The People's friend., 1894-09-21
FELL INTO A TRAP.
The Bad Break Of WOuld-Be Train
Robbers.
santa Fe Express Train Attacked That Is
Alive With Detectives-Flight and
Capture of Robbers-They
Were Farmers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 19.-The Col
orado and Utah express on the Santa
Fe railway, which arrived in Kansas
City from Chicago at Q o'clock this
morning was held up by five men at
2:1O o'clock this morning mile east of
Gorin, Mo-, 173 miles east of Kansas
City. Engineer William Prescott, of
Fort Madison, Ia, was shot in the
shoulder by one of the bandits, but not
dangerously wounded. The hold up
was expected and Chief Detective j. j.
Kinney, of the Santa Fe secret service,
was on the train with a squad of armed
men. They opened fire on the bandits,
and after twenty minutes delay the
train proceeded leaving Kinney and
his men in pursuit of the bandits
Early this morning two of the ban
dis were caught at Memphis, Mo. Their
names are Charles Abrams and Lincoln
Overfeld. Abrams is wounded in six
places and will die. The men who held
up the train are farmers, living miles
north of Arbeila, Mo.
The Santa Fe officials in Chicago had
been given notice Of the robbery. 1t
was to have taken place Saturday
morning, September 8. When the
train reached Kansas City this morn
ing /. man who is supposed to have
warned the Santa Fe officers was
handed over to the Santa Fe officials
and taken to hotel on Union avenue
where he registered under a fictitious
name and went to bed. He will re-
main in Kansas City until the arrival
of Chief Detective Kinney, of the Santa
Fe secret service.
The railway and express company
officials have been expecting the rob-
berry for three weeks. When the train
left Chicago at o'clock last evening
railroad and express detectives, all
walking arsenals. climbed on at vari-
Gus stations. Chief Detective j. ].
Kinney, of the Santa Fe, with g. c.
Montgomery. his right hand man,
boarded it at Joliet. At Streator they
were joined by two more men who have
been patrolling the line for twenty days.
]. A. Mathews. who has been in com
municatiOn with spy ameng the rob
bers for the last two weeks. getting
the news of the robbers' plans, put in
an appearance at Galasburg. He
brought news that the -vould-be rob-
bers met early in the day and decided
to leave their hiding plas:e, near Mem
phis Mo-, at $50 o'clock last night and
make their attempt te get rich at the
expense Of the express company. They
expected to make a haul of at least
$50. 900, the Monday run being always
much heavier than any other day of
the week.
Out from between the two high en-
bankments, just L mile from Gorin,
sReA the train; One nain1te, -nora,and
X :, - -
E,Gether their 1abor had again
Reen in vain. Then came the
crack of the looked and longed
for signal. There was but one. A
moment and shrill, sharp whistle
gave token that the engineer had
heard. and almost before his hand left
the valve. across the tracks some 81
yards away swung a red light. A
grinding Of wheels along the rails in
dicated the air had been applied anC
within twenty seconds from the eXplO
sion of the torpedo the train was at &
standstill.
Out from the dense underground
north of the track came four forms
The face of each was hidden by blacl
mask. One. more agile than the rest
rushed to the engine almost before hi
companions could reach the express car
He carried a rifle, and when within II
feet of the tender brought it t
his shoulder. pointed it at Dad" Pres
colt. the white-bearded engineer, anC
as he shouted. Hold up your hands,
pulled the trigger. His aim was true
and Dad fell to the floor of his cal
with a bullet in his right shoulder
With one bound Detective Kinney
gained the top of the tender, and
bringing his gun to his shoulder, sen
, a shower of shot almost into the face
of the masked individual. How th'
fellow ever managed to run is q mys
tery. But he did, and made for tn,
woods.
The shot which laid Engineer Pres
colt low was the signal for a fusilad
and shots echoed and re-echoed from
bank to bank and through the woods
1t was also the signal for a hasty re
/
treat to the shelter of timber on th
part of the surprised rObbOrs. Not un
til they reached timber did they an
swer Then they fired a few shots
Their aim was bad. for although mel
were leaning rom car windows AM
, pulling triggecs, while others ha
jumped to the ground and were afte
them on foot, they failed to hit man
THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE.
The detectives remained at the seen
, of the attempted robbery to continu
, the search for the men, as all of then
escaped at the time. Reports receives
, in this city tell of the capture of two O
the men early yesterday morning a
, Memphis. They were farmers in tha
country One is Charles Abrams an
, the other is Lincoln Overfeld. TIL
{ former is badly wounded and may die
. The company's officers here believ
that information was wrung from tn
captured men that will lead to the al
rest of all of the participants. In fac
: all of them are known.
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