The evening world., 1894-10-13

said: Keep your hands UP. Show me
the H Sap To6ied ia a, s the 1t b and VIZ, sat,
isfled that the second safe contained
nothing The man was very cool all
the time. We had seven or eight
Ing packages OF money: how much, I
can't guess. The man cut slit in
each pouch and took every package"
Accurate information as to the exact
will be made known first to Il. J. O.
A. Herring the Adams Express agent
in Philadelphia, who will first have to
vile. Savannah. Charleston. Whining
ton Richmond and Fredericksburg for
Information as to amounts consigned.
brave Conductor.
j, c. q, Lee. representing the Darby
Candy Manufacturing Company, OF Bal
timore, speaking Of the experience OF
the passengers, said:
=" We WIRE all frightened, and every
body expected to be called upon to de-
liver up his valunbles. stuffed my
money down into my shoe and hid my
watch. Everybody else did the same
thing, ! guess; The conductor was the
neTviest man !, ever saw. He was cool
and collected throughout, and as brave
as lion He pa jsed through the train
asking, each passenger whether he had
ing a small revolver.
ARMED with his he stationed himself
at the head OF the ladies' car. cautioning
the passengers 10 keep their seats and
remain quiet. He cOolly asserted that
he would kill the first person who set
root on the platform. Later he avowed
ms Intention OF going out Of the car,
ru was forcihly restrained by several
MS head out Of the car door ] am salts
fed that he would have been killed"
me postal car was ahead Of the ex.
press. car, and Its windows were fired
into for the purpose OF intimidating the
seven postal clerks in 1t. They were
badly frightened, but their car was not
entered, though 4 contained many sacks
Local representatives OF the Company
say the amount of booty the robbers got /
away with probably cannot be learned
accurately until tomorrow, but they
incline to believe that $4,000 is a large |
eNaEReration OF the loss.
one theory here as to the identity OF |
the robbers Is that they were formerly |
The numerous bands OF so-called I'm |
1ustrials' who were attracted to the |
National capital by the Coxey move
ment. |
Were the Robbers Coxeyitesf
While most of these men were honest,
he, various bands were Joined by crooks |
md desperate men, who would not |
at NllIltS anu VINO uSeu the |
Industrial camps as a cloak for their
A number OF foreign rail-
Dad hands were In these bands. and
,,ome OF them. II Is known, drifted
nut livelihood by fishing and other
means.
In the neighborhood Of Aqua Creek,
,,eear Quantico. several parties of the
conjecture is that the robbery may
AVE been the work OF some OF those
men. rendered reckless by their mode of
wing.
Local police believe that they were not
PROFESSIONAL thieves, but were men ia
llliar with the train service. Their de-
nand for the manifest" they believe,
indicates that at least one OF them was
las been received during the morning
rom an army sergeant stationed at
,ort Washington. ten miles down the
The sergeant. informed Inspector Hol-
niger that three men were ferried
cross the river at that point yesterday
y an old colored man, who told him
crooked" One Of them was
eadlng an account of an arrest as they
iere being rowed across. and they all
ress messenger, b. F. Crutchheid, and
is helper. II. s. Murray. barred the
oors of the express car but these were
',"h 'bNH WIN hlltT lnt |
obbery the thieves made off with their
ooty In the direction of the Potomac
diver, where 1t Is supposed they had
'oat In waiting to take them to the
Maryland side. None OF the robbers
inferred the passenger coaches.
The operator ut Brooks. six miles
rom Quantico. discovered that the en-
Inc was wild" as II passed his sta
lon, and telegraphed to Quantico where
switch was thrown. so that II was
rought into collision with two loaded
relght cars and wrecked.
Han the locomotive been permitted
o pass beyond Quantico. II would
ave colllded with the south-bound pas
Three policemen left here to-day for
ne scene of the train robbery near Guam
Icl. Twenty thousand dollars was the
mount of money sent from this city by
he train, and most of that was In
onls
Gov. O'Ferrall has offered 81 900 reward
nj te.egriphed the Governor OF Mary
md asking his cooperation
PHI lLAGElPHIA, Oct. IA. Q. A.
ierring, manager of the Adams Ex-
ress Company, left here this morning
or Washington to investigate the rob
cry No one In this city connected
With the express company can give any
lea as to the amount OF money stolen.