The herald., 1896-03-20
the TRAIN ROBBERY
Ons Robbef DeaA aad Identified Ar.
rests Made

Ons Robber Dea1 Esd ldsntiiisd- Several Ar
rests Made
vlsALIA, CAL. March 19.-Additionsl
particulars OF the attempted robbery Of
train No. 10, southbound, last night have
been learned. For several days Sheriff
contemplated. Yesterday he received in
formation that train No. 20, going north,
would be held up between Tulare and
Goshen. He sent deputies Vic Reed and
Earl DaQRett to Goshen, and took two
others with him to T,lare. He had wired
company, who came youth on No. 20 and
joined the officers at 'Culare.
Daggett and Reed eot on the engine Of
train No. 19 and crcuched down in the
coal, watching for sigiAs of robbers on each
side of the track. About q mile out of
Goshen man climbed over the rear ten
der and covered the engineer and fireman
With rife In one hand and q revolver in
the other, ordering all hands up. The Off.
GERS turned; he saw them and opened fire
with his revolver aud shot both officers.
They returned the fire, DaRgett's shot tak-
ing effect and killing the robber instantly.
DagRett loaded again, but the robber fell
off the engine: the train ran into Tulare.
The wounded men were taken of and
cared for. Officers on board No. 10, and
at the scene of the fight found the body of
the robber and brought It town. The dead
robber was found TO be Dan Mccall. .
lahorer campe<i near here chopping wood.
The officers this morning arrested Low
ern, keeper of notorious deadfall, and
Charles Arde1. q barkeeper. and placed
them in Jail. John Haynes, Salvation
Army man. was arrested at his ranch,
eight miles north of here. Reeds wound
is slight. The ball passed through the
fleshy, part of the left arm near the
shoulder. Daggett is seriously hurt. The
ball entered the front. passing through the
seventh rib on the left side. 1t was taken
out at his back. The lung il injured. The
robber was killed with shotgun. both bar.
rels taking effect in the abdomen. Shot
passed through his right pants pocket,
and ranged up through the body. Lovern.
arrested as an accomplish. is notorious
character. 1t was in his place where A.
SCISSOR Frank Coffee was killed two years
ago.
The body of the dead robber was found
at the scene of the robbery.
M'CALL WELL KNOWN
A Santa Cruz dispatch says that Dan
Mccall. the train robber who was killed
near Tulare, was we'll known there. He
was AZ years old and was born in Santa
Cruz. He leaves two brothers and O son,
who also live there. Mccall went to Tu-
lare year ago and bought q ranch. Yes
terday his brother received letter from
him saying he had sold his ranch and
horses and was coming back to Santa
Cruz. While at Santa Cruz Mccall bore q
good reputation He was thought to be a
harmless fellow without the courage to fire
a gun. Obie Button, who is under arrest
for completely in the train robbery, for.
merly lived at Capitola, where he was a
fisherman. His father keeps saloon in
Sequel.
IN THIS CITY
Detective George E. Gard was on the
train and made the following statement:
There were four of them in the scheme,
but it appears as II one of them had be-
trayed them. He informed the Tulare
officers that No. 20 was to be held up, and
it was by mere accident that Under Sheriff
Earl Dagget and Constable Reed or Reed
ley were on the engine of train No. 10.
They boarded the train at Reedley for Tu.
lare. thinking that their services might be
needed. They were sitting ON the floor of
the tender and the train was approaching
water tank when they heard q voice be.
hind them calling to the engineer to bring
the train to a standstill. The robber was
concealed behind the tool box at the rear
of ti,e tender.
He, had rife under his arm and in his
right hand was six shooter. He was ig-
moran Of the fact that there was any other
person. on the engine besides the engineer
and fireman.
At Fresno a man about six feet in height,
dark complexion, wearing a light SLOUGH
hat, q short canvas coat lined with gray
flannel. and wearing a pair of overalls,
boarded the train. He appeared to be un-
der the influence of LIQUOR. He took q seat