The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-29
MUCH LIKE MURDER
TRAIN ROBBERS DECOYED TO DEATH
BY A SPYING DETECTIVE.
of Kentucky DcsperndOes-Deed of
Two Men in Missouri.

SOMERSET, Ky, March 2S.-The inside
facts as to the attempted ..hold-up" of the
Queen & Crescent train near Greenwood,
KY, yesterday morning are now known.
Chief of Detectives Griffin, assisted by of
ficers Eddy, Altgood and Frazer, armed
with repeating shotguns loaded with buck
shot, neatly trapped the desperadoes. The
plot to ''hold-up'' the train had been hatch
ing for weeks past, by men of desperate
character, who after their death were iden-
tilted as living in the vicinity. The road
and express authorities managed to get
detective into the confidence of the robbers
who stayed with them until about O'Clock
at the point of rendezvous on the road. The
train due at O. clock at this point The
local detective then made excuse to go
up to Greenwood station, a mile away and
get the crowd something to eat and drink.
When the train pulled into Greenwood, de-
tectves Griffin and Eddy we're notified by
Frazer, the local detective, who was in the
camp with the robbers, that the game was
ready. The engineer was to give special
signal or whistle if the train was halted
by the band. Promptly on dot and spot.
a mile south of Greenwood, in the dark
shadow of the tunnel cut the signal came
from the engine with the sharp crack of re-
of the train The wheels of the train had
not stopped before Griffin and Eddy sprang
from the train. The robbers were partly In
the .headligh hts glare. Every in sight
went down under the rapid fire of the de-
tectives. The robbers were SO dazed by
their reception that their reply fire was
wild, and in few minutes all was over.
The two men killed were named Jerry Nor
row and Frank Underwood. Morrow was
a very large man, weighing ahoUt $50
pounds. Both were desperate characters,
Morrow. and Underwood having been. on
trial few months since for the assassina-
ton of man in their vicinity. The third
man found wounded on the tender of the
engine was a young man about twenty-five
years old, who was stealing a ride. He
was shot while hiding under the train by
one of the robbers His name is William
M Brown, mail agent on the train, says he
saw one of the robbers shoot Martin Under
the car.
noon to-day. Collins were sent from here
Wednesday night. The bodies were taken
away by ellison Tucker, son-in-law of
Jerry Morrow Daniel New, brother-in-law
OF Tom Morrow, and Henry Novels, a
neighbor of the Morrows. They will bury
them in the family lot. John Underwood
is said to be wounded. If this be true he
is the one who shot as he was going
up the bank. The fact that Nose Morrow,
another son. of jerry, did not come for the
as proof that he was in the gang. 1t is
generally believed the officials know the
names of those who escaped
Samuel Frazier, who tipped off the raid
were here to-day, but soon disappeared. Fra
zier is in danger until the other robbers
are captured. 1t is said that Frazierss
mother and the dead robber, jerry Morrow,
were brother and sister The man who sig
nailed the train and climbed into the cab,
covering the engineer, remained on the en-
CINE after the others escaped. He might
have been killed or captured had the guards
been aware of the fact. He stole away in
the dark