The herald., 1894-08-26
reign of terror at Mayfair and the shoot

reign of terror at Mayfair and the shoot
ing of Special Officer McGrsth:
I'VE had received instructions" said
Marshall, "from the chief train dis-
patcher to look out for the men who
murdered Pat Owens, the c., Nj. st.
Z, officer, at Deerfisld, O few miles north.
1t was about s 20 this morning when
Conductor Simmons jumped from the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight
as it came to q stop at the Mayfair
crossing, srnmons told me that he
thought he had the men who killed
Owens in a car near the end OF the train.
l told McGrath, who had his uniform
on, to stay cut OF sight as much as pos-
tible.
when l reached the car in which the
men were hiding / thought recognized
them from the descriptions as the once
wanted for Owens murder. l called out
TO McGrath: AN right; come on
McGrath came and started to climb
upon the car: drawing his gun as he
did &C.
SIN q fazA one OF the bandits, the
larger and nE5re burly fellow, drew a
gun 40 largeethat he had to uae both
hands to operate it. He fired point
blank at McGrath, who fell badly
wounded at the f1rst fire. l thought it
best to run away, es | had no gun. The
murderous fellow took aim again at the
officer as McGrath was regaining his
feet, and another bullet crashed into his
body. A third bullet IVES then fred
into MEG Nth, and then the companion
to the murdsrous thug drew two big
revovers, which he fourished, and,
yelling like demons, the pair jumped
off the opposite eide OF the train and
ran toward Milwaukee avenue, where
they met the farmer whose wagon they
took to make their escape"
SUPERINTENDENT BARR's sToRY.
The story OF the affair last night from
which todAy's man hunt resulted, is
old by Superintent Barr as follows:
"When the Unbound freight on
the ST. Paul road stopped last night at
Deetfleld, two maeksd men mounted the
steps of the caboose. The train stops st
the station which is just over the line
from Cook county, in Lake. for water.
The brakemen were we'll toward the en-
gine, which was in charge OF Engineer
Richard, and only the conductor, Sar-
gent, and the railroad detective, Patrick
Owens, were in the caboose. 1t was
1920 O'Clock. The maeked men entered
the door and covered the conductor and
detective with their revolvers. The de-
tective sprang for his rifle, but before
he could reach it, one Of the robDers
shot him through the breast.
1.-THE conductor threw up his hands
and the robber who had done the shoot
ing, went through his pockets, taking
his -ratch and small amount Of money.
Afterwards he searched the detective's
clothes for valuablss and left the train
iust before the brakemen, who had
heard the shot. came running back. No
trace could be found of tho bandits, and
the body was turned over to the Lake
county authorities"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The bandits. after holding up freight
train at Deerfield last night, robbing the
conductor of a watch and killing Dstect-
i've Owens, cut ncroes the country to
Mayfair. Patrick McGrath, North
western railroad detective, attempted to
intercept them. They boarded fiat
car and opened FIRE on McGrsth, who
fell to the platform. One bullet struck
him in the LEFT arm, one entered his
body and third struck him near ths
heart, but was diverted by penholder.
The bandits then axple farmers team
and startled to Milwaukee avenue. Men