The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-09-20
.F'IGH [ w It'll ANDITS
ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP A SANTA FEE
65 PASSENGER TRAIN.
One of the Men Gives the scheme
Away and Detectives ON the rain
Fire Upon the Robbers-One Is Shot
and mother One Caught.

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CORN. Mo-. Sept. 2O.-The Colorado
s. Utah express on the Santa Fe was
held up by robbers at $50 a. m. TO-
day. Owing to the fact that the rail-
road and express officials had a spy on
the trail Of the bandits when they
stopped the train they met a hail Of
buckshot and bullets. They were
novices in the art Of train robbery,
and brutal ones at that, for they shot
DAD" Prescott, the engineer, before
they even gave him a chance to hold
up his hands. His wounds, it is be
lieved, will not prove fatal. The raid
was planned three weeks ago, but not
put into execution until this morning
The men We're farmers and one of 8
them gave the plan away. Conse-
quently the train has carried a number
of detectives for the last three weeks
The informer had agreed with the de-.
tectives to stop the train by putting a..
torpedo on the track
Out from between two high embanls-
ments, just a mile from CORN, sped the
train. Then came the crack of the,
Observation-Disclosures signal. A mo-
ment and shrill, sharp whistle gave
token that the engineer had heard, and
almost before his hand left the valve, !.
across the tracks, not fifty yards away
swung red light. A grinding Of the
wheels along the rails told the air had
been applied, and within twenty sec
onds from the explosion of the torpedo
the train was at a standstill. Out from
the dense underground north Of the
track came four forms. The face Of
each was hidden by a black mask.
One, more agile than the rest, rushed
to the engine almost before his COM
panions could reach the express car
He carried a rifle, and when within
ten feet of the tender, brought it to-.
his shoulder, pointed it at Dad" Pres
colt, the white-bearded engineer, and
as he shouted Hold up your hands,
he pulled the trigger. His aim was
true, and dad" fell to the floor Of the
cab, with a bullet in his right breast,
but was not fatally injured
With one bound Detective Kinned
gained the top Of the tender, and.
bringing his gun to his shoulder, sent
a shower Of shot almost in the face of
the masked Individual How on earth
the fellow ever managed to move six
inches is mystery. But he did, and
made for the woods.
The shot which laid Engineer Pres
colt low was the signal for a fusillade,
and was echoed from bank to bank,
and through the woods. 1t was also
the signal for hasty retreat to the
shelter of the timber on the part of the
greatly surprised individuals whose
faces were hidden by masks.
Not until they reached timber did
they answer; then they only fired two
SHOTS. But their aim was not good.
and although men were leaning from
the car windows and pulling triggers as
fast as possible, while others had
jumped to the ground and were after
them on foot, they failed to hit man.
The officers then gave chase and cap
tured two Of the men. They are
Charles Abrams and Lincoln Oyertield,
the former being the .,ne so badly
wounded. He cannot live.
The other men are known ard VII
no doubt soon be arrested. All 1ha men
arc farmers and live near Arabella,
Mo.