The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-30
GOT ONLY LEAD.
Bandits Fail to Get an Express
Trains Treasure.
omciais Act on Timely Tip and send
Armed Men Along Who Riddle tho
Robbers with Bullets, Killing
Two of Them


CINCINNATI, March ga desperate
attempt 20 hold up the south bound
Cincinnati Southern train near Green
wood, Ky, early Wednesday morning
resulted In the killing OF two OF the
bloodthirsty gang and the wonnding
OF third robber. Three other mis-
creants escaped under cover of the
darkness, but a posse is on the trail
and their capture is regarded as GER
tain.
The dead bandits are old man Jerry
Hardin, the leader, a desperate charac-
ter from the adjoinining county Of
Wayne, and his son, Tom Hardin.
The attempted robbery occurred in
the vicinity of Greenwood, small
kentucky village in Pulaski county,
l75 miles from Cincinnati and
% miles north of the Tennes-
see state line. IL is wild,
mountainous country, in the mining
district, and no better spot could have
been selected for raid on the Queen
a Crescent routes night express,
which always carries heavy treasure
chests and well-to-do passengers,
bound for the resorts of the south
The train is known as No. 3, and it
pulled out of the Cincinnati depot at s
o'clock Tuesday night. high rate Of
speed had been attained. and as the
locomotive rolled out of mountain
tunnel, near Greenwood, about 2:30
Wednesday morning. the engineer was
signaled TO stop. General Manager
Carroll, of the Queen & Crescent. and
General Manager Barrett, OF the Adams
Express company, had been informed
that an attempt would be made 10 hold
up the train at this point, and their
forces were fully prepared for the ex-
pected attack.
The engineer slowed down, accord
ing 10 orders, and the six desperate
men who had undertaken the lob
prepared TO board the train at the
express car. Suddenly volley OF
shots rang out from the car win
dows and platforms. One Of the
robbers, a burly fellow whose face
was concealed by rude mask Of black
cloth, fell at the first fire, expiring in
stantly. Another dropped in the ditch
Mt the side of the track, while n third,
who was preparing TO mount the rear
platform OF the express car, fell back
with groan The three other despera-
does returned the fire, but. seeing that
they were in "a trap, turned and ran
toward the timber, cursing and shoot
ing as they stumbled up the embank-
ment. The battle lasted not more than
ten minutes and the train reached
Chattanooga at o'clock Wednesday
morning, right on time.
The robbers were repulscd by y. r.
Griffin, who serves as superintendent
Of police on the Cincinnati Southern.
and who had learned something Of
the purpose of the desperate gang
through some mysterious source. lie
informed his superiors OF what was in
the wind and asked that he be per-
mitted TO pick two trusty assistants
and accompany the train The three
defenders were armed with Winches-
ters, and each man must have found
his victim at the first volley
After the fight Griffin and his aids
found that one robber had been killed
outright and two others seriously
wounded. One Of the wounded men
suffered excruciating agony until 4
o'clock when he breathed his last. The
third man, who gives the name OF Mill
er, is under guard az Greenwood, and
his wound is regarded ms serious.
or course the treasure, which was in
charge of the Adams Express com
pany's messenger, was unmolested, and
not single injury was suffered by
any one on the train. The passengers
on the train were awakened by
the firing, but wisely kept within
shelter until the train moved ON, when
they joined heartily in congratulating
Griffin and his two assistants, who
have probably done a great deal by
their splendid work in putting a check
on this class of outrages.