The Daily Texarkanian. [volume] (Texarkana, Ark.) 1894-1906, 1894-10-13
TRAIN ROBBERY.
THREE BANDITS HOLD UP A
TRAIN IN CALIFORNIA.
Secured Between twenty-five and
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars
and Make Good Their
Escape.

! OACRAMENTO, CAL, october H.
The eastbound overland train, due
here at 8 o'clock, was held up by
two men six miles below this city
last night. The track walker was
first robbed and then forced to
start to town. The train robbers
then covered the Engineer and
fireman with their guns and com
PEELED them to accompany them to
the express car.
AS far as can be learned, more
than 300 pounds of coin was taken.
If all were silver it would be about
$4,000. If all gold it would be
about $4,000 1t is believed that
one sack weighing 100 pounds, car
ried by the engineer, was gold,
considering the smallness of bulk as
compared to its weight. If so,
that sack contained about $685.
600.
1t was a well planned and skill
fully executed robbery. The rob-
bers waylaid the track walker on
his tricycle. about 8 o'clock, tied
him hand and foot, stole $3.50 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 rob-
bers signaled No. 3 to stop. En-
gineer Scott slowed up, but did not
come to a full stop until the explos-
ion of dynamite bombs under the
engine warned him that it was use
less to proceed further.
BY this time the two robbers
we're on the engine, They sprang
on from the opposite sides of the
track and began shooting at once.
The passengers and train hands
say quite number of shots were
fired before anybody knew what 1t
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 ex-
press car, where the victims were
ordered to uncouple the train, This
was done speedily, and before the
express, mail clerk or any one of
the train hands knew what was
going on, the engine was speeding
ahead and drawing only the two
forward mail cars and Wells Fargo
4 Co.'S car. They went ahead
about five miles with the robbers,
the engineer and fireman on the
engine. The rest of the train re-
manned at Sheep Camp in immi-
nent peril of being telescoped by
the Oregon train in the rear,
When the captured cars were
halted, Engineer Scott and the
fireman were marched back to the
express car, where the robbers
made demand on messenger Page
to open the door. He refused.
BY G., wen shoot the engineer
and fireman if you don't open up in
hurry" said one of the robbers,
the tallest of the two, while the
other masked man held two dyna-
mite bombs up to view in the clear
moonlight and threatened to blow
the express car to pieces if it was
not opened at once,
Still Page hesitatcd and some
shots we're fred through the glass
door at him, one which grazed his
temple and filled the car with brok-
en- glass Then the engineer called
out to Page to open the door,
"We're covered with guns and
they will kill us if you don't open
the door, said Scott,
Still Page 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 the door, saying that the
robbers would surely blow him up
unless he gave up,
The messenger finally opened the
door. One robber then covered the
messenger and the engineer and
fireman with his rife, while the 9th
err searched for coin. He found
three sacks, one containing silver
and two small sacks of gold, There
was a good deal of treasure on the
train, however, which the robbers
did not secure.
When the door opened the en-.
gineer and fireman we're ordered
to jump in 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 fire
man were made to carry the booty
to the engine and deposit it where
directed. The robbers mounted
the engine and rode of, leaving the
engineer and fireman behind, They