The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-26
Smiths Little Two Gun" Game.

But speaking Of train robberies." put in
the colonel. according to the New York Sun.
. reminds me OF a man met when was in
command Of Fort d. A. Russell at Cheyenne.
He was an express messenger named smith,
and his run was on what they call out there
the high line OF the b. and NJ. railroad.
smith amt much to look at, but he was great
II action as YOU j agree.
I'D heard OF smith before l met him. He'd
killed two men dOwnln Mestern Kansas, ana
they were saying around Cheyenne that he
was bad 30 / was curious to get him TO tell
me the story and after while he did
de used TO have run on the Santa Fe
down where it crossed into Colorado. All the
messengers, you know, carried guns in those
uavs;-they DO yet for that matter-0ut
smith understood the use of a six shooter
better than some Of his mates. Things had
teen SO smooth on his run for so long that
ne got DIT careless at last, and used 10
leave the door Of his car unlocked so that the
Erakemen could come in and talk with him
whenever they liked. without his having
door.
Smith had one game. though which was
all his own. He told me that he had prdc
uced II good deal, so that he could shoot
within fraction OF q second after hearing
any one say Put up your hands All the train
men on ms run knew that. You know those
fellows are greas in sky-larklng, ana Smith
had warned them never to try TO play that
joke on him, because, he said, the first man
who came into his car and took him unaware5
with that remark would be likely TO die.
INV s~tAJ AA- was aiLtiiB DCulAN 4lo lAbtiC
square iron safe checking of his money pack
ages. He had the safe in corner of the car
facing one end. He always sat with his back
against the front end Of the car. The front
door was always barred When he raised the
Ild or the little trunklIze safe the mess myers
used then, he always put his two big six
shooters on the corners OF the safe in front OF
the lid. ANY one approaching him from the
rear END of the car couldnt see the guns, but
they were ready for instant use.
well. on this day m telling YOU about. as
he was checking OH the packages he heard the
car door open and some one cOmein He took 1t
for granted that the visitor was the breaknan
whom he was expecting. and without looking
up went on with his work. He checked two
or three more packages and was almost fin
lshe1 when he heard the sharp command
Put up your hands
He looked up on the instant and saw two
men. not in the least disguised, covering him
with siX-shOoters. Ris own hands were be-
hind the lid OF his safe All right, boys, he
said Don't shoot they're up
They went Up that was true but as they
came over the lad of the safe there was u six
| shooter in each one. Both six-Shooters
| cracked the instant their muZzles came above
| the safe lid and both bullets killed. The rob-
! bers fired. but they didn't pull until after
they had been hit, aud their bullets went
wild.
1t was done so quickly that there was no
Outcry or noise, and when the brakeman
went into the car a few minutes aftcrward he
| found Smith washing up the blood from the
! floor. The dead men we're on blanket in Il
corner That was how Smith got his Teputa-
tlOn for being bad"