The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-17
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Il. 1884,


some sure when looked into thas rnnzrae.
oat sook nv chances. dropping dean a.
loN as possible In the cab. BY this tsue
sae engine wxs on the tr&ck and vas ias.-
lng over the ties with awful thunrs. For
sMnaseiy the engine did not tarn over.
sa ae sroand Was soft and she paowei into
sae "a III ana sand clear up 20 the cylinders
snd stuck there, about swentv fees a~ay
isofn the track. crawled out of the cab
WINDOW aQd hid behind n cactus hush.
@as nasgmed. and knew they would make
uspecsxlly warm for me for no. stopping
the Fab at their FIRST command. re-
manned there until the first bo.nb went oil.
l had been armed. or IL there
nad been guard On the train.
beiieve the robbers could easily have
oeen SHOT down IS they approached the
tram. know that could have droprea
Doth Of them il had had q gun. After
tue explosion of the bomb crawiesi away
little Farther, Knowing that could be OF
no assistance 10 the other trsinmen. being
nnsrmsd and tearing that l might be
compesied 10 help roo the express car
l saw the two robbers very dissincsly, as
fney passed close by me vixen
vas lying IN the cactus There
was one large aud one small
man. the trss having gray ever
coat and the other dark clothes They
nad handkerchiefs tied around their neeks
ana lifted them mp over their noses when
IN close quarters. to make a mask for
their features. The express messenger.
understood, looked at one of the robbers
closely ani the robker said: See here.
uont look as me 80 close. hut get
Hgnf there. d--d quick Mr. senger
said he had no match Welt. I'll give
you match. said the robaer, putting
ieei down IN nav vest pocket aud get one
yourself. The bomb that was thrown
against the door broke q few pane!s and
some windows and slightly stunned the
express messenger. Beyoad that | un-
derstand. no damage was done The
robbers made the express messenger
pack the money they secured down from
tae car toward their two horses. a team
which was about i5o yards away. but when
within thirty yards of the wagon they
tooS the money and made him tarn back
There were several bags of bullion and Of
money IN the car that the robbers did not
get. and they probably did net secure a
very iarxea mount. There were eight or
ten shots iiret altogether aud three of
them whiatlei close to me. III the
train had been coming down grade
with speed of forty miles
an hour at thar point there
would have been q great loss OF life and
property. As it was up grade, the pull
made the speed eighteen or twenty miles
an hour.
Fireman Arthur Masters suffered a ter
ribie fate. The Wild piunging OF the eli.
gine threw him of his feet. and he fell
down the opening between the tender
beam and the firebox. The rising OF the
engine closed the opening and pinched
poor Masters in by the lower part
OF his legs with frigh.fuliy
horrible agonies while he lived, W hich was
about an hour. In the midst Of bis suffer
ing he begged for a pistol that he might
Kill himself and end his misery The
tramp that was killed was found under
the left cylinder. His partner was stunned
some. but soon recovered and helped TO
get Masters out of the wreck. During the
II there were more they were not about
the engine"
Sheriff Cline and Detectives Insley and
Benson came back this afternoon and re-
ported at railroad headquarters that they
had left Detective Bowler on Lanarksham,
on Clearwater PARK branch. following the
wagon track made by The robbers. The
officers who returned are going to take
another tack. according TO plans agreed
upon. The robbers are apparently head
ing in the direction OF Ventura Rail-
road Detective Auble returned late this
evening. and says there were at least three
robbers in the gang. Two OF them drove
IN blackboard and one on horseback.
The officers followed the trail on horse
back plainly for three miles west of
Cahunga pass. Then it turned ON the old
Ventura road. When seven miles from
the scene of the robbery binding sand
storm arose and put q stop to fur
thsr proceedings. Along the trail the
officers picked up quite coli
lection of tags which the robbers cut off.
The tags show that the robbers made quite
a haul, Besides the money packages the
robbers earned off two Weils-Farg boxes
filed with valuable packages. When
Officer Auble left, uaited States Marshal
Gard. who captured Bandit Evans short
time ago. and w. Smith. OF the Southern
Pacific. Sheriff Cline and Deputy Botello
were still following the clue. On relia-
bic authority Ii can be Stated that Marshal
Gard is onto the men and has made a
wager that he viii have them in twenty
four hours. Sheriff Cline states that he
and his deputies tracked the robbers TO a
point seven miles due gest of Roscoe.
There all tracks of the men we're lost. Cline
says all the parties implicated rcde togeth-
er 10 above that point and then separated.
The bodies OF Arthur Masters and the
tramp were brought to this city aud are
now lying in the morgue, where an in
quest was held this evening.