The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-27
At A PISTOLS NUZZLE.
Robbers Hold Up an S.,
F. & w. Train
On The Edg9 OIL The OkGGiiIOEeG
SNdII.
THE TRAIN DYNAMITED.
The Express Car Blown
Open.
The Messenger Forced to Open the Safe
$1,222 SECURED.
THE PASSENGERS UNMOLESTED.
TheRObbeTS Steal the Engine and Escape
Bloodhounds on Their Track.
The Messenger Forced to Open the Safe
$1,222 SECURED.
THE PASSENGERS UNMOLESTED.
The Robbers Steal the Engine and Escape
Bloodhounds on Their Track.

One of the most daring and successful
train robberies in the history of Georgia
railroading took place yesterday morning
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, just this side of bonneville,
which IS 122 miles from Savannah, be-
tween Waycross and Townsville.
Train No 6, leaving Townsville at
1912 p. m, and scheduled to arrive in Sa-
vannah at o'clock yesterday morning,
was held up in the woods, just this side
Of bonneville, at $50 o'clock, by half
dozen masked men, the engine stopped,
the Southern Express car blown open
with dynamite, and the safe rified of its
contents. which, it is reliably stated,
were 81 ,222, though no information as to
the exact amount could be obtained from
the Southern Express officials
After securing their booty the robbers
took the engine away from Engineer Jen-
kins and his fireman, and proceeded to
make their way if possible beyond the
reach of law. They ran the engine up to
Manor turnout, near Argyle, several
miles from where they held up the tram,
and then took to the woods pack of
bloodhounds was obtained from McRae's
camp in Lowndes county, and a posse in
charge of ex-Sheriff Hurst of Thomas
county started in pursuit, taking up the
trail where the robbers left the engine.
THE OFFICIALS NOTIFIED.
Conductor John A. Farris, as soon as
the robbers had completed their work,
at ouoa fo EIorpa,sxriIlo ahO,,f v,;l,
away, and notified Capt jackson, master
of transportation, what had taken place.
1t was about $3.50 o'clock in the morn
ing when he reached the telegraph office
and asked for instructions. A freight
train, which was just behind the passen-
ger, was ordered TO push the coaches up
to where the engine had been left stand
ing on the track. The freight did this
service up TO the 10S-mile post, when the
engine was again fired up and took its
own train, and arrived in the city at II 32
o'clock
The news of the robbery spread rapidly,
and all along the line from Waycross to
Savannah, wherever stops were made,
eager crowds were on hand to gather
news of the bold attack made on the ex-
press car. Fortunately, however, the
scheme had passed off quietly as planned,
instead of resulting dlsastrously for the
passengers or those in charge of the train.
None but the express car was molested
and none Of the passengers or train crew
were hurt.
CONDUCTOR FARRIs' STORY.
Conductor Farris gives a graphic ac-
count of the robbery. While in one of
the passenger coaches he could hear and
make out all that was going on.
"We left bonneville at :46 o'clock
a. m, on time,'' he said, with no idea or
suspicion that the train would meet with
any serious calamity. Two of the men
boarded the train just as it was leaving
bonneville This was evident, though
no one but Engineer Jenkins and the fire
man knew anything about it until the train
came to a standstill
''Just as the train left bonneville one
OF these masked men climbed over the
tender. while the other got in between
the engine and the tender and covered
the engineer with pistol
Run until we tell you to STOP he
shouted to the engineer who had no altern-
alive but to obey
about mile this side of Homerville
the train was brought to a standstill.
This was the first intimation l had that
there was any trouble in store.
sIGNALED THEIR COMRADES.
"My trainhsnd and / left the car to in
vestigate the cause of the stop, when
we heard shots fired-one shortly after
the other-seemingly signal and answer.
We thought there was some trouble
ahead, but as the train began to move of,
we got aboard.
THE engine pulled up only about
twelve car lengths when it stopped again.
This confirmed my suspicious, and as we
left the car again TO investigate two more
shots were fired. We walked toward the
engine TO see what the trouble was. but
before we had passed two cars we were
confronted by three or four masked men.
who covered US with Winchesters and or
dered us back TO the coach. The train
hands did not wait to be bid twice, nor
did / we went.
1T seems that the first stop was not
the exact place where the two men were
10 meet their associates and they pulled
up little farther. AS near as l could
make out there were six masked white
men in the party, four Of them having
joined it where the train stopped in the
woods.
COULD FIND But TWO PISTOLS.
when we went back in the car, realiz-
ing that the situation was a desperate
one, began 10 look around 10 see what
could be done.
~ Informed the passengers what was
taking place, and there was CONSERVATION
among them at once. Several Of the men