The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-28
and kent the doors tightly locked. He

and kept the doors tightly locked. He
knows nothing about the robbery.
Passengers in the sleepers for New
Orleans and Jacksonville. were not
awakened. In one of the coaches when
the train stopped and the shooting be-
gan, one man with big mouth and a
loud vioce, yelled: by God. we are
held up!'
Women and children began crying
and everybody began throwing money
and jewelry under the seats. and they
did not sleep any more.
Clint Fallgood, the brave little de-
tective who took such prominent part
in the prevention of the robbery, re-
turned to the city this evening from
the scene of THE robbery.
His Story.
To a reporter of the Times he gave
the following statement of the affair:
Il am employed by the Cincinnati
Southern railroad as a detective, and
Tuesday morning received a telegram
from. superintendent Griggs to report
at Somerset.
Il reported and asked the superin-
tendent what was wanted. He replied
that he wanted me TO come down to
Chattanooga that night. He did not
tell me anything further about what
something was wrong. / thought
was going into danger and prepared
myself with a double-barrelled shot
gun.
Griffin, the chief detective of the
road, and Will Eddy, another detective,
came out on the train also. They were
prepared with double-barrelled shot
guns Eddy and myself were sitting
in the same seat, while Griffin was Sc
GREETED in the express car. AS we
passed out of the mouth of tunnel No.
9, heard the engineer blow his whistle
twice. which was a signal that he had
been tagged and was to stop the train.
Eddy and myself walked out of the
door of the smoker together. Eddy got
down on the last step of the smoker
on the east side, while 1 got on the step
on the other side and we were in that
position when the train stopped
Three men passed by Eddy who at
the time had squatted down under the
end of the car and went to the bag
gage car. One of them had double
barrelled shotgun in his hand and
looked down at Eddy, but passed into
the car. The three men then went on
in the car where they remained for
four or five minutes. heard one OF
them say Hands up" and something
about the money in the car. They then
walked about in the car, l think and
were looking for money in the safe l
later heard them cursing but could not
tell what they We're saying. 1 think
they had found they had made mis-
take and gotten into the wrong car.
They came out the same side of the
way they had entered the car.
He Opened Fire.
1.-THE two younger men made a
break for the express car. while the big
fellow, who later proved to be Jesse
Morrow. stepped down at the side of
the car with a shotgun in his hand.
He put it to his shoulder and pointed
it at Eddy, who was at the place where
he had left the smoker. Eddy had been
watching and had his gun levelled
on him all the time, and when he
found he had been discovered and was
about to be shot at. he opened fire,
or rather fired one shot at the robber,
which did the work. The load of buck
shot struck the man in the left side
a little below the arm and passed out
on the right side of the body. killing
him instantly.
"About this time the two men who
had come out of the baggage car with
Morrow opened fire on Eddy and were
shooting at him pretty lively. When
they stopped, / got under the truss
rods of the baggage car. which are
near the wheels. 1 saw a party at the
steps of the express car and as soon
as the two men opened fire on Eddy,
this man advanced toward me and got
on the first step of the baggage car. /
fired on him and he fell to the ground
and did not utter a word. When L went
to find him afterwards he was gone
and 1 did not know what became OF
him.
''The shooting on the other car had
stopped and the men were nowhere to
be seen, except the two that were
nearby, one dead and the other NOR
tally wounded. The confederateS VINO
ESCAPED. l think are three in number
A large posse of people residing in the
vicinity of the robbery started out IN
pursuit of the parties. who. 1 think.
have taken to the mountains.
A Desperate Man.
1.-THE man killed outright was Jesse
Morrow. aged so years. He resided
with his family in Wayne county,
about IA miles from the scene OF the
trouble, and was known as the worst
and most desperate man in the coun-
try.
Thomas Miller. the man who was
niclxed ND near the dead man, was
shot through the breast. He was car
ried to the depot at Greenwood. where
he soon died. after suffering intense
agony. The man was about 81 years
old and was a tough character.
''The leader of the gang is a man
by the name of Underwood and is
desperate character. L don't know
which way this man went after the
aair was over. He resided in the vi
cinity of the attempted robbery and
am of the opinion that all of the
parties concerned were residents OF
that portion of the country.
Martin, the man who was so badly
wounded and who it is thought will
die, says he is from Pennsylvania and
that he was a tramp riding on the
blind baggage and was not with the
gang who held up the train. He is
mortally wounded and cannot recover
Here's Another.
Little Rock, Ark, March 27.-Train
No. 81 on the Iron Mountain was held
UP by robbers about 10 o'clock tonight
Just north of Williamsville, Mo-,