The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-12
BANDITS GET GOLD.
Two Robbers Hold Up Train
in California.
They Get Four Sacks of Coin
from the Express Car.
AMOUNTED TO $1,000.
The DespeIadOes Make Their
Escape on the Engine.
1t is Then Reversed and Sent
Tearing Back.

SACRAMENTO, Oct 12.-The train rob
berry which occurred last night about
seven miles beyond Davisville, at a cross
ing known as Sheep Camp. was a daring
crime. Four sacks 81 coin were secured
from the express car, and messen ger
Jack Paige barely escaped with his life.
The loot amounted to about 81, 500. In
gineer Bill Scott OF the Ogden Overland.
that left San Francisco at 6 p. N and his
fireman, were forced at the muzzles Of
revolvers to carry coin sacks from the
express car to the engine Then the
robbers uncoupled the engine and rode
OF with their booty.
1t was a well planned aud skilIfulIy
executed robbery. The robbers wayIaid
the track walker on his tricycle. about 3
o'clock, tied him hand and foot, stole
$3.50 from him and left him helpless at
the side of the track. The track walker
was just pulling out Of Sheep Camp and
the Overland WAS already in sight With
the track walkers lantern the robbers
signaled No. 3 to stop Scott slowed up,
but did not come to a standstill until the
explosion of dynamite bombs under the
engine warned him that il was useless
to proceed further.
Sprane on the Tender.
BY this time two robbers were on the
engine. They sprang on from opposite
1AA1n VI LAC tAdLA ALL OcRA4 14OOllAK a.
once The passengers and train hands
say quite number Of shots were fred
before anybody know what it was all
about The robbers made the engineer
and fireman dismount and walked them
back with rifles at their heads to the rear
Of the express car, where the victims
were ordered to uncouple the train.
This was done speedily and before the
expressman, mail clerk or any OF the
train hands knew what was going on, the
engine was speeding ahead and drawing
only the two forward mail cars aud
Wells Fargo s. Co-ssexpress car. They
went ahead five miles, with the robbers
and the engineer and fireman on the en-
CINE. The rest OF the train remained at
Sheep Camp in imminent peril of being
telescOped by the Oregon train in the
rear.
FIourisied Dynamite Bombs.
When the captured cars were halted.
Engineer Scott and the fireman were
marched back TO the express car, where
the robbers made a demand of Messen-
ger Paige to open the door. He refused
"By -. we'Il shoot the engineer. and
fireman, if you don't open in a hurry
said one robber. the taller Of the two,
while the other masked man held two
dynamite bombs up to view in the clear
moonlight, and threatened to blow the
express car to pieces unless it was open
ed at once.
were fired through the glass door OF the
car at him, one Of which grazed his TEN
pie, and filed it with bits of broken
glass. Then the engineer called out TO
Paige to open the door
Were covered with guns and they
will kill us if you don't open," said
Scott.
Still Paige desisted and began to fire
through the door, but his aim was wild
and again Scott in fear of his life called
on the messenger to open, saying that
the robbers would surely blow him uD
unless he gave up.
The messenger finally opened the door.
One robber then covered the messenger
and the engineer and fireman with his
rifle while the other searched for the
coin He found sacks, one containing
5000 in silver and two small sacks 81
gold.
Treasure on the Train.
There was good deal of treasure on
the train however which the robbers did
not secure.
II was about out Of ammunition said
Messenger Page, ''and Scott was SO badly
frightened that l opened the door then
70 save his life. am sure thev would
have killed him if had held back a
moment longer"
When the door was opened the enQi-
neer and fireman we're ordered to iumD
into the car. The robbers followed them
Train No 10 was close behind them and
the bandits evidently knew that their
time was precious. The engineer and
fireman were made to carry the booty to
the engine and deposit it where di-
rected-
The robbers mounted the engine and
rode OH, leaving the engineer and fire
man behind They went down the road
towards Sacramento and then thew re-
Versed tile lever and sent it back to the
stalled train.
Luckily the steam was low and when
the locomotive came in contact with the
forward mail car little damage was done
Train No 10. the Oregon express came
along and pushed the three detached
sections Of train No. together and then
into Sacramento, where they arrived at
1880 this morning
Engineer SCOTS story.
Engineer William Scott tells the story
as follows: ~We were running on time
ana would have been in Sacramento in
ABOUT nfteen minutes. The train ran
over Two torpedOes and thrust my head
out oI the window and noticed that we
We're Deing tagged. Everything was
properly done and had no suspicion Of
anything being wrong until the engine
stopped, when two men armed with
Vlncnester rifles spranq into the cab
Ihey ordered Fireman Lincoln and
me 70 dismount and 20 with them to tie
express car which they began to IN