Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-02
ANOTHER H0LD-UP.
Detectives Could Not Protect a
Missouri Pacific Train.
BULLETS WERE PLENTIFUL.
Only $500 We're Secured-The Men
Demanded Valuables from the
Passengers--One Man was
Eadlv Wounded.

Demanded V NdludDiSS ilO'' W.
Passengers--One Man Was
Eadly Wounded.
The Kansas City and Memphis express,
which left Wagner, on the Missouri Paclhc
Railroad at O. 80 O'Clock P. NJ, was wrecked and
robbed by the Cooks gang of desperadoes,
at Correta. a blind siding, five miles south OF
WAGNER. Tho train was running twenty
miles an hour. When it was within one hun
dred feet OF the switch a man came out from
behind an embnnkment and threw tho switch
for the siding, running the train into a string
of box cars. Engineer Jas. Harris applied
the air.brakes and reversed the engine.
The robbers commenced firing at the engine
and coaches. As soon as the train stopped
two of the robbers commanded the engineer
and fireman to come down, and as soon as
they dismoun ed marched them to the bag
gage and express cars Here they forced
Express Messenger Ford to open the DOORS
keeping M fusilade until the side oil the
car was perforated with bullets.
Meanwhile two more Of th robbers had
taken up position at the rear end OF the
s,eeper to prevent any QUE escaping Two
others mounted :he platform between the
smoker and baggage car and two more were
on the platform between ;he first and second
coaches, all keeping up continued hrinS'
The two robbers in the express car wero
meanwhile ransackng that car, securing all
the onevin the local SAFE They commanded
Messenger Ford to open the through sale,
but when he explained that the sale was
locked at the main office and not opened un-
Ill it reached the destination they lett the
car.
The two men on the front platform then
started through the coach, demanding money
and valuabes.
As soon as they reached the rear end ol the
coach the two men on that platform started
through the second coach.
When they were about half way through
freight train following close behind whisted,
and Bill Cook, the leader who had all the
time remained outside issuing commands,
swearing at the passengers ana shoollh9'
called for all hands to come out.
lack Mahara. advance agent for Mahara S
NIipstrels was hit in the forehead by bullet
and dangerously, if not fatally, wounded
Walter Barnes, OF Van B Iren, Ark. was also
slightly injured by bullet, striking him III
the cheek.
Special Officers Helmick and Dickson, ol
tho Missouri Pacific, wero on the train, als'
United States Deputy Marshals Brunner anC
Casayer. but they were covered by Winches
ters in the hands Of the bandits before they
had time to make a move. Casayer lost
watch and six-shooter
The train was backed up to Wagner fol
assistance and to give the injured medical at
tention. Every car was riddled with bul e'
and every window broken The engine cal
was shot ak to pieces, even the steam gauge
and gauge lamp being shot away The groun'
around the wreck was covered witA empty
sheels It was strange that many lives wer
not lost. Fully two hundred shots were
, fired.
The Missouri Pacific immed lately started
nerntendent W. ]. Mckee and picking u
denutv marsba!s. United States Indian Agen
, wisdom. of Muskogee, has ordered all tn
Indian police to report for duty
, Conductor Duncan. in charge ofthe wrecked
q train. when interviewed. said: II was il tn
. sleaner when we struck the cars Cn the sid
G track thought it was head-end collision
> and knowing that we were closely followed
n bv n freight grabbed red lamp and Slarte'
hack to flag. When l reached the rear end
+ was confronted by two men, who ordered M
hack in the car l told them we were closer
s followed by freight and would be run in'o
and asked them to let me 80 back to haj
: them. One of them replied. We'll go on ant
t hurry up started back as last as could
hut being troubled with asthma could not g.
{ very fast The two men began firing at M
and told me to so faster.
y Express Messenger W. T. Ford declined
saw ANYTHING further than that the robpef
+ cot everything they could lay ban Is on ou
n oide Of the through sale. The mail car wa
] not molested. The loss OF the express con
{ many will not exceed $500, as instruction
; | had been issued TO all agents in the Terrtor
l. 70 receive no money or yaluables Tor this tral
n and only the company's money RENTED
local agents was carried outside OF II
y through sale.
t Six of the gang passed through Wagon
/! going at slow trot and seemingly not Il
y least afraid Of Icing captured.