New-York tribune., 1895-02-01
TRAIN ROBBERS GET $4,000.
THE EXPRESS CoMPANY's SAFE BLOWN
OPEN WITH GIANT POWDER.

.,,xc cp,,,r IN ARIZoNA-THE ENGINEER
AND FIREMAN HELD UP BY TWO MASKED
MEN AND COMPELLED TO CUT OUT THE
,>.pprss CAR AND RUN 1T TO
po,,,r WHERE OTHER ROBBERS
WERE WAITING WITH EN-
p1os1vEs AND HORSES.
,o..,sco Ian Sl-Ofiicials of the South
avn paci6c Railroad Company were Informed
49,. ,oornine OF the robbery of the westbound
overland train at $50 o'clock last night, near
49,. .r;z. The safe was blown open by sew
-, masked men. who secured $4,000 In MeXi-
an,er From dispatches received It appears
,ha, FIVE men were engaged in the robbery. four
,,.,nc heen present at the place where the cx-
ICES car was looted. while the fifth is known TO
nave been in the company Of those four when
,bev were seen in and about Wilcox before the
robbery.
Two men boarded the cars at Wilcox, ana
when two miles west Of the town suddenly ap-
,raa in the cab of the engine with drawn
njstols and compelled the engineer to stop the
.ro;n While one of the robbers kept him COW
od the other made the fireman and brakeman
out the express and mail cars loose from the
res, Of the train. The engineer was then COM
oued TO pull the two detached cars Tor ABOUT
,ro miles to a culvert. where two more OF the
aors were found holding horses for the entire
,or,v II was here that the safe was plowh
on the men with the horses having Drought
ov,,osives SIX explosions were effected by the
,ohbers before they felt satisfied with their wo1k
A., result the top and siles of the express car
uors shattered and the express companys safe
ras blown TO pieces A great deal or none!
vas scattered about. and the express agent from
Wilcox who afterward visited the spot, plcKed
I'm about 700 Mexican dollars which the robbers
had not been able &c collect. Besides the Sloooo
IN Mexican money. there was conslderao!e com
on the train which had been sent TO pay rail-
road employees along the line.
After the robbery, the men rode in sou'her'E
d;rec,;on. OF the two who boarded the train, one
- aosor;bed as being feet inches in height and
~ dark complexion. the index finger of the rien'
ho,a being missing The other was OF light COM
,,,or;o, and about feet inches in height. III Is
roror,ad that Grant Wheeler. known TO be des-
narata character was seen in WILCOX yesterday
nrevols 10 the robbery, and that win MN "dS "
stranger, who purchased IL pouhus 0. sI siai'
nouder 20 feet of fuse and twenty glaht-powue'
11ans The latter told the storekeeper mat NJ
was mining at De Cabasas, and that ne eoulu
M, take any more. as he had come III Oh hoi.
back Grant Wheeler ana the stianse. "'S SorSas
nosed 10 be the two men who brought the holsts
:, the spot chosen for the robbery Ahothei h'A
Was also seen in the company Of Wheeler: 49,
Sheriff Fly and four men left wilcox lor ,ne nv
scene of the robbery this morning ana NJ @
later Deputy Sheriff Howard set out wlth W. wv
men Scott White also took posse out rom ON
tombstone, with the hope of heading on u,e ,he
robbers Special Agent Breckenridge VI IN tne
Southern Pacific has also gone 10 the scene WIZ
no indian trailers his purpose being TO take the
back trail and fud out where the robbers came
from. VIII, Carco Fx.
rrass comnanies offered a joint reward OF soV'
pihis afternoon for each Of the men implicated IN
the hOld-up.