The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-19
TRAM ROBBERS FOILED
Attacked a Train Carrying an
Armed Force.
ONE OF THE GANG FATALLY SHOT.

Betrayed by Supposed Confederate, the
Robbers Fall Into the Clutches Of of.
ncers Of the Law-The Engineer Shot,
but Not Seriously Hurt.
CORN, Mo-, Sept 19-The Colorado and
Utah express train on the Santa Fe road
was held up by robbers The railroad and
express officials had warning of the plan
TO attack the train and they were met by
volley of buckshot and bullets
The raid was planned three weeks ago.
When the train left Chicago at o'clock
Monday evening several railroad and ex-
press detectives, all armed, were taken on
board. Chief Detective j. j. Kinney, Of
the Santa Fe, with G. c. Montgomery, his
assistant, boarded the train at Joliet. At
Streator they were joined by two more
men, who have been patroling the line for
twenty days. J. A. Matthews, who has
len acting as a detective for the last two
weeks, was taken on at Galesburg He
brought news that the robbers met early
in the day and decided to leave their hid
ing place near Memphis to be ready for
the Colorado and Utah express. They ex-
pected to make haul of at least S50,0OO
the Monday run being always much
heavier than any other dav Of the week.
The shooting, which was the first in
timation the passengers on the train had
of the expected attack by the robbers,
caused a panic in the chair and sleeping
cars. The cry Train robbers went
through the train, and when the excite
ment was at its height the brakeman put
his head in the door and shouted keep
your heads down, ladies and gentlemen.
Train robbers are outside" Many of the
passengers sought safety lying fiat on the
floor of the cars
I. S. Servey, of Emporia, one of the di-
rectors of the Santa Fe, was on one of the
sleepers of the train. He was returning
from New York city, where he attended
the meeting of the board Of directors
81 had no intimation whatever" said
he to an Associated Press representative
"that there was to be an attempt made to
hold up the train. was asleep and was
awakened by the torpedoes the robbers
had put on the track as a signal for the
engineer to stop the train. Then came
about twenty-five shots in rapid success
sion toward the front end of the train
Two of the detectives were on the tender,
ready to receive the robbers. They had a
good position, but so far as we know none
of the robbers were killed. The conductor
got the Winchester and a sack which one
of the men threw away l see no reason
why, with seven or eight men ready and
waiting for the robbers, well armed and
equipped, they were allowed to escape. 1t
is very strange"
MEMPHIS Mo-, Sept. 19.-W. E. Nc
Daniel, the man who had advised the Off
GERS Of the plot, time and place Of the
Santa Fe train robbery went on Monday
night with G. +. Abrams and Link Over
field and two others TO CORN Sheriff II.
H. Sailing and City Marshal Bryne went
to a town east of Gorin and joined Detec-
tive J. j. Kinney and two assistants of
the Santa Fe, c. w. Stockton, detective of
the Wells Fargo Express, and two assis-
! tants, and all took passage on train No. g.
As they neared Gorin the engineer noticed
the switch signal light had been removed
He heard a torpedo explode and saw a sig
nal flag being waved. He answered the
signal aud stopped the train.
Abrams, the leader of the gang, ran to
the engineer and called cat: "We've got
you; hold up your hands" The engineer
| was a little slow in responding and
Abrams shot him. Detective Kinney, who
was concealed on the tender, raised up
double barreled shotgun, loaded with
buckshot. Abrams started for the brush
and the other robbers for their horses.
Abrams horse was killed by one Of Kin
| ney' assistants. The robbers fed when
the officers appeared, The officers secured
| the brush, but did not find the robbers.
The officers came to Memphis about 4
| o'clock u, m, got out warrants and went
| three miles northeast of this city and To-
| Gated Abrams and Overiield, brought
| them to town, and they are now in Jail.
| Abrams will die. Two others are sup
| posed to have been implicated in the hold
up and the officers are after them, but re.
fuse to give their names. All the robbers
| are residents of this county.
Rear Brakeman j. p. Mooney says he is
| confident there were seven robbers in the
| gang. Just after the train was stopped
he was sent back to protect the rear end
| Of the train by setting out light. About
| fifty yards from the rear end of the train
| a road crossed the track On this road
were two men holding five horses. Later,
he declares, after one horse had been killed
| and another that had been tied in the tim
Der ran away, he still saw the original
| five. One of she men who tied the horses
| Immediately thereafter took after the
| brakeman. He caught him and holding a
! pistol TO his aose demanded his money,
! Mooney gave up all he had-Si0-when the
| robber made him 90 back to the train