Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-19
BEAUTIFULLY DONE
An Attempted Train Robbery
Fooled
BY A SPrS GOOD WORK.
An Army of officers Were Ready
for Them,
POURING The HOT METAL
Into the Robbers Unit, Some OF Them
Were LITERAL, ruled Win Lead.
A Graphite Aecoun, of the connict
Near corin, Ml-.our,-A Man OF Iron
Nerve.

CORN, No. Sept is.--rhe Colorado
and Utah express ON the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe was held up By
robbers at $3.50 a. m. today. owing to
the fact that the railroad and express
officials had a SPY on the trail Of the
bandits when they stopped the train
they met hail OF buekshot and bullets
ana It Is said at least two lie dead In
the surrounding woods. while as many
others rode for the rendezvous. twenty.
one miles away. nllcd with lcaden pei
let's They were novices IN The art OF
train robbery. ANA brutal ones at that.
FOR they shot 'Dad" Prescott the en-
gineer before they even gave him
chance to hold up his hands, His
wound. It Is believed will not prove
fatal. The raid was planned three
weeks ago, but not put into execution
until this morning. when The train left
Chicago at . o'clock last evening, rail
road and express detectives. all walk
ing arsenals. climbed on AZ every STA
ton, chief Detective J. j. Kenny OF
the Santa Fe with c. e. Montgomery,
his right hand man. boarded It at
Joliet At streatar they were Joined by
two more men, who have been potroil-
ing the lines for twenty days. James
Thomas, who has been acting the spy
for tile last two weeks, and getting the
news OF their plans, put In an appear
ance at Galcsburg, lie brought news
that the wouid-bc robbers met early In
the day and decided to leave their hldt
ing place. near Memphis, No. at $50
O'Clock last night aud make their at
tempt to get rich at the expense OF
the express company They expected
to make haul OF at least 10000. the
Monday run being always much heav.
Ter than any other day OF the week.
The Supcriutend-nt.
When the train reached Fort Mad
lsou. Iowa. shortly aftot midnight, Dl-
vision superlntendel stockton OF The
Wells Fargo Express company got IN.
10 the treasure cat lie carried a
sawed-on Winchcater with history.
II belonged to Bill Dalton, and II WIS
to be poetic Justice to turn II loose
upon the followers In the footstepH %
tho Kansas desperate with him were
four men Their arms wcre In the cur
ana had been FOR So, eral dayH,
Then council VI war was held. II
was flgsl proposed to ambuacadc the
force behind barficade OF trunks and
boxes In the express car and allow the
robbers TO enter. The messenger was
to throw up his hands add knecl down
TO open the safe. Then he was 10 fall
on the floor and then, the Wholesalers
would commence 20 bark. Two men
were to be stationed on tins engine to
protect the tralninen and another was
10 guard the rear. This scheme was
finally abandoned.
The plan adopted was thlYi Detect
Ives Kinney ana Montgomery boarded
the engine Superintendent Stockton
and two OF his good shots tafrled In
the express car. But II was IN the for
ward end Of The smoking car the forces
were maHsed partition and door
encloses half a dozen seats and shuts
on the rest Of the car from H. There
the men. a dozen Of them. were placed.
Each one OF them had one Of the saw
ed offs" every cartridge loaded espe-
oialiy for the event. with two dozen
buckshot There was only one pass
efger In that compartment. and he was
requested by the brakeman TO take u
seat m the chair car as they were go-
ing TO sweep"
At 2 o'clock when Sheriff Sailing OF
Scotland county climbed on board all
details OF the surprise party were arr
ranged. There was one man, however.
who was 10 be looked for and protec-
ted He was the spy. According to tho
tssf ThnFouu l.a urs
would endeavor to be the one who
tagged the train. n 80, one torpedo
would precede the swinging OF the
lantern. II another there would be n
couple Of the bombs. The orders were
that no matter n every ono OF the guilty
ones got away there was 20 be no
shooting 10 endanRer the life 81 the
man who had. In fact, taken his life
into his hands in order TO Illustrate the
attempt At robbery, and 90. 1r the
minutes sped on, an unwonted silence
settled down on the train.
Hunted safety.
Pullman car conductors and pOrtera
sought places Of safety and even the
trainmen did not expose tbemneiyen
unnecessarily IN tho little compare
rnent Allied with armed men, the lights
were turned out. the windows were up
In each seat were two men sitting
sideways. the muzzle OF their guns
proirudlng just a tribe over the siilH.
Behind them stood others with Win
ohesters at half cock resting on their
arms. out from between two hiEh
entertainments. Just one mile from
CORN, sped the train. One minute more
and the anxious watchers would know
whether they again had their labor IN
vain. Then came the crack o. the
looked and ionged for signal There
was bat one moment and shr1il.
ahnrn vNhlatle gave token The enalneer