Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-08

from their general appearance ne
thinks ulcy were the same mon.
Amonnt Of the Loss.
II IA now stated on reliable authority
I that rhc total amount or the loss "
s3i 900. There have been various sup
positions on the subject, and some very
divergent statements made, as was nat
ural In view OF the fact tnat thet
were no reliable data upon which TO
base estimates upon Immediately after
the robbery. the way bills having neen
taken with tho money, as was stated by
The Gazette. The loss Is large enough
10 make "A remarkable robbery IN tllat
respect. rs wen as on account OF the
other circumstances OF the occurrence
Tac Passengers We're On.
From the account OF MIR. V. o. Hi
dreth, the well known attorney,who was
ON the train Il Is evident that pnssen-
gers and tralnmen had q pretty well
formed suspicion OF what was going ON
In front. Mr.. Hildreth says the wneh
the train first stopped some Of the pas
sengers started to poke their heads out
OF the windows, and were told by the
trainmen not to do II. Then they
seemed 10 catch on 10 the situation
but seemed to be dazed rather than
provoked into any action looking 10 an
Interference with the proceedings out
side. especially since they had received
such a significant warning TO lay low.
Some OF them muttered threats about
what they might do ~ the robbers
should come inside.
Some OF them talked OF having guns
with them ana said they would use
them II they got chance. But most
OF them were anxious ouly to- aecrete
their vuluublcs. The majority did not
seem to have any apprehension thnt
their lives might be endangered by
the robbers coming into the cars They
wore busy finding hiding places for
their money aud jcwelry ana cut up
some very funny antics.
Features OF the Job.
ono OF the most extraordinary ioa-
lures Of the robbery 10 tine remarkably
short space Of time Ia which IL was nc-
complshed Engineer Baker snyB that
he does not think the entire time con-
sumed waB more than seven or eight
minutes at the outside. lie snys that
he could not keep a very good account
Of the neeting moments under the cir
cumstanceH, but bases his reckoning
on the fact that he arrived in Fort
Worth only fifteen minutes late, after
losing some little time in running slow
through the cuts Just ahead on ac-
count OF tho warning Of the robbers
thai they lad taken out rail in one
or these cuts. which warning turned
out TO bo a hoax, probably Intended to
delay az much as possible the arrival
OF the train In Fort Worth which they
knew Of course would be Immediately
followed by the organization Of the pur-
suit. Az % matter or fnct shcrim Eu-
less aud Marshal Maddox with their
party left for the gcenc OF the robbery
al 1850 p, m, or about three-qunrters
Of an hour after It had taken place.
Engineer Baker says this robbery was
performed IN precisely the same man
ner as those. which occurred AT the
same place i1f June 4 and September
81 1887, with the exception OF the back
ing up after the robbing which. he
says, is nu entirely new feature, which
he first noticed In the cage Of the Cor
don robbery a short time ago. Re
verting Ia those occasions he says that
he Ia satisfied that both those robbrries
were committed by RUDE Burrows
the noted bandit who wus afterwards
killed IN Alabama ana whose photo
graph was sent him at the time.