The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-28
Disastrous tsttempt to Hold Up Cin-
cinnnti Southern Express Train i'm
the Mountains of Kentucky.
BANDITS TAKEN UNAWARES
ONE INSTANTLY KILLED AND An
OTHER M0RTALLy WOUNDED.
Third Man, Who Said He Was Not y
Desperate, Found Dying ON the En-
gine-Stories of Trainmen.

near Greenwood, KY, early this morning.
Two men were shot to death and another
mortaly wounded. The desperadoes were
killed by detectives in the employ of the
Cincinnati Southern railway, who knew
there was to be trouble and were prepared
for it.
At 2:30 o'clock this morning, while express
train No. 3, south bound, ON the Cincinnati
Southern railway was sixteen miles south
of Somerset near tunnel No. 81 which is
close to Greenwood, engineer Thomas
Springfield was signaled by large man
having red lantern and giving a regular
railroad signal He quickly brought his
train to a halt and was Immediately con-
fronted by revolver in the hands of a
desperate and told TO stand till he was or
dered to 60 Three other desperados started
for the express car. carrying Winchesters
on their shoulders, but, making mistake.
they entered the baggage car. The com
pany had been apprised some days ago that
there would probably be .'hold-up'' on the
line soon, and detective chief Tom Griffin.
Will Eddy, of Oakdale, and VIII Altgood,
of Chattanooga, were on the train looking
out for the robbers. When the train was
stopped Altgood and Eddy alighted from the
car in time to intercept one of the robbers,
who was standing on the platform of the
pdSSdSc Car luShlIS Ills way 10 tne SA-
press. Eddy opened fire. Then a perfect
fusllade followed. Presently the firing
ceased. and when the smoke cleared away
it was found that one of the robbers was
killed and another mortaly wounded. The
others ha5 fed. The wounded man was
placed on the bank and the train came on
to Chattanooga and arrived in this city
on time. The entire time taken up by the
fight was just three minutes. The detec-
tives remained at the scene of the action
and a posse was sent in pursuit of the es-
capped bandits. At Cumberland Falls, four
miles below the scene of the hold-up,
wounded man was found concealed in the
tender of the engine. He was turned over
to the agent of the company. The captured
man said he was not a member of the gang.
DETECTIVE ALTGOOD'S ACCOUNT
Clint #. Altgood, one of the detectives
who took part in the shooting, returned to
the city this evening on train No. from
Greenwood the scene of the robbery. lie
seemed in good spirits and did not have a
scratch him, and there were no indica-
lions that he was participant in a bloody
fight. To a reporter he said II am em-
ployed by the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road as detective and Tuesday morning
ceived a telegram from superintendent
Griggs to report at Somerset. / reported
and asked the superintendent what was
wanted. He replied that he wanted me to
come down to Chattanooga on No. 3 that
night. He did not tell me anything further
about what was going to happen, but i sus-
pected something was wrong. having had
reason for this. / thought / was going
into danger and prepared myself with II
double-barreled shotgun. Griffin, the chier
detective of the, road, and VIII Eddy, an
..I<,e*
ficer came out on the train also. They
were prepared as well as myself. with
double -barreled shotguns. which were
loaded with No. 4 shot. Eddy and myself
were sitting in the same seat, while Grff-
fin was secreted in the express car for
what purpose 1 cannot tell, as / don't
know.
LAS we passed out of the mouth of tIn-
mel No. heard the engineer blow his
whistle twice, which was signal that he
had been tagged down 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 got on the step on tho
other side. Three men passed by Eddy,
who had at the time squatted down under
the end of the car and went TO the baggage
car One of them had double-barrcied
shotgun in his hand and looked down at
Eddy, but passed on to the car. The three
men then went on in the car. where they
remained for from four to five minutes.
I heard one of them say, the big man. II
think Hands upe and something about
the money in the car. They then walked
about in the car, l guess, looking Tor
n,oney i'm the safe. 1 later heard them
eursing. but could not tell what they were
saving. 1 think they had found they had
made a mistake and gotten into the wrons
car They came out the same side they
had entered. While the three men were In
the car a fourth one was on the bank by
the side of the road
ONE ROBBER KILLED INSTANTLY.
..The two younger men made break for
the express car, while the big fellow. who
later proyer to be Jesse Morrow, stepped
down at the side of the car, with shot
gun in his hand. He put 1t TO his shoulder
and presented 1t at Eddy, who was at the
rlace where he had left the smoker. Eddy
had been watching him, and had his shot
gun Ieveed on him all the time, and when
he found he had been discovered and the
man was about to shoot at him he opened
fire. or rather fired one shot, which did the
work. The load of No. buckshot struck
the man In the left side little below the
arm. and passed out on the right side OK
the body. killing him instantly. and he fell
10 the ground and never uttered sound.
He was at the steps of the baggage car
when he fell. 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.
s.\yhen the train stopped got under the
truss rods of the baggage car, which are
near the wheels of the car. / saw a party
AT the steps OF the express car, and as soon
as the two men opened fire on Eddy they
advanced toward me and got on the frst
stem of the express car. | fired on him
and he fell to the ground and did not utter
a word but lay there. When Went 70 find
him afterwards he was gone, ana do not
know what became of him. The firing on
the other side of the car had now stopped
and the men were nowhere 10 De seem
EXCEPT the Two who were near by. one dead
and the other mortaiy wounded. The con-
federates who escaped, l think. are three
ir number. A large posse OF people residing
in the vicinity of the robbery started out in
pursuit of the robbers, VINO, l think, have
taken to the mountains.
erhe man who killed outright was
Jesse Morrow aged about forty-eight or
fifty years. He resided with his wire ant
q number OF sons IN Wayne county, about
fourteen miles from tho scene OF the trrt-
bile He was known as the worst anu most
desperate man In the community anu
heard a number Of people say before<i leks