cache
in tules, sunk in SLOUGH or covered up i
, a cellar; but all the detectives have bee
unable to diminish the area within whic
the stolen wealth must lie. The mile in
cludes town, q swamp. brush, fields,
river and u thousand sloughs and Dons
There is hardly yard of it outside th
streets of Washington and Sacrament
that might not conceal the three bags q
gold and one of silver. For a time ut leas
the hunt for the robbers have given wa
, to hunt for their spells.
4 mysterious man was shot at by tn
guards posted against the remote poss
hility that the robbers might at once see
: their treasure, but he stepped back froi
the moonlight into the shadows of til
+ night and leaving no definite footprint
by W hich his identity might be traced {
guessed.
, From the ranch comes tales of mer
some times two or three, skulking at day
break, from barns, weapons i'll the
7 hands The detectives believe that if I'll
} robbers have cached the money. they wi
wait some time before uncovering an
making Use of it. With the idea of guart
ing all possible chances they statione
guards through the tules and all along IL
5 track and have kept them there even
u night since the robbery.
Messenger Paige discovered that he ha
not come scathless through the ordeal. +
stood at the window of his car looking fl
u chance to shoot at the robbers, whe
:, one of them fired. The bullet shattere
i the glass and some of the fragmen
Q struck him in the face. His head BEGAN
so painful that he had Il surgeon examir
n it. The surgeon cut into the tissues an
! extracted half of Winchester bullet,
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