Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-30
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BY TWO MASKED MEN

the North bound Fort Worth and
Denver passenger train was held up by
two masked men. about three mlle0
West OF Childress.
The train conductor was James Muir
ply; Engineer. Jim Taylor: fireman.
Homer Bell; brakeman Charles West
and express messenger John Hamilton.
The train leaves Fort Worth at ll15
a. M. and Is called the Denver. Color
ado Springs and Pueblo mail and OK
press.
II seems that when the train mad
got n few miles out of Childreas. In
glneer Taylor and Fireman Bell saw
two men. having white masks over
their faces. suddenly crawl over the
coal from back of the engine. and
voices hailed them with, hands mr.
Taylor and Bell saw that robbery was
the game and finding the men had
the drop on them. quickly threw up
their hands.
The robbers came up to them. and
one demanded their pocket books. Fay
Tor and Bell stoutly asserted that they
had no money on them and the rob
bers seemed inclined to take their
watches from them, but finally left
them untouched. one OF them inbbed
his pistol against Engineer Taylor
side. and Taylor remarked Look ont
man; don't let that thing go OFF" when
the fellow answered that II would 30
off II he didn't get move, or some
remark to that effect. Both the In
ynders had their heads and necks
thickly muflled up with 'loth, SO 1t
was Impossible to distinguish their
features.
After illuminating the engineer and
fireman, one OF the inyf er5 went Into
the express car and covering Express
Messenger Hamilton with his pistol
ordered him to open the safe. iianli-
ton was shiverlng In his night Clothes
and opened the small safe, but man
aged TO conceal what money there
VIVA In It, The other fellow, mean
while. stood on guard on the outside OF
the car The robbers forced the train
mon to run the train several miles be-
You'd the place where they llrst APP
reared and stop In deep cut. NO
attempt was made to open the through
safe, and the attempt was 'oinPie'e
water haul. -
Finding they could get nothing, the
two men got of the train, ana lying
down beside the track, bude The en-
| gineer move ahead, which he ana win
| great alncrity.
! of slender build seemed to he young
! men, and were evidently green hands
! ut the hoid-up business. There was
7 considerable excitement among me
3 passengers, but 10 attempt wa" made
| TO modest any OF them, II Is supposed
! that the two mon got on at Childress
/ and concealed themselves back OF Inc
* soon as the news of the hold-up
reached Childress. the sheriff of the
| county, with q posse, set out In pur-
| suit aud secured the country. The
| -. raantNan haFa 1uWt NIGHT
! were that the officers had 10 nted the
! parties and they would be captured.
/ An account obtained from another
| source agrees sui stnntlnlly In the main
| with those given above. According to
| this version OF the affair, the robbery
occurred at $3.50 D. NJ. in deep cut
! four miles beyond Childress Just as
! the train. the Fort Worth and Denver
passenger north-bound. No. q was get
| ting well under way after leaving that
| station, which Is 226 milos from Fort
| Worth, Conductor Murphy was In
going up the road In his private car.
which was attached to the train,
There Were Ave coaches In the train.
| IN luding AIR. Goodies car, but only n
| few passengers.
| ha the train pulled into the cut the
passengers heard several shots fred
| alongside and then they became
I thoroughly alarmed when thcy felt
| the cars stop. Several drummers who
were among the number scrambled to
! the floor 10 get out OF the way OF the
/ flying bullets. A brakeman who went
! ont behind to see what was the matter
/ felt bullet whlz close TO hts ear, aud
came back In hurry, Two sheriffs aud
cowman who had n revolver. were
, In the crowd, hut they kept close. All
| hands started TO hide their vnluableH.
J Several hundred dollars were deposited
| under the carpet in the aisle, where the
! men were lying stretched out and
| thoroughly terrorlzed. Among The pas
scnBers WAS y. NJ, Dnggctt OF this city.
None of them stirred out OF the pas
scnger coach hes until the train started
on It's way again and they felt that
everything was safe.
II secms that the two robbers got
| on the train at Childress. One of them.
boyish-looking fellow, climbed over
the tender OF the engine and covered
the engineer and fireman With re-
| volvcr. HIS companion stood guard
with Winchester on the front plat
form OF the express car. He was n
| tail, spnre young man apparently Just
about grown They both had handkcr-
chiefs tied over their faces. They told
! ready to stop. At FIRST they We're 50
careful TO guard against surprise that
they refused to let the fireman move IN
order to put coal Into the furnace. but
feeling safe after little they allowed
him TO put In some coal. when they
reached the cut the train was stopped
and the engineer and fireman marched
10 the express ear being kept four or
Ave feet In advance OF the man with
the Winchester. They then entered
the express car and went through the
local safe. but Messenger Hamilton.
who WAS In charge. had thrown INC
valuable packages behind the stove.
whore they were not discovered BY the
robbers. They made no effort TO Eet
into the through safe, and what they
| got out OF the local safe Is not believed
OF dynamite with them, but ala NOT
attempt to use H.. When thay got
ready TO 80. the two robbers marched