The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01
ROBBERS KILLED.
An UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO
HOLD UP n TRAIN.
Six Masked Men Attack IA Cincinnati
Southern Passenger Train and Three
of the Gang Are Killed

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| Chattanooga, Tenn, March N.-(Special.)
| A long premeditated and bold but unsuc-
| cessful attempt at train robbery was made
| by a gang of six masked men south
| bound passenger train No. 3, of the Gin
| cnnati Southern railway near Greenwood
| Ky, at o'clock this morning. The rail-
| way and express officials had been expecting
an attack for some time and were prepared.
| The result was hot and exciting tight be-
| tween the robbers and the detectives on
| board, in which one robber was killed out
! right, another was shot so that he dled a
| few hours afterwards, and man giving
! his name is Martin who was stealing
| ride, was also fatally wounded, while not
single detective received scratch
A Pistol at His Head
| The train, in charge of Engineer Tom
Springfield, with Dave Rankin fireman, and
Pete German conductor, left Somerset on
time A short distance this side of the tun-
mel q man with a lantern waved the tram
! down. Engineer Springfield had no thought
of robbers and came to a standStlll without
| question. Immediately a giant of fellow
| bounded into the cab and covered the en-
| gineer and fireman.
Stand here until L tell you to CO." he
commanded.
Engineer Springfield made a move for the
whistle to warn the trainmen.
Touch that and I'll blow your head off, =
| the fellow said.
Meantime the others in the gang had
| boarded the train, but just before reaching
the point where the attack was suspected
the detectives, Griffin and Eddy, had gone
| into the baggage car while Allgood took the
| smoker. When the train stopped they knew
| the time for action had arrived. Allgood
was the first to reach the platform. As
| he opened the door robber jumped on the
| out Of the baggage car and the two detec-
tives crouched on the lower steps of the left
side of the car in the shadow In minute
three of the robbers jumped on and
| entered the baggage car. Two others made
! for the express car. The detectives jumped
down on the ground.
The Firing Was Furious.
Hands up" said one of the two outside
holding a shotgun on Eddy, but the detec-
tive was too quick for him. in a twinkling
he brought his pistol to position. fired and
the robber fell dead.
At the sound of the shot the three in the
baggage ran out. Then the fusilade be-
gan. 1t was a duel to the death i'm the
dark and it was short. sharp and decisive
The robbers fled and the detectives remain
ed victors of the situation, with one dead
robber and another dying. The man who
was killed outright was Jesse Morrow, aged
about fifty. lie known as one of the
ton. The fatally wounded man his son,
Thomas Morrow, as bad as his father.
The robbery occurred in the territory or
the Adams Express Company, which reach
es only to the Tennessee line. Southern
Express officials in this city say there was
only few hundred dollars in the car ana
the robbery, if successful, would have been
Improbable a posse with blood hounds is
pursuing the four robbers who got away
She Was Treated BADLY.
A lady who in one of the seepers
filed a dispatch when the train reached
Chattanooga directed to Colonel Thompson
care Of Governor Mckinley Columbus, .. 1t
contained a detailed account of the affair
ana was signed "Lucretia." She was very
indignant because the conductor did not
wake her up so that she could have seen the
fight.
Third bandit Found Dead.
Somerset, Ky, March ESPECIAL THE
body of Underwood, one of the gang of
highwaymen that attempted TO hold up the
Cincinnati Southern express train, was
found late this evening in the woods, a
short distance from the scene of the shoot
ing. by farmer.
The dead man was lying on his right
side, with his left hand across his fore
head while his weapons were missing. The
body was rddled with buckshot the great
err portion of the load having struck the
'Fruc Story of ihc plot.
The true story of the plot to rob the
train has just come to light. Two months
ago Sam Frazier, worthless sort of
fellow, who resides near here. was APP
preached by Jerry Morrow who asked him
to so into the train-robbing business.
Frazier asked him his plan and Morrow
said that the way TO do would be to wreck
the train and get the money Frazier
said he would think the matter over and
let him know later. In the meantime
the Morrows and Underwood arranged to
wreck and rob the train by putting cross
ties on the track. Frazier reported the
occurrence to the railroad officials. Detec-
tive Griffin instructed him to go ahead
and tell the men that he was with them"
He was afraid he would be arrested for
OBTAINING the mails, but was informed that
he would be taken care of in this respect.
He was told to persuade the bandits to
hold the train up and not wreck it. Frazier
did so. The men, Frazier, jerry and Tom
Morrow, Underwood, Sam Johnson and
the unknown person, met by agreement
near the scene of the holdup.
Frazier Was Suspected.
Frazier made a remark which caused the
other members to believe he was going
to betray them. They sent Frazier to
Greenwood after some whisky and then
talked the matter over.
When he returned they tOlu MIN Indt ne
was a coward and threatened to kill him.
He had told the detectives that he would
be the first man to enter the car. but the
other robbers would not have it this way,
and made him flag the train.
Frazier turned up here last night. but
before morning he left for parts unknown,
with three of the horses owned by the
! robbers He was afraid that the friends
| of the dead men would kill him.
SON of 81 Well Known Man.
VIII t.. Martin, who was taken from
| the tender of the engine, was supposed to
| have been a member of the gang, but
! proved to be a tramp, from Allegheny,
Pa. His father is superintendent of the
| Westinghouse Electrical Company's plant,
! and has telegraphed here concerning his
SON Young Martin is in a precarous con-
dition, and the doctors do not expect him
to live until morning. The abdominal
! cavity and intestines have been penetrated
by a ball that cannot be located.
The Men Who Are Missing.
A report has reached here that the two
| men who were still at large, Johnson and
an unknown were seen in a wagon seven
miles from the scene of the robbery this
morning. They informed a friend that
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