Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-13
Daring and Successful Work ot
 Two Cool Robbers.
FIFTY-ONE THOUSANDI IN GOLD
Secured by the Bandits in Thoroughbred Style.
 No Clue.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 1Z.-Ihe east bound overland train due here at g o'clock last night was held up by two masked men about six miles below this city. The rob- bers, armed with revolvers, compelled the engineer and fireman to accompany them to the express car, where Messenger Page was told that if he did not open the doors the engineer and fireman would be shot. Page, however, at first attempted resist ance and fired twice, but fearing that the trainmen would be killed he let the ban dits into the car, where they secured four bags of gold containing about $500. The robbers then uncoupled the engine and after running 1t toward the city short distance reversed 1t and jumped of, making their escape. The engine ran into tue uncoupled tIaln, but as the steam had run low no damage was done. Before holding up the train the men robbed track walker. The mount captured by the robbers was $51 ,000
 to Sacramento from Suisun, probably saw more of the robbery than any one else. His story is as follows:
 The first thing I knew was when the car. said to Handy, a tramp, who was riding on the forward platform of the blind baggage, where l was riding, "There goes torpedo; something is wrong.'
 1 swung out on the step and looked ahead, and saw two figures on the track swinging lanterns. One had a red and the other white lantern.
 As the train slowed up 1 climbed up in the back end of the tender and lay down, while Handy went inside the doors. The n.x- thing saw was the two robbers run ning, ,one on each side of the engine. They were dressed in close fitting white suits, wore high peaked caps, exactly like the pictures l have seen of the White Caps in the east. They looked like clowns in a cir GUS. They had Winchester rifles, but no pistols or cartridge belts that could see. The big one fired his rifle off and said to the engineer, .sGet down out of there and be quick about it.'' The engineer re- pli.d: '.I will, will; don't kill me; Ill mind you.'
 The engineer and fireman accompanied the robbers. The tall one said, "Gst move on you.'' They went back and un- coupled the four forward cars from the pas- senger coaches and brought the firem an and engineer back to the engine. The tall man stood on the platform of the first car and said to the engineer: "Pull out now d-d lively and go till tell you to stop.o One of the robbers kept his gun aimed at th- engineer and rested it on my legs with out seeing me. It was an old gun with so large b.re that thought it was musket at first.
 After we had gone about mile the big man told the engineer to stop. The big man climbed on the tenCer ana saw me Tor the first tme. He pointed his riff, at me and sAic: s'Who in the h--l is lhis.' I said: ''Don't shoot, mister, Pm only tramp.' He told me to keep quiet and 1 would be all right. Then the men com pelled the engineer and fireman to go back to the express car and call the messenger. The mes sanger began to shoot at once, but was implored to stop by the engineer. 1 saw the four come back presently bearing sack each, and heard the large man say the sacks weighed about seventy five pounds each. Those carried by the railroad men We're larger than the other two. They put the sacks on the engine, told us to get away from the machine and then they pulled out. As they were bringing the sacks to the engine the messenger fired two shots at them, and the engineer said: s'That d-d tool will kill us yet.o The big robber laughed and said: "No, he won't; he can't hit the side of house"
 They were the coolest men 1 ever saw. The mouth opening in the big fellows mask was very large, and could see that he had a dark moustache.
 Handy, the other tramp, tells story similar to CoIton, though his opportuni- ties for seeing were not so good, as he was behind the storm doors part of the time.