Evening journal., 1894-10-22

Messengers Safe Robbed. and Then the
Desperadoes Went Through the Train.
s.ared on when Half Through.
WAGNER /. T., Oct 90 The Kansas
City and Memphis express was wrecked
and robbed by the Cook gang Of desper-
ADDE'S at Correta, blind siding five miles
south of here The train was running 20
miles an hour, and whom within 100 feet
of the switch man came out from an
embankment and threw the switch for
the siding running the train into a string
Of box cars Engineer James Harris APP
piled the airbrakes and reversed the en-
gine. Tho robbers commenced firing at
the engine and coaohes
AS soon as the train stopped two Of the
robbers commanded the engineer and fire.
man to como down. and as soon aa they
had dismounted marched them In font
of them to the baggage and express cars.
Horo they forced Express Messengr r Ford
to opon the doors by perforating tne aida
/ of tho car with bullets.
Meanwhile two moro Of tho r. ,blsra had
taken up position at the rear earA of the
sleeper to prevent any one es .ospoinu two
others mounted the platform Rotween tfm
smoker and baggage car, aad two more
were on the platform be r,yeon tho frst
and second coaches al soping up a con.
tinuai firing.
Could Not Open th Through safe.
! Iho two robbers fin the express car
were meanwhile re .nsacking that car Sc
curing an the ioney in tho local safe
/ They commando 1 Mesaenaer Ford TO onen
the through sa' o. but when he explained
that the safe was locked at the main office
ana could 4ot be opened Until it reached
the destln alton they left the car.
Inc INo men on the front platform
then soarts through the coach, saemand-
ing monf y and valuables AS soon as
they reae ned the rear end Of the coach the
Two men on that platform started through
Tho seof md conoh.
Nhe n they were about half way
throu gh, freight train following close
nehl nd whlstled, and Bill Cook. the lead
er who had all tho time remained outside
iss uing commands swearing at tho pas
Sc ngers and shooting called for all hands
o come out The mon on the cars jump
ed out. and when all were on tho ground
fired last volley at the train and disap-
poared In tho darkness
Ihore were eight to ten mon In the par
~, Two of them were white, and the
others were half breeds. Jack Mahara,
advance agent for Mnhara's minstrels,
ws.s hit IN tho forehead by bullet and
oangerously II not fatally wounded.
Walter Barnes Of Van Buron, Ark,
4 was also slightly injured by % bullet
striking him in the cheek Special ON
GERS Helmiok and Dickinson Of tho Mis-.
i | souri, Pacific were on tho train, also Unit
. I Cd States Deputy Marshals Drummer and
I / Casavcr, but they were covered by win
. ohestors in the hands Of tho bandits bo-
! fore they had time TO make a move. Cas-
aver lost a watch and a six shooter
Tho train was backed up 20 this place
/ for assistance. Tho entire train was COM
, plotely riddlod with Bullets every win
dow being broken. The engine's cab was
shot all TO pieces. even the steam gaugo
and gauge lamp being shot away and the
ground around the wreck covered with
empty shells. 1t was a miracle that maRy
lives were not lost Fully 200 shots were
z rod
Tho Missouri Pacific Immediately start
cd a special train from Little Hook carry
ing Superintendent W. J. Mckee and
picking up deputy marshals United
States Indian Agent Wisdom Of Muszo-
gee has ordered oil the Indian police to
report for duty and will take tho train
early in the morning Conductor Dun
can, In charge Of the wrecked train, when
/ interviewed said:
Conductor Duncan's story.
~ was in the sleeper when we struck
| the, cars on the side track ! thought it
was n head end collision, and knowing
that We were closely followed BY freight
train / grabbed q rcd lamp and started
back to flag When / reached the rear
end, ] was confronted by two men. who
ordered me bhck in the car / told them we
: were closely followed by freight and
I would DO run into and asked them to let
\ H.. l. IL.
replied, Well, 90 on and hurry up.
started back as fast rs l could, but being
8 troubled witch asthma could not 90 very
, fast. The two men began firing at me
{ and told mo to 20 faster
Express Messenger w 4, Ford declined
5 | to say anything further than that the
2 robbers got everything they could lay
hands on outside Of the through safe. The
. 1 mail car was not molestcd. The loss Of
, tho express company will not exceed $780,
as instructions had been issued to all
agents in the territory TO receive no mon
ey or valuables for this train, and only
( the company money remitted by local
Q \ agents was carried outside OF the through
q safo. Six Of the gang passed through
: \ Wagner sunday, going at a slow trot
and seemingly not tho least afraid Of be-
Q ing captured.
T -Four armed men called at the section
house at Ross Station, six miles north OF
here about 10 clock Sunday, and at the
points Of wincbesters compelled tho fore
9 man to prepare their dinners. They were
! all armed and are thought to be part Of
the band. After eating dinner they start
ed west, and tho section foreman followed
Q them to their hiding place in the brush on
the banks OF Hull creek, where tho entire
gang Of eight were encamped. They were
still in camp at sundown.
Want MorgandeId Badly.
: CINCINNATI, Oct a2.-C1lonel Lew c.
1 Weir, president Of tho Adams Express
company, telegraphed from Now York to
the chief Of police in this city: Don {
let the man with the broken leg get loose
We want him badly" This refers to
i Charles A. Morgandeld the prisoner with
the broken leg, under guard in the Gin
o oinnati hospital, whom Colonel Weir sus-
poets is one Of the Aqua Creek Iva ex-
i press train robbers. Telegrams are pour
Q ing into police headquarters from all di-
rectfons Ii is believed that other men,