Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-02
TRAIN ROBBERS AGAIN.
They Are Heard From In Two
 New Localities.
ONE GANG KILLED AN ENGINEER.

< Chicago AaG Alton Train Held Up Near
 Carlinville - Missouri Bandits Shoot Q
 Man Who Betrayed Ths& Plans and Have
 a Rattle With a Posse of CItizenA.
 STRENGTHEN. Ills. May 9.-It Is report cd here that the Chicago and Alton pas senger train due here at 19 80 o'clock this morning was bearded by robbers at Car linville whn at n place one half mile north of there. attacked the trainmon and ordered them to hold up their hands.
 Tho engineer and fironan refused. and desperate fight began. Six shots were fired, and Engineer Holmes was killed. other two escaped.
 A posse was organized and started in pursuit Engineer Holmes body was taken to Carlinville.
 He was one of the oldest engineers on the road. The robbers secured nothing.
 Another account says that night ex- press No. 3 on the Chicago and Alton road. north bound. was attacked this morn- ing about two miles this side of Carlin- ville by threc masked mon who had climbed upon tho platform of the blind baggage car. supposedly at Carlinville. These men climbed over the tender and ordered Engineer Frank Holmes to stop the train aEa immediately began firing. Holmes was killed at the firSt fire Fire man Frank Tuggle escaping.
 The aSsailantS, after shooting the engi- ncer. jumped oT tho train and escaped. Fireman Tuggle then ran the train back to Carlinvilln It Is not known whether robbery was intended or not Engineer Holmes this morning, when going south nt CarlinVillc compelled somo tramps to get of the train. and also ran some tramps off that woro burning cars on Y, and it iS thought that somo of these men were his murtlCrcrS. Holmes homo is in Bloom ington.
 These Robbers Were Frustrated.
 ST. JOSEPH. Mo. May 1.-Two mon fa- tally shot and ono seriously injured Is the result of frustrated attempt to rob a Bur lingtOn train coming into this city.
 For some days past gang of tough characters has been hanging around St George. a suburb of this city, and Tues day night information was brought to the Burlington officials that tho Omaha OK press was to be held up. William HaaG a hotel man, furnished the information, and the officers sent posse, who frustrated the design
 ate last evening, while Richard Rau, | an employee or IiaaE, was Sltt1nH Tn the bar oi HaaS's place Thomas Farrell. one l ot the gang. stepped inside the door while his partner, who gives tho name of Dan | Howard watched on the outside. Farrell stepped up to Rau. and without n word | shot him through tho stomach. inflioting | a fatal wound. As Furrcll ran out the | door he called to his partner. II have shot the wrong man, rcalizing that he had failed to get tho man who had given the | information.
 Several citizens started in pursuit of the | two men, who ran out on tho railroad l tracks toward tho Kansas hridgo 4 mum | bCr of shots wrro fired by both parties but without ofrect
 As tho fugitivos nCarcd the bridge OK sheriff Carson and Officer Barry, who l heard the firing. Jumped into buggy and gave chase catching up with the two men just as they were leaving the kansa. | end of the bridge. Carson covered How ard with a revolver and forced him to sur | rondcr.
 | Officer Barry attempted to capture Far ] rell, who whipped out two revOlverS ant | began firing. shooting the officer through l the arm. Then Farrell dashed into thI
 woods followed by Barry and two othel l officers Franz and Shea-Nvho had arriv l cd by this timn and a battle ensued, dur | ing which over 10 shots were fired. Far 1 rCll was finally shot through the lef l breast, the bullet passing through hi | lungs and be Is in n dying condition l Farrell is supposed tn hail from St. Louis | while Towards residence Is so far un | known, ,IS he refuses to talk