Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-14
THE TRAIN HOLD-UP.
The Robbery Creates Great EX.
element in Richmond.
ACTION OF GOV. 0'FERRALL.
.ht Issues q Proclamation Offering
q Reward Of $1,000.
THE PROBABLE AMOUNT STOLEN.
The Banks Of This City Had No Cur
fenCy in The ESpTeSS-CI.
CAPTAIN BIRDS0NG'S NERVE.
Testimony Of Passengers and Pos
tai EMPLOYEES.
TIE OUTLAWS EXPERIENCED.
They Had Evidently Done Similar
WOrk Before.
THE SPOT NELL-SELECTED.
Theories as 10 How They Made Their
Escape.
THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION
Statements OF the Conductor and the Engi-
necr-They Tell an Interesting
siory-PossibIc Clues.
Statements OF the Conductor and the EnGi-
necr-They Tell an Interesting
siory-PossibIc Clues.

siory-Possiblc Clues.
No other event that has taken place In
Virginia for many years created rs much
exciteusut bore rs tho holding-up and
robbing at 5.ca,ia creek Friday night or
Zoe north-5ouuId mail and express on the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad.
The affair was literally the town-tak
yesteriay and there was good deal OF
wild rumor as - tha amount Of currency
on board from Richmond.
None OF tho RichInor1 banks had cur
r-ncy on the train. AS one Of tbs CASH
i.rs seid, the robbers might have been
we'll M Oh ira n-robbina, but they wers
sadly of on tho laws = trSie, for NJ
p,essnt ell tho shipments OF currency
were southwark II. bowover, the hold
ND had taken place Thursday night a
good haul Of IT .,talatel currency would
have been made.
A RICHMOND BANKS PACKAGE
Tho Merchants National Bank sent
North b. express Friday nisht package
drafts NilOk Aiifl y. lfNl N.+4N~lA 80 '"fN"''
This Dsolare was on the robbed train
bu' It IS supposed tnat ~ the robbers
could make 10 Use Of the contents II was
thrown away. ri any rate. the payment
" the paper has been stopped ~ iele-
yraph
'Ph,. two cvprsF .s-TncsscnCcrs. Mr.. }. >.
rrv.chrel ani Mr.. u Murray. viii not
sat,i,ri 10 tho city until this morning. and
until their reports ara made and the
several points fryn which the stolen
tackaces were shipped are heard from it
avAi he impossible 10 give the exact
mount Of the booty
OR EMPRESS SHIPMENTS.
Mr.. Andrew Welsh, the agent OF the
southern Cypress Company mere, said
,esterlay afternoon that there was sent
from X richmond on the train $500 in cur
.sncy and $1,000 IN listed bonds 1Ee
tonAs had been received ut the Richmond
office from another road, and the Cur
,en.s Vas N miscellaneous remittanees
~ 50 AID less lie knew OF $3.50 that
vas c.iag through from the South; also
tn; there were In the express-car light
pouches from Savannah. Ca, jackson
rule TIA. and Charleston, $ c. he aid
not ,hink teat the aggregate amount
ttolen would foot up more than 200
II is sid that IL tho robbers had made
their raid on the south-bound train. 10,
,,e. toy v~u,d have struck a bonanza.
There VS.. in charge % the express mes-
p.nr,r one Shipment OF $1,000 IN cur
,ency.
GOVERNOR OFE,tRALIs ACTS.
~ soon Is Governor O'Ferran heard OF
lie a1air he issued proclamation Of
fer.rg Il reward Of 5000 for tie arrest
q. TIE robbers, and sent the following
telegram Governor Brown. OF Mary
,4ad. the District commits s!onfi's at Wash
cnstcn. and the Mayors o. Ihiisdelphia
ana Norfolk:
"At as5vt $50 o'clock the north-oount
trim OF the Richmond, fredericksburg
ana Potomac railroad was held Up by
rotber, Imposed t. be 81 zen in number
1T or near Aqua creek. county Of stat
IorG. state of virginia; the door OF tho
.NpresS-car blown open By dynamite. ana
the eXpr safe robbed 0f q large sum
of money the engine then turned aioose
anu collision with the south bound train
which would necessarily have caused
great loss ~ Ike, barely averted.
Il have offered IL reward Of $1,000 for
the ares o. the robbers or $50 Tor the
arrest Of any one OF them, payable after
trial aud conviction.
g. respectfully request that you call
upon tne ulcers OF your STATE cor city,
generally 20 be on the alert and 20 use
their b-st efforts 20 secure the arrest OF
tnese men. They are supposed to have
escaped 10y boeG'
As stated IN yesterdays Dispatch.
Major Myers. as president of the railroad
company. has offered a reward OF = 900 for
the arrest of the outlaws. or any one or
tho and MIR Welsh. Richmond repre-
tentative 90 the express company SAID
yesterday he had 10 doubt that the com
pOny would follow suit.
Tho con,uany VIII OF course, have TO
male good what was stolen.
The robbery created more excitement
81 Nssiinyton than IN Richmond, and
when the train arrived in The former city
tie passengers and crew were bcs'eecd
py tne ncW5papcr-u.en The Posts ac-
count q gathered from these sources
agrees with TIE fuil and accurate account
lUo'shed Ia the Dispatch OF yesterday.
SELECTED THE BEST PLACE.
All the statements as to the manner
in which the bandits aid their work aus
tam The contcutioa that they were old
hands iu the business THsn the place
He4ecfed Tor the desperate Otfl, tNNTc -
no better Cp tie entire ROAD. To the let
OF the track there are several wooded
ravines ana 10 Uae right ~ the Potomac
river On TIC Maryla"d side Of the river
aiS miles below. IS Matthias bay. at the
head o. which - COx's Station, the south
eTn term. nus Of the Popc's Creek Branch
of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
The railroad people think the robbers
mace ther escape Via the Potomac
Nah. nay, and the Popc's Creek
tfshcn o. the Baltimore ana Potomac. A
usin over this road leaves COx's 5tatoa
a. O'clock h the morning
me lnan who entered the express-car
sno wto Seemed T. he the leader of the
LahE, crrpaHdt- the messengers way
bi!S' which is regardcd as additional ey-
u7NVe MAI what Ae was engaged In was
not new % him
THE EXPRESS STORY
Express Messenger Crutchfeld in de-.
'etihihS 'he scene in bis car, said:
Sut enc roDbcr entered the car He
WAS oi heavy build. and dressed like a
a"fher, although he seemed to Thoroughly
n1c"Istano TIE express neS. He had
red Handkerchief over the Inrcy nart
ti hs lace. when the train Wa s,o,,nso
opened the door % nay car tn. roi,her
Hired, and shot at me. | doden. 80
and closed tie door. lie called o. 80,
door ! dent do II. Open thai door
or III blow the whole car 70 pl.cs. ,s,,n
dynsmre.'