Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-17
The Train Ditched.

At lnlS point luefe IS tl Ill Wnlcn runs near
 the track. Knowing the character of the | place, Engineer Thomas jumped and ran,
 escaping injury. Fireman Masters was not so lucky, however, being pinned between | the cab and tender, and he Was horribly ! burned and crushed. At the moment of | the Overturning of the train two men wear ing slouch hats and black masks leaped from the bushes alongside the track. There are some differences of opinion among i those who were on the train as to the num- | Der of the gang. At all events the men commenced lively fusillade from revOlv- CTS. After this wild firing one of the men went to the express car, pounded on the door and demanded that ithe opened. The
 messenger refusing to comply, the robbers placed three or four dynamite bombs on the sill.
 Then followed a terrific explosion, near ly the whole side of the car being torn into ! splinters Harry Edgar, who had expected this procedure, got into the further corner ! of the car and even then narrowly escaped death or injury from the flying Splinters.
 Everything ill the clr was shaken up, and
 the detonation was most terrific.
 Consternation prevailed among those on
 board the train. Frightened men and women jumped from their berths Con ductor 0 OIeli and Brakeman Foster thought | at first, but when the pistol shots rang out and bullets began whistling through the car they immediately changed their Opin- ion. Two tramps had gotten on the pilot of the engine and were stealing u ride when the locomotive Jumped the track. One of them was hurled 50 feet and mirac-
 ulously escaped injury. The other WIS
 caught and buried beneath the debris of the engine and was instantly killed. His l T His name is Harry Dolly
 Just after blowing up the express arthe robbers at the point of d revolver, com pelled an extra fireman who had been rid ing on the engine to get into the car, while
 one robber followed him. This Was done | ill order protect the robber i'll case the
 messcnger fired. Under the command vt
 the rObher the extra fireman carried the ronteut~ ol the locked box. which contain
 ed many sacks of gold, outside the car where the ct her robbers were standing.
 Escaped Laden With Gold.
 All this time the robbers kept up fusil- Jade. After gathering into portable shape
 the valuables the highwaymen turned
 their attention to the overland safe. These safes are so constructed that it requires much time and patience to open them, and
 the robbers realized the futility of attempt ing it, so they left it intact and vented
 their disappointment at their inability to
 take even that by a volley from their re-
 volvers.
 | After gathering together their booty the robbers placed it in guunysacks, and
 mounting their horses they galloped off in | the direction of the mountains It is not l known how much the robbery of Wells ] Fargo X Co. netteu the robbers, but it is 1 supposed to be very large amount. | Rr1 kpman Foster when he inn ned from
 the train, espied a light in window. lie ! ran to it with all speed, got horse and at ! once rode back to Burbank at furious ! speed, waking up the telegraph operator | and informing the authorities what had | taken place. Sheriff Cline and three ilepu- 1 ties at once started in a furious storm to
 the scene. A wrccking train followed, and | Dr. Ainsworth went out on a light engine | to give care to the injured.
 Officers Hot on the Trail.
 The robbers apparently are going in the
 direction of Ventura. Detective Murdlc
 says there were at least three robbers in
 the gang. Two of them drove in a buck
 board and one was on horseback. Mounted
 officers followed the trail plainly se:en | miles east of Cahunga pass, then turning
 on the old Ventura road. When seSen
 miles from the scene ot the robbery, a
 binding sandstorm arose, putting q stop
 to further proceedings. Along the trail
 the officers picked up quite a collection of
 tags which the robbers cut off, the tags
 showing that the robbers made quite d
 haul. Besides the money packages carried
 off, two Wells Fargo boxes filled with val
 uable packages were taken. The posse is
 still in pursuit.
 On reliable authority it can be stated
 that Marshal Guard said to his men that | he will have the miscreants in 24 hours | Sheriff Cline states that he and his depu-
 ties tracked the robbers to point seven
 miles west of Roscoe, where all trace was
 lost. Cline says all the parties implicated
 in the affair rode together to the above | point and then separated.