The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-19
DESPERADOES OUTWITTED.
A Bod Train Robbery Taken in the
Nick Of Time.

A Trainload of Detectives Armed
With Winohesters, Loaded With
Buckshot, Meet the Robbers as They
Step Up to the Engine-A Conductor
Relieved of S19 - Two Robbers
Caught Near Memphis.
Gorin Mo-, Sept. 1S.-The Colorado
and Utah express, west bound on the
Santa Fe road, was held up by robbers at
800 o'clock a. m. to-day near Gorin. The
plot to rob the express was formed three
weeks ago and for two weeks the railroad
people have had spy in the robbers
camp, who has kept the company in
formed of the intended movements of the
robbers. Two previous dates were fixed
for the event, but heavy rain
on the appointed days postponed
it because of the ease with
which horses could be tracked in the
soft ground. Another date was set for
to-day and conditions being favorable the
attempt was made. The railroads as usu-
alhad twenty-four hours not ice and the
train was well loaded with men armed
with short Winchester rifles. The infor-
nation of the spy was accurate, and at
the appointed place, one mile west of
Gorin, railroad torpedo exploded under
the wheels, a red light flashed ahead
and the train stopped. Imme-
diately four masked men came from the
brush, one rushed to the engine, ordered
the engineer to hold up his hands and fired
at him with a Winchester at the same mo-
ment. The engineer fell wounded, and
detective on the tender fired a loard of
buckshot into the robbers face before he
had time to change his position. He got
away for the time, but was caught later,
and will probably die Of his wounds.
FUsILLADE AT THE GANG
The firing at the engine brought fu-
sillade from the armed men concealed on
the express, baggage and smoking cars,
which was returned with a few shots
from the robbers, who then made of as
quickly as they could, cutting the hitch-
ing straps of the horses in their haste.
One horse was killed by the detectives,
but all Of the robbers escaped for the
time All of the parties to the plot are
known and all will undoubtedly be cap
tured.
A pack of blood hounds was in readi-
ness at Gorin and they took up the trail
before daylight. No better place could
have been selected for the robbery and it
would undoubtedly have been successful
if the railroad people had not been ad-
vised of what was intended. The passen-
gers could have safely been robbed as
well as the mail and express cars. Four
men made the attempt on the train, but
two or three others seem to have been
with the horses and stationed behind the
train to prevent anybody reaching Gorin
on foot after the train was halted.
HELD UP FOR NINETEEN
Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 16.-The Santa
Fe train, which was held up near Gorin,
Mo, arrived in Kansas City at 9 o'clock
three minutes late. The engine was in
charge of Fred Murdock, who took the
place of Engineer William Prescott, who
was shot by the bandits. Prescott is not
fatally wounded. The bullet struck him
in the breast, glanced from his collar
bone, came out and fell on his
shirt front beneath his blouse
When the train was held up
j. H. Mooney, the rear brakeman, walked
up the track in the rear of the train to
flag west-bound trains. Fifty yards from
the rear end of the train he saw two men
holding FIVE horses. One of them left the
horses, walked toward Mooney, covered
him with gun, relieved him of $40 and
ordered him back to the train. The con
ductor was George Blue. Blue says he
saw seven men in the gang.
TWO CAUGHT NEAR MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Mo-, Sept. 1s-Two of the
Santa Ee train robbers were caught near
here this morniug. They were brought
to Memphis and lodged in jail They are
Charles Abrams and Link Overfeld.
They were caught by special agents of
the Santa Fe railroad, who have been on
their trail since the robbery was at
tempted, and the desperadoes driven off
Abrams is the man who shot Engineer
Prescott. He is badly wounded, and not
expected to live. Abrams was the leader
Of the gang and boarded the engine in ad-
vance Of his companions and received the
charge Of buckshot full in the face The
detectives marvelled at the time that
Abrams was able to move six feet, much
less escape to the woods, which he did