The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-09-21
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The Bad Break Of Would-Be Train
Robbers.
Santa Fe Express Train Attacked That II
Alive With Detectives-Flight and
Capture of Robbers-They
Were Farmers.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 1s.-The Col
orado and Utah express on the Santa
F'e railway. which arrived in Kansas
C4sy from Chicago at 0 o'clock this
morning, was held up by five men at
2:10 o'clock this morning mile east of
CORN. Me-, i73 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. J.
Kinney, of the Santa Fe secret service,
was on the train with 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 tiIicoin
0verfeld. Abrams is wounded in six
places and will die. The men who held
up the train are farmers, living 3 miles
north of Arbeila, Mo.
The Santa Fe officials in Chicago had
Il RI
was TO have taken place Saturday
morning, September 8. When the
train reached Kansas City this morn
ing man who is supposed to have
warned the Santa F'e officers was
handed over to the Santa Fe officials
and taken to hotel on Union avenue
where he registered under a 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 serviees
The railway and express company
officials have been expecting the rob
berry for three weeks. When the train
left Chicago at o'clock last evening
railroad and express detectives, all
walking .arseiials, climbed on at vari-
GUS stations. Chief Detective j. j.
Kinney, of the Santa Fe, with G. C.
Montgomery. his right hand man,
boarded it at Joliet. At Streator they
were joined by two more men who have
been patrolling the line for twenty days.
y. A. Mathews, who has been in com
munication with spy among the rob
beers for the last two weeks, getting
tho nf tho ,.ohln,.Ss
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 $50 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 least
$50, 900. the Monday run being always
much heavier than any other day Of
the week:
Out from between the two high EN-.
banlzments, just 1 mile from CORN
sped the train. One minute more an6
whether their labor had AGAR
been in vain. Then came the
crack of the looked and longe6
for signal. There was but one. A
moment and shrill, sharp whistle
gave token that the engineer haG
heard, and almost before his hand lef
the valve, across the tracks some 81
yards away swung red light.
grinding of wheels along the rails in
Dictated the air had been applied anG
within twenty seconds from the explo
sion of the torpedo the train was at {
standstill.
Out from the dense underground
north of the track came four forms
The face of each was hidden by a blacl
mask. One, more agile than the rest
rushed to the engine almost before hi.
companions could reach the express car
He carried rifle, and when within II
feet of the tender brought it tt
his shoulder, pointed it at Dad Pres
colt, the white-bearded engineer, ant
as he shouted, Hold up your hands,
pulled the trigger. His aim was tru,
and 'Dad'' fell to the floor of his cal
with a bullet in his right shoulder
With one bound Detective Kinney
gained the top of the tender, and
bringing his gun to his shoulder, sen
a shower of shot almost into the face
of the masked individual. How tn,
fellow ever managed to run is mys
terry. But he did, and made for TIL,
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 the
part of the surprised robbors. Not un
til they reached timber did they an
swer. Then they fred few shots
Their aim was bad, for although mel
were leaning from car windows ant
pulling triggers, while others hat
jumped to the ground and were afte1
them on foot, they failed to hit man
THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE.
The detectives remained at the seen,
of the attempted robbery to continu,
the search for the men, as all of then
escaped at the time. Reports received
in this city tell of the capture of two o
the men early yesterday morning a
Memphis. They were farmers in tina
country. One is Charles Abrams ant
the other =; Lincoln Overfeld. TIL,
former is badly wounded and may die
The company's officers here believ,
that information was wrung from tn,
captured men that will lead to the ar
rest of all of the participants In fac
all of them are known.
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