The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-09-22
ROBBERS FOILED.
Attempt to Rob a Santa Fe Ex-
press Train.
The Cars Were Full of Armed Detectives
Who Had Received warning-Lively
'ShoOting-Flight, Pursuit and
Capture CT Robbers.

orado and Utah express on the Santa
Fe railway, which arrived in Kansas
City from Chicago at o o'clock this
morning, was held up by five men at
2:l0 o'clock this morning a mile east of
Gorin, Mo-, l73 miles east of Kansas
City. Engineer William Prescott. Of
Fort Madison, Ia, was shot in the
shoulder by one of the bandits, but not
dangerously wounded. The hold up
was expected and Chief Detective J. ].
Kinney, of the Santa Fe secret service,
was on the train with a squad of armed
men. They opened fire on the bandits,
and after twenty minutes delay the
train proceeded, leaving Kinney and
his men in pursuit of the bandits.
Early this morning two of the ban
dis were caught at Memphis, Mo. Their
names are Charles Abrams and Lincoln
Overfield. Abrams is wounded in six
places and will die. The men who held
up the train are farmers, living miles
north of Arbella, Mo.
The Santa Fe officials in Chicago had
been given notice of the robbery. II
was to have taken place Saturday
morning, September 8. When the
train reached Kansas City this morn
ing q man who is supposed to have
warned the Santa Fe officers was
handed over to the Santa Fe officials
and taken to hotel on Union avenue
where he registered under fictitious
name and went to bed. He will re-
main in Kansas City until the arrival
of Chief Detective Kinney, of the Santa
Fe secret service.
The railway and express company
officials have been expecting the rob.
berry for three weeks. When the train
left Chicago ut o'clock last evening
railroad and express detectives, all
walking arsenals, climbed on at vari-
GUS stations. Chief Detective j. j.
Kinney, of the Santa Fe, with @. c.
Montgomery. his right hand man,
boarded IL at Joliet. At Streator they
were joined by two more men who have
been patrolling the line for twenty days
j. A. Mathews, who has been in com.
munication with a spy among the rob
bers for the last two weeks, getting
the news of the robbers plans, put in
an appearance at Galesburg. He
brought news that the would-be rob-
bers met early in the day and decided
to leave their hiding place, near Mem.
phis, Mo-, at $40 o'clock last night and
make their attempt to get rich at the
expense of the express company. They
expected to make a haul of at leas,
$50. 900, the Monday run being always
much heavier than any other day o.
| the week.
Out from between the two high en-
bankments, just 1 mile from Gorin
sped the train. One minute more ant
the anxious watchers would know
whether their labor had agar
been in vain. Then came tn,
crack of the looked and longet
for signal. There was but one. A
moment and a shrill, sharp whistle
gave token that the engineer hat
heard, and almost before his hand lef
the valve, across the tracks some s.
yards away swung a red light. 4
| grinding of wheels along the rails in
dicated the air had been applied an,
within twenty seconds from the explo
sion of the torpedo the train was at I
standstill.
Out from the dense underground
/ uOTln OI Juc trdck Chuc IOuT IOELus
The face of each was hidden by blacl
mask. One, more agile than the rest
rushed to the engine almost before hi
companions could reach the express car
He carried q rife, and when within 1
feet of the tender brought It L
his shoulder, pointed 1t at Dad" Pres
colt, the white-bearded engineer, an,
as he shouted, Hold up your hands,
pulled the trigger. His aim was tru
and dad" fell to the floor of his cal
with q bullet in his right shoulder
With one bound Detective Kinne,
gained the top of the tender, and
bringing his gun to his shoulder, sen
q shower of shot almost into the fac
of the masked individual. How tn
fellow ever managed to run Is q mys
terry. But he did, and made for tn
| woods.
The shot which laid Engineer Pres
colt low was the signal for fusilad
and shots echoed and re-echoed from
bank to bank and through the woods
1t was also the signal for hasty re
treat to the shelter of timber on tn
part of the surprised robbors. Not un
til they reached timber did they an
swer. Then they fred few shot
without injuring any one.