The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-17

began, which was almost sinu.tau cons
with the stOppage Of the train There
were three shots fired by the robbers, and
the passengers Immediately reached the
conclusion that the firing was intended
to caution them 10 remain on the inside.
They took the hint and kept their seats
Some of the male passengers wanted TO
attack the robbers, but when the dis
covery was made that there was only one
pistol in the entire party this idea was
abandoned. There were about seventy
five passengers aboard. Capt. Barnes
says the express messenger, with whom
he talked. tod him that the safe had NOT
been blown open, as at the time the
train was stopped the messengers. OF
whom there were two, were engaged in
asserting the m0eny packages and ar
ranging them according to the destina-
ton and had them out of the safe for
this purpose.
The messenger with whom Barnes
talked told him that the greater part Of
the money was from JacksOnvilla and
Richmond and he estimated that it
amounted to between $150.000 and $500 00O
The taking possession Of the engine was
entrusted to one man, who held q revol-
YER in each hand and covered the engineer
and fireman. After they had completed
their work the robbers commanded the
engineer and fireman u detach the engine.
MI the tank with water and coal up. The
engine was then boarded by the robbers
Wao We're near 1t, and after proceeding
about two hundred yards stopped u take
on others, who were on the embankment
above tha train. The tralnmen put the
number of robbers at from six u eight.
The place for the robbery was inte.li-
gently selected. being in a deep cut, with
no houses in sight and a field on one side
or the road and a forest on the other. The
moon was only partially obscured by
clouds, but the robbers wore masks over
the lower portion Of their faces and their
features could not be clearly distin-
guished. They told the engineer and fire
man as well as the messengers that they
only wanted the express money.
we want no packages" said one Of
the robbers to the messenger, and the
messenger took advantage of this TO toss
two packages of bonds. one containing
$4,000 and the other $1,000, into pile Of
packages.
We don't want any Of yours he also
said when he learned that a watch nang-
ing in the car belonged TO the messenger
Are you afraid of losing your job he
asked, well luit the business and get
into ours, there is more money IN it,
The robber also cut the packages open
like a man who understood the business
He handled every package as if he We're
acquainted with the business Of express
age. "No jewelry. watches or packages -
he said, as the messenger was getting out
the stuff in the safe. I'VE want nothing
but the money OF the express company
1t has been impossible to ascertain how
many robbers were engaged in the hold
up Two stood guard over the engineer
and fireman and one went into the eX-
press car. There was more or less shoot
ing about the train and the talk heard by
the trainmen Indicated thst the robbers
meant to keep the passengers in the train.
"Step aside Jim. and see if I can hit
the head of the fellow hanging out on the
PLATFORM" one was heard TO say, and this
was followed by a shot. which had a ten
dency to make passengers keep their
heads In and not undertake to pry into
what was going on forward.
Among the passengers was Senator
Blanchard of Louisiana and the people Of
this little place assert that he took his
fright with the balance Of the passengers.
\ suspect was arrested here today by
the police. The man possesses a high,
shrll voice and those who were on the eX-
press train recall the fact that a noticeable
trait of one of the robbers was his pene-
tratlng falsetto voice