Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-13
FO1LED IN THEIR GAME.
EFFORT To Hold IN n G. & q. Train
Results I'm Arrests.

just a little before o'clock yesterday
morning the west-bound express train
over the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
met with a rather unusual experience for
that line. a small gang of thieves or
irain-robbers made an effort to hold up
the train for the supposed purpose OF
riflins the mail or express-car. or both;
but the employees of the company were
too shrewd to permit such a thing to be
done.
When the train pulled out from Ka-
nawha Falls. w. Va, an unknown
white man crept over the tender OF the
engine and covered with pistols both
the engineer and fireman. commanding
the former TO Uncouple the locomotive
from the cars. This the engineer pre-
tended ne would do. He went to the
rear Of the engine but. instead of un-
coupling IT, he shut off the air-valve.
blocking the wheels, so that the engine
and the cars could not be separated. In
the mean time. while the rObber was
watching the supposed uncoupling pro-
cess the fireman slipped away.
rushing down the line of the train.
giving the alarm 10 the crew. and waking
up the passengers. In a few minutes the
thieves realized that they would soon
be in close quarters. ana took to the
woods. Three men were seen running
off from the train.
Information regarding the atroclous at
tempt was soon communicated to the
Sheriff of the county, and a posse and
hounds were quickly upon the trail of
the supposed bandits. Later i'm the day
three men-Georgc r. Stringer and Lewis
NJ. Martin, of this city, and a man
giving as his name Jack Maynard. who
claimed to hail from Scary, w. Na.-were
captured near Kanawha Falls. and were
al once placed in Jail az suspects.
The train was only delayed about thirty
minutes, and the woud-be robbers did
not succeed in getting into any of the
cars. None Of the passengers were in
commoded in any way. however.
George f. Stringer and Lewis NJ. Mar
tin. the Richmond men. are well known
in the galvanized-iron trade here They
have worked for Mr.. Reuben Burton for
six or seven years. and Mr. Burton stated
TO a Dispatch man yesterday that he re-
garded them as perfectly honorable men.
He stated that he would trust them with
anything he had. Mr.. Burton said
these young men left here last Wednes-
day. a week ago, for St. Louis. in the
hope of finding work, as business in this
line was very dull here. When he next
heard from them they were in Cincinnati,
but they subsequently determined to re-
turn home.
Stringer IS about 90 years OF age. and
resides with his wife and two children at
No. 1900 Williamsburg avenue; and Mar
tin lives on Cowardin avenue, in Man
chester. lie Is n son OF the late W. T.
Martin. Of Chesterfield. who for several
years represented his district I'm the State
Senate. Young Martin is about &c years
old and unmarried.
NOT IpENTTTJED
A special to the Dispatch from Hinton.
". Va, received late last light, says
the pursuing posse met two of the rob-
bers, but were forced TO give up their
guns and their game. Thus far no clue
has been perfected that will lead 20 their
apprehension. Some arrests have been
made but the suspects have not been
thoroughly identified. The engineer is
suffering some Inconvenience from being
poked in the side by the would-be rob
bers pistol, and Will be incapacitated for
a day or two