The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-24
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Log iNGELEs. Cal ., Fec. 16- South
ern PIC ii: NJ % vas robo5d a. r ,scoe
s.aIpn this morning at about 1 O'Clock.
Tris Is the same o ace thar the same traiu
was ro9hed about SIX weeks ago The
train was 1eiayed in leaving aud did not
get away until abou, IL 80 !ast night.
Il was heavily loaded with passengers.
aud Well. Fargo & Co.'S snipmen were
unusually nesvg Tne train reached
| BurhabS, aUou, SIX mics north OF mis-
city, aud vas rep"r,ed back all right
At RD-coe. four mi es north OF Boz bank,
there is ia atlen, but siding As the
| iraln 6 gofo tched The switch, Engineer
| ihumss saw too late tnsi the swilcn wss
misp aced, and va!nly tried to STOP the
irain The eRgine aAd TWO frult cars OF
oranges went into the di'ch, The engln2
turoine over ana burylng the engineer
| aud fireman The two fruit cars were a
| total wreck AS soon a. the wreck nc
| Cured three masked men spraeg out nt
! the bushes and comm need tusllade,
and every ne knew thar the mission OF
the desperadoes MAS robbery. A few |
seconas !aIer a coupe Of dynamite |
bomos were placed unuer the express |
car Tne messenger refused TO open the |
c~r and the whole side was blown off, !
Brakeman Foster rose to the emergency
as 5000 ss he heard sRots an m idc 4
run icr a neig gbo0rlng ranch house wnero
he saw ight Here be got team and
drove BACK to Burbank and gave Ihe
alarm. He cannot tell how much the
robbers got, but it is probable thcF
cleaned out the ex lress cnr. as tney had
their ow0 way when ne left. H SAID
that Engineer Thomas was bad y hurt
rs wen as the fireman. ana DR. Aln--
worth, the company surgeon Rerr, lefi
on "a light engine fer rhe scene. Foster
could not tell whether auy OF the pas
seugers were burt, but thought they
@ere onlg badly shaken up. Two posses
of deputy shtrIffs have LETT for the
scene, and wrecklpg train is now max
log up to Clear the track Foster 1as 40
idea that Evans and Mprell mag have
participated in the affray, but as ere
were tnree men this is hard v d emed
possible A fuslade of pistol sho was !
kept up, aud it is not uu- .
likely that some of tne tram crew or pas n
sengeIs may iaye been hurt before he +
Ouud out what the matter was. 1t IS q
ilmo-t certain that the express messen h
ger was hurt as the two explosions of n
~ Mantle bombs were said to be terrific. q
Laief adv!ces from the scene of the I
20 dup state that Engineer Thomas Is Il
,adly mi jIred, and that Fireman Arthur n
Masters and an unknown tramp were h
hot and killed by the bandits. who E,
we're three 10 number. h
THE EXPRESS MES iENGER's STORY II
Harry E gar, express messenger in !"
barge of Wells Fargo's car, ana the e'
nly person 10 II, gave lis version OF the y
fair as ioilows: Tine first thing | knew "
as terrible shock and at once knew -
iere was wreck. but of course did not y'
now what was the matter. The eXp!o az
on of dynamite bomb was the mex "
llng heard at the right hand door. l 1
a. standing near the center OF the car
hen the bomb exploded. II shattered
lie door into splInrers aud the wEoe caT :,
"a Fl ed with smoke The robbers be Vi
an shooting at once, warning me in the
eantlme TO open the door Qaick or Dc
re will b ow you to hell, They snoyed w,
rife into the door. sbeyed them r
Ader penalty of deait The robbefs y
me In and got all they could. opened o'
e We.is-Fargo BOX aud they iouk what cb
tile silver there was. only saw two cb
anD !,