The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-13

ordered tie errsneer and fireman to
20 - tAe express car AID have
tie messenger ooe2 Inc car door,
The messenger -: lis lad cut q
TIE wiadow, EB3 tie rotA<-s fred Ese
shees- Tie xEa8ov glass VS. shattered,
severely custaag lie Esesseagsrss Ees1
The messenger thea szrze1 hss stosEun
loose shrozEh the ear door. Tie tzo
ROSTERS Responded wifa their gans. b1s
no oa< was shck Drrxzg tie progress q
the skecssng the baggage trxnstsrznxz vas
frea 81. -: so. hurE Afssr 10 ssoosing
the express car d3c- wss opened ~ the
naesseare-. II. engsneer and fireman
we're ordered 70 rss Inside, one os the
ronbe-s fcsioxiag- Tie oshe< stood gzzrt
AZ the door. The messenger wss
ordered 20 unlock the safe, whieh
be did promptly. Fozr szSxs Of rooey
ws-s tskes from the safe. The robbers
tbez compelled fhe enEiDeer ard fireman
70 rneosple the engine fron tie train
a11 tao brskeDea were made 70 ASSIST
The robbers tAeu made the engsnse- as1
fireman carry the sacks of money % the
locomotive. after which fkey took tie
eag.ns znd hssdec TOR Sacramento. leav-
ing tie engineer, fireman and brAkezrsn
so5pers abandoned ina snxsns. the lever
was reversed and the engine wss returned
10 the train 80 aboa. SIX niles al ho1r-
The engine c5.ltde4 with lhs bsxrage car,
crushing IN the frozt platform TIE
engineer and fireman boarded the engine
and started the train for saeramsnto- Tie
engineer fo2nd . mask made OFT o. . por-
tloa 81 pair 81 drszers- The two robbers
rsn the engine 70 about one mile and .
half froEn Sacramento. when they got OF.
after reversing tie lever. lie vas al they
could do 70 CARR the plundsr. One Of sas
robbers. Engineer 5cho;t says. nuss have
b~en q former engineer On the road Shsr-
III NyckoE. Of Yoio county. and his dep
titles, and Sheriff 0'Seill, Of this coGnty.
anc his force, besides the police aid loczl
railroad officers, are looking for TIE rob
bszs.
The only description Of the robbers OBJ
tzinaDle - thss czse - 6 feet ? inches. and
tie other feet inehes- They had on
WOODEN masks and xo-e linen d5s.ers.
TIE engineer and fireman comp plain Of
their backs. which they szie we're hurt oy
the robbers str king them n tbs back wlta
their gunx The robbers wore nev bats
billed with cartridges They each had tso
bix reviewers. besides q rife each The
robbers faces we're blsckene1- Both ere
big men. Three tramDs. oEe Of whom sas
On Tie tender Of the engine, we're arrested
a. witnesses. The taller roooer had IoDg
slender. u bite hands. IS Of one unused 10
work. sEd the shorter one spoke with = de-
ciced Irish brogus.
Detective Hame. Of the Wesls-Fargo
Company. is here managing the search for
the ropbegs- The detectives vi. not talk
about what they are doing Or expect 70 DO,
bat they are working ensrgeslcsiiy and
believe they viii De able 10 run down the
highxaymsn. About daylight this morn
Ing two men were seen three miles
south Of Washington. coming through the
brush and crossing an alfalfa field toward
the river. The farmer who saw them did
not know Of the robbery until this after
noon he nov thinks they we're the men.
One carried Wiacaeser. and each had D
vaiise whsch he carried with dlfncalty.
One Of the men Was euits tail. and the
other . little shorter. IL j. not unlikely
that these we're the men xho held up the
train. aad. II 30. they VII be heard of
again II they 60 south they wall pass the
ranches along the river. and II they cross
10 this side they viii be in thickiy-setiled
farming nelEhoorhood. Il seems now 20
BE- an accepted Tact that the locomotive on
wnleh the nlca left the scene Of the rob
berry was rua very near 10 the town Of
Washington.