Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-09-22
Bold Attempt al Robbery On The
Santa Fe In Missouri.
Engineer IL Badly Wound, d by
the Bandits.
Passengers were Badly Frightened by
the Cry Of "Trsin Robbers"
CHINESE surrER GREAT Loss.

and Utah express on the Santa fe Was
held ny by robbers At 10 =. IN. to-day.
Az the railroad and express officials had
SPY ON the trail 81 the bandits. when
they stopped the train they met hail Of
buckshot and bullets, and II Ia ssid that
At lesa, two are dead in the surrounding
woods, while others rode for = rendezvous
twenty-one miles away dlled with bullets.
They sho, Dad Prescott, the engineer, be.
fore they even gave him chance 10 hold
up his hands. His wound, Il 10 believed,
will not prove fatal. Amer the train lef,
Chicago at five o'clock, las, evening, rail
road and express detectives, all walking
arsenals, climbed of =, every station J.
A. Mathews who has been acting Spy for
two weeks boarded the train at Gales
bnrg. lie brought news tina, the rob
beers had decided ~ leave their hiding
place near Memphis ., & 80 o'clock last
night and make third attempt W got rich
al the expense Of express company
They expected 10 make haul Of st least
$4,000 At Fort Madison Iowa. division
superintendent Stockton u Wells Fargo
Express Company ~, into the treasury
that once belonged 10 Bill Dalton. With
him were four men, santa Fe detectives
Kinney and Montgomery who boarded the
engine. Superintendent stockton aud two
good shots were carried In the express
car. In the forward end II the sm,ck ing
car q dozen men were placed Al .
o'clock when sheriff Sailing 81 Scotland
county climbed on board ell details Of the
surprise party were arranged. There
was spy who had to he protected.
According 10 the report brought in by
Matthews, the spy. he would endeavor Ia
be the one who Tagged the train. II 90.
one torpedo would precede the swinging
OF the lantern. Orders were given that no
matter II every robber got away there Wa
to be no shooting 10 sndsnger the life Of
tho man who had taken his life into his
hsnds 70 frussr~se the attempted robbery
In little compartment 6lied with armed
men IN. i,~b,. v.r. o.,, . na w,,a,-. am
In Zach se.t we're ,vo man .,,,,rx .,as-
vsys with the mux.le, Of their Guns pro.
truding just over the stills. Beside them
Stood o,hrr.. with w,uch..,.r, a, half
cock res,inv sero.. ,b.ir hand. On,
srom b.,ve.p &vo h,~h sr,,.nLu.r,.
,uss one mil, from Corr. s,.d An. train.
And ,hcn cam. IN. cr.ch NJ Al. ,ony,d.
for signal. and scroas The ,rschs not 6ftv
wards away swung . rod lirb,.
WAL. .,.
sssnds,ili. On, froo, the d,n.. und.r.
growth came the four for,ns. the face of
eseh hidden nv . black maxi On. ru.h.i
70 the engine slmor, b.fors bis conpan.
IONS could roach the .xprrsa car. within
ten feet NJ the tender he po,n,s,i /. ria. Al
Dad PRESCOTT. the white. bssr,iea snx,pssr.
and as he shouted ..Hold up your hands"
be pulled the trigger. Dad fell to the
aor of the cab with bullet In his right
breast. with one bound Kinney gained
the top Of the tender aud sent q shower Of
shots almost into the f.cs of the masked
individual. How the fellow ever managed
so move six inches IN mystery, bu, he
did aud made fur the words. Tbs shot
which laid Euginecr Prescott low was .
signal for fusilAde and Also fGr the has'y
retreat Of the robbers TO the timber. They
arsd two shots, but although the men
wsrs leaning from the car windows and
pulling trixgsrs a. fas, a. possibls while
others were giving chase, they failed 70
hit man.
The place where the hnrses wers tied
was soon found. and cut hi,ching straps
showed one man ., least had life enough
10 escape. search for the dead and
woasdsd was postponed until morning.
bat chase afssr one or more who escaped
was started within ten minutes. II Ia
mot likely that the passengers will ever
forget the experience. with the arsl
shos every man near . window opened !,
and looked out, and with the second he
drew HE head In and dropp,d ON ths
soor. The cry, ..train robbsrs," wen,
thTousA IN. train sad women wen, down
| ON their knees and SCREAMED. when the
train rr.ehsd Goriu. Rnsio,er prescot,
| was removed 10 his houss and DR.. cruik.