The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-14
,nurHHR ACCOUNT THE HOLDUP
The Conductor Showed FiGht-The Engine
A Complete Wreck.

WASHINGTON, d. c., oct. B.-Aston-
ishment is the feeling uppermost here
abouts concerning last nights train rob-
berry within twenty-five miles Of the city.
| The details are as follows:
The train held up was the nOrth-bound
! express train on the klchihohd' Freder-
| icksburg and Potomac railroad, leaving
| Richmond at O'Clock last night. The
! train left Fredericksburg at S.5S o'clock,
on time The robbery occurred near
| Aqua creek, between Brooks Station and
! Wide Water, an exceedingly wild part
| OF the country, entirely suited for the
purpose. 1t is not known at what point
| the robbers boarded the train, and the
| first intimation anybody had that trou-
| BILE was brewing was when two men
! jumped from the tender down into the
| cab, and levelling revolvers at the as
tOnished engineer and nremdn, ordered
! them 10 stop the train,
The engineer hesitated for an instant, but
when Informed that he must stop the
train or be killed, he closed the throttle,
and the train, which had been running at
about forty miles an hour, slowed up ana
finally came to q complete stand -Stlll.
The fireman and engineer were compelled
10 leave the engine, and sit quietly on the
bank alongside the track.
VISITED tbs ExIREss CAR.
Then the bandits. who were seven In
number, and all disguised by masks, or
by handkerchtefs tied over the lower part
OF their faces, made for the Adams eX-
press car. which was In charge OF Mes
senger j. s. Crutchheld. one robber en-
tered the car AS described by Crutcn-
field, he was of heavy build, and dressed
Ike a farmer, although he seemed TO
thoroughly understand the express busi-
ness. He had a red handkerchief over the
lower part Of his face.
When the train stopped" said Cruth-
held, Il opened the door Of my car: The
robber fired a shot al me | lodged back
ana closed the door He called open
that door, ] did not do 1t. open that
door, or I'll blow the whole car TO pieces
with dynamite
Then he threw a stick Of dynamite
II struck the door and shattered ii ana
the casing. The force knocked me off my
feet i then opened the door Gre ROB
Der came In and made me open the .iase
He took everything. There was one
package, which he must have thought
contained only papers, for he threw them
into boxes. 1t contained 5000. Then he
said. open that other safe
That is simply a deadhead safe l
"'The HI it is,' he roared. SHOW
me your waybill for IT.
II started to get the BILL and he
said keep your hands up show me the
"He looked at the bill and was salts
fled that the second safe contained moth
ing which was true.
"The man was very cool all the time.
we uou SEVEN VI rteut NHiNuSH express
pouches, each containing packages of
money; how much l can't guess. The
man cut small silt In each pouch and
took every package"
MAY nAvE BEEN $4,000.
Crutchfield thinks there may have been
$i5O,O0 in the packages. The robbery oc-
Cupied about twenty minutes The nIpht
was dark, the place selected was deem
cut The engineer and fireman sat on
the bank on one side OF the train dnr-
ing the whole robbsry. and were not
Ten feet from Two or three OF the rob-
The man who entered the car seemed
to be the leader although man on
the outside with a high-key voice. had
a good deal to say about things. Tais
man man Was taIl and ran about a good
rushed ahead at frst thinking that