The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1894-09-20
One of Them liza. SIX Wounds From
" inclI-.t-Is and Cannot Live
The Attempt Planned by
Farmers,

4" attempt iduuSu Uy
Farmers.
Gorin. Mo Sept. Is The Colo
rado AID Utah express on the Santa
Fe VAS held up by robbers ut $50
a. III. 10 Jay The PERSONS who
undertook the job we're Charles
Abrahams, Lincoln Ovei field and
two others living Lortheast Of Mem
phis, in Scot:aud county, and late
this afternoon they were captured
and are now in the Jail at Memphis,
Abrahams being SO severely wound
ed that be is likely to die. Owing
to the fact that the railroad and ex
press officials had spy on the trail
of the bandits when they stopped
the train they met hail of buckshot
and bullets. The raid was planned
three weeks ago, but not put into
execution until this morning. When
the train left Chicago at 5 o'clock
last evening railroad aud express
detectives, all walking arsenals,
climbed on at every station. J. A.
Mathews, who has been acting the
spy for the last two weeks and get
ting the news of their plans, put in
an appearance at Galesburg. He
brought news that the robbers
would be met early in the day aud
decided to leave their hiding place
near Memphis at $50 o'clock last
night and make their third attempt
to get rich at the expense of the
express company. They expected to
make haul of at least $4,000, the
Monday run being always much
heavier than any other day of the
week.
When the train reached Fort
Madison, Ia shortly after mid night,
Division Superintendent Stockton of
the Wells-Fargo Express company
got into tho treasure car. He car
ried a sawed off Winchester with a
history. 1t had belonged to Bill
Daltou and it was to be poetic jus
tice to turn it loose upon followers
IN the footsteps of the Kansas des
perado
Out from between two high EN-.
bankments just one mile from CORN
sped the train. One minute more
and the anxious watchers would
know whether they again had their
labor in vain. Then came the crack
of the looked and longed for signal
There was but one. A moment and
a shrill, sharp whistle gave token the
engineer had heard almost before
his hand left the valve, across the
tracks, not fifty yards away, swung
a red light. A grinding of wheels
along the rails told the air had been
applied, and within twenty seconds
from the explosion of the torpedo
the train was at a standstlll
Out from the dense underground
north of the track came four forms
The face of each was hidden by 6
black mask. One, more agile than
the rest, rushed to the engine al
most before his companions could
reach the express car. He carried
rifle, and when within ten feet oi
the tender brought it to his shoul
der, pointed it at dad" Prescott
the white bearded engineer, and al
be shouted, "Hold up your hands,
pulled the trigger. His aim wa'
true, and Dad fell to the floor o
} his cab. With one bound Detectiv,
Kinney gained the top of the tender
and bringing his gun to his shoulder
sent shower of shot almost into th'
face of the masked individual How
on earth the fellow ever managed t.
move six inches is mystery. Blu
he did, and made for the woods.
Twice before last nights attemp
the bandits left their hiding place
twenty one miles away and started
for the spot selected for their deet
of violence Each time coplou
fall of rain baffled them.
The cunning of the hold up
craftsman WAS shown in the seleC