The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-10-22
IN A STORM OF BULLETS

IN Il OlUkM W bULLEl0
hllltill Flsillils Fired b. ftlin Rsa-
b'n 70 FflllIsl Passengers
ENGINE WRECKED BY LEAD
Four osslosPs On ths Train We're
PoWosiess = Robbers Secured
Small Doesy but Esoapsd-
. 'ri a Hot Pursuit.
wAooxEn, l. T.. Oss. si.-Ths Ksnaas
City q Memphis expreee which leit here
at . 10o'sloek last nigAs, was vrseksd and
robhsd BY tho Cook gang Of dsspssadoss
81 CesFstta, . blind slding i've milss south
Of hsse. The train was running about 10
miles an heur and when within 100 fest ee
the switch man came cut from behind
the smhankmsut and threw the switch Of
the side track, running the train into .
string q empty bog cass. Raasnsss Harris
appitsd his air brakes end rsvssssd the
sugine. hsre6bess semmsnesd ArinG 81
NE sagins snA eeachss end - econ - the
train stsppsd two ee the rsbeses com
mauded The snginese and nrsman 10 come
down end - soeu - they bad dismounted,
massAed thsm In freut Of them 70 the
baaDnoe and expgess ears. Here thsy
iosss1 1kpssss Assssngss Reed 10 epsn
~ 49, ~ pssfesssins ths sidss Of ths sar
vith bullsts.
Maanwhils two mere of The robbers had
tAksn up . posltiea u The ssas eud ee The
Ulespee, - pssvent any go esoAplng. two
eeAass u,onnted ~ plateesm hstWeea tha
smsass cd haoDaas sas, aud tve mses
be1ego ~ 0sst onA second oooshes, Ill
ksspine pps eeatinual 1Fiae. The twe rob.
bess n the sxpssss 80 were n The nsea-
vhils saaking the eas occurring ell The
snensy q che locAi safe. Thsy commanded
Nssssagse Ford to open shs through safe,
bat wAea 10 explalnsd that The cafe was
)nohed q ~ main depee and ueA opened
unall u rsaehed lts dsstlnasiou, thav leeS
~ or. The two o. the ltoot plattoem
thea s1aeted thseueh The eeaeh, demand.
ine noasv and valuahlss.
~ ssea - thsv reached The ssas end Of
The eoaeh two men on that platform
started through the seoend coach. Wheu
thsy wses about half way shseush, Q freight
train fsllswing elese bshind tho passenese.
vhisal6d saa Blll Cook, The lsaAse, VIE
~ ~ this tlae Esmained eatsids, issu-
~ eeomaads. swsarinG q The pas.
ssq9ses aad sheetias. eailsd fer all hands
- esme cut Ths men On ~ eass
jumpsd cut and when ell were oa The
ground, thsy nred 0 last vollsy at the
train and disappeassd IN The dasknsss.
Theeo weee etgAt o. ten uea On The
pos>vs Two a then Wsee white Aud Vie
'IDIHvsso half heseds.
3osk AnAAsa, the advauee agent Tor
MAAass's minstssls, was hit in The Soes.
hsad " . builst and dansssously, u not
fatally, wounded. Walter Basnss, az Van
Hnrsn, Afk., was also slightly wounded b.
Q bullet striking him IN the chsok.
Special Ofnesrs Helmick and Dleksoa
g ths Missouri Paei6e were on The train.
aa1 clio Deputy Nasshals Beusasr and
Cassamas, but they veee ssvsesd n Win.
ehsstsss n ths hands e ths bandits -.
! -ssss thsv I'D tims 10 mako move.
Ths tsain wss booked up 70 this place
tee assie<anee end 10 give The injured
medical attendance. The entleo ode a
ths train was rlddlsd with bullsas. Ths
eaeinesgb oab was shst I'll 10 ptsess, svsu
steam gaugs aud eAusA lamp 6siae shot
avay, ed the gseunA around W. wreck
Vas esvsssd With empty shslla u b Q
0lsssae that many lives Wsss ~ IesA -
evVs 900 shells vess hssd. The Missouri
Hasioe stasted cut Q epeslal tsain from
NIalls Reek carrying supseiatsadsnt Ne.
r. and pickine up deputy msrshsis
alag The vay. Unitsd 6tasss Agent Wis.
dew oe Nuskogss hes ee1sssd all Indian
psllee 70 rspeet fee duty end Win take 0
tsAin easiy in Tie nosains.
Coo1uetee Duncan, % chAsee e The
rshhsd train. whsa intssvisvsd, said, II
was In The sleeper when We struck the
eass % Tie sids teaek. ] thought II was Q
hsad-snd collision, and knowing 10 were
elesoly followed BY Q freight train, I
grabbed rsd lamp and started back 10
DEG II. When ! rsaShsd the rear end Of
ths train was conftoated b. two msu
VITO osderod ne bask inAo The eas. ted
thsm ve were clossly Sealowed b. Q froight
and would b run into, end sskod them 10
~ me 70 back and nag u. One ee them
ssplisd. well, 30 on end hursy.' started
hGsk - last - could. but bsins troubled
With asthma. could not - very fest.
IT, I've men bssan firing at ne and told
- - - fsstsr."
Expssss Messenger Ford declined 10 say
anything further than that the robbers
had rot everything in sight thsy could lay
thslP hauds on outside q the safs. The
nall 60 was not molssted.
Ths loss Of the express company win
- egessd 600. - insteuetions had been
lssued - all agents 10 this tsesiteey 10 ~.
oolvo % measy Or valuabaes foe this tsain
and the only company measy rsmitted By
lesal aesuts was carried eutslds Of the
thsoueh safe. Six msa did the work and
seemed nes the least BIZ Afraid e belns
captured.