Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-10-27
HELD UP ANDROBBED
Particulars Of the Missouri Pacific
Train Wreck.
CARS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS,
Advance agent Mahan. OF nahan's Circus
NE In tho Head and Dangerously.
IL Not Fatally wounded.

wAoosRR. ]. r., Oct 2i.--Thc Kan
sas City q Memphis express. which LETT
here at ESQ last night. was wrecked
and robbed by the Cook gang OF des-
pefadoas at Correta. blind siding Eve
miles south Of here. The train was rum
ming about 20 miles an hour, and when
within loo feet of the switch man
came out from behind an embaDkment
and threw the switch OF the sldeirack.
running the train Into string o.
empty boxcars. Engineer James Har-
rls applied the air brakes and reversed
tho engine, aad the robbers commenced
| firing at tho engine aud coaches.
AS soon as the train stopped two OF
the robbers Commanded the engineer
and fireman 10 come down, and as soon
as they had dIsmountsd they marched
them In front OF them TO the baggage
ana express cars. Here they forced
Express Messenger Ford 10 open the
doors By perforating the site Of the car
with bullets. Meanwhile two more of
the robbers had taken up psaition at
the rear end OF the sleeper TO prevent
anyone escaping; two Others mounted
the platform between the smoker and
baggage car, aud two more the plat
form between Tho first and second
coaches. all Keeping up u continual
firing.
SAFE and Passengers Robbed.
Two robbers in the express car were
! mean W lille rausacking the car. secur-
ing all the money In the local safe.
They commanded Ford TO open the
} through safe, but when he explained
, that tile safe was locked At the uftioe
J and could not he opened until :,
reached Its destination they left the
, car. The two on the trout platform
then started through tue coach. dc.
| manding money aud vaiuablss. A.
. soon US they reached The rear end ol
, the coach the two men Oh that plat
form started through the second ecacn'
When they were about half way
through, freight train following Gloss
behind whIsiled. aud Blli Cook, ths
leader, who had all the time remained
outside issuing commands. swearing q
? passengers and shooting. ordered n re
{ treat. The men on the cars jumped
{ oil and, when all were on the ground
fired the last voiley at the train ant
disappeared In the darkness. There wer'
eight or 10 men In the PARTY. Two o
, them were white and the Others half
. breeds.
, oniy Two Passengers AIT.
Jack Mahan, advance agent for Ma
han's circus, was hit Ia The head by
bullet aud dangerously, " not fatal,
4 wounded. Walter Barnes, OF Vat
. Buren,, Ark, was also slightly injuEc
: Ly bullet striking him In the cheek
a Special Officers Helmick aud Dlck Sol
! OF the MlsauFi Pacific were on Iii
!. train. aud also Deputy Marshals Bru
4 ner and Casaaere, but they were coy
: cred by Winchesters In the hands 0
|. the bapditn before they had time /
r. make n move.
!. The irain was backed up 10 ibi
y place for assistanc nhd 10 give the In
n juted medical attendance. The entir
E side OF the train was compistsiy rid
!. died with bullstR. The engine cab wa
|. shot all 10 pieces, even The steal
i. gauge and gauge lamp being she
3 away, and the ground around th
II wreck was covered with empty she'll
! II was a miracle tlsat many lives wer
!, not lost, Ms fully 200 shots were fired
!, TIE Missouri Pacific immedlaiel
started "a special train from Litsl
Rock, carrying superintendent w.
Mckee aud picking up deputy ma
shals, United States Agent Wisdoi
N Of Muskogee has ordered all indian ID
lice TO report for duty, aud VIII take
q train early In the ulorning.
10 The Conductors stery.
Is The conductor In charge of III
,. robbed train, " hen interviewed, SAID
IF ~ was In the sleeper when we stiuc
. the cars on the sidetrack. i though
Il was a head end collision. ana Know
- ing We were closely followed by
: freight train, l grabbed a red lamp an
= started back TO Gag. When j reache
= the rear end was confronted by tw
" men who ordered me back Into III
car. | told thsm we were closely 70
10 lowed by a freight aud would be ru
n into, and asked them to lei me GO bac
:. 10 Gag them. One II the men replies
=. Well, 20 or, and harry ul'.' starte
~ back rs fast a. ] could, but balm
~ troubled with asthma l could not z
= very fast. Two men began firing 1
y me and told me TO 90 faster"
- Express Messenger w. Z. Ford d
. cllnsd 10 say anything further iha
: that tho robbers got everything the
y could lay hands on outside OF IN
through safe. The mail car was nd
molested. The loss OF the express con
4 pany will not exceed 5000. as inslrul
n lions had bsen Issued TO all agents
ie the territory 10 receive no money &
10 valuahies Tor This train. Six men dad IN
ir work and were not the least bit afraI
le of being captured. 49,
y Four armed men called al tho scctio
10 houae al Ross station, ak miles mort
Ie Of here. at 10 o'clock today. aud ~ th
Z point of Winchestefs compelle
the section foreman TO prepal
their dinner They we're armed l
tho teeth aud thought TO be part (
the band. After dinner they starts
q west and the section foreman foliowe
them 10 10 their hiding place IN III
Ie brush on the banks Of Bull creel
b where the entire gang Of eight caInpes
D. They were still there at shutdown.