Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-20

a. III. yesterday. owing IL the TACT
the railr0ad and express officials had a
spy on the trail OF the bandits, when
the latter stopped the train they met
A hal! OF hurkShot and bullets aud
ii is said that ut least two lie dead
III the surrounding woods while as
many others rode for their rendezvous
twcnty-onr miles away filled with
lcadcn pellets. The robbers were
noNicCS in the act OF train robbery and
brutal ones at that, for they shot
Dad" Prescott, the engineer, before
they even gave him a chance 10 hold
Lp his hands. His wound, it is be-
licved. will prove fatal.
Five farmers living three miles
north of Arabrlla, Mo-. are the men
who attempted the hold.up. Two of
the men were captured At Memphis,
Mo, yesterday morning, one being shot
six rimcS with Il Winchrstrr He can
not live. The names of the captured
men are Charles Abrams and Lincoln
Overticld the former being the one So
badly wounded
The raid was planned three weeks
ago but not put into execution until
yesterday morning. When the train
left Chicago NJ ) o'clock the preceding
evening, railroad and express dCtcC-
tivcS all walking arSrnalS, climbed on
at every station. chief Detective j
J. KenncN of the Santa Fr with G.
Ct, Montgomery, his riGhthand man,
boarded it at Joliet. At StrCator they
were joined by two more men who
have been patrOlinG the line for TWEEN
~ days, j. A., Matthews, who has
been acting the spy for the last two
weeks and getting the news of their
plans, put in an appearance nj Gales
burg. He brought news that the
would he robbers met early IN the day
and decided to leave their hiding place
near Memphis at $50 O'Clock and
make their third attempt To get rich ut
the expense of the express company.
They expected to make Il haul Of ut
least S5o,OoO. the Monday run being
always much heavier than the other
days Of the week.
son. Ia, shortly after midnight Diyi-
sion Supt Stock ton, of the Wclls-Fargo
Express company got into the treasure
ear. He carried Il Sawcd-oh WinchcS-
ter with Il history. 1t belonged to
Bill Dalton. and ii was Ia be turned
loose upon followers in the footsteps
of the Kansas desperate. With him
wcrr four men. Their guns were in
the car and had been for several days
Then Il council of war was held. II
was first proposed TO amhuScadc the
force behind harriradc Of trunks AMI
boxes in the express ear and allow
the robbers to enter The messenger
was To throw up his hands and kncnl
down to open the safe. Then he was
to fall on the floor and then the sawed
off WnchrSterS would commence to
bark Two men were To b" Stat,one
on the engine to protect the trainmen
and another was to guard the rear
This S'h"m" was Anally abanlonc /
1t was finally decided that Detectives
K"nn"y ana MONTGOMERY should board
the engine. Supt Stockton and two
of his rood shots tarrcd in the express
car. But it was in the forward end
of the smoking car that the forces
were massod. partition and door
incloScS half a dozen seats and shuts
off the rest of tn" ear. There the men
a dozen Of them were planted. Each
one had a sawcd-off gun. every car
4 4 all g..
event with two dozen buckShOt. There
was only one passenger In that com
partmcnt and he was requested by
the brakeman to take n seat In the
chair car, aS they were going 10
sweep" At > O'Clock. when Sheriff
Sailing, OF Scotland county climbed on
board, all details of the surprise party
were arranged There was one man.
however, who had TO be looked out FOR
and protected He was the spy Ac-
cOrding u the report brought IN by
Matthews the spy would endeay0r to
be the one who tagged the train II
So one torpedo would preccdo the
swinging of the lantern. If another
there would be a couple OF tiny bombs
The orders were that no matter If
every one Of the guilty ones got away
there was 10 be no shooting to en-
danger the life OF the man who had
taken his life in his hands In order
to fustrate the attempt al robbery,
As the minutes sped on silence set
tied down on the train. The Pullman
car conductors and porters sought
places Of safety and even the tranmen
did not expose themselves unDecessari-
~ In the little compartment filled
with armed men the lights were out.
the windows were up. In each seat
were two men sitting sideways. the
muzzlcs Of their guns protrudin2 just
trife over the sills Behind them stood
others. seemingly statutes, with Win.
chesters at half cock resting across
their arms They were waiting for the
torpedo. Out from between the two
high embankments just a mile from
CORN sped the train One minute
more and the anxious watchers would
knpus trhatbar thpy had aVa{n iahnrad