People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-04-15
HOld=Up at Oxford.

Last Wednesday eve few minutes
before O'Clock, two masked men
rode int" Oxford from the south and
hitChed heir horses at the Santa Fe
elevator near the depot. They went
into TIL depot and found c. W. Hard
man, he night helper, alone. They
commanded him to throw up his
hands lie complied and they ordered
him To urn over what money he had.
he gave up 81 in silver, a gold
watch and chain and a Reming-
ton revolver The robbers we're
after biz. money and they demaDdea
the $ Zion receipts. Hardnap
opened tas safe aud convinced them
thai there was no money in che depot.
The two men then pounced upon him
and vented their anger by severely
handbag and curSinG him. They
finally decided that it was impossible
to secure any more money from tile
agent and the robbers marched him
OIt inf" the yard and commanded him
to remain quiet until they got OUT If
town. They then mounted their
horses nd rode off 10 the direction Of
the Indian territory.
Hardmln returned to the depot aud
notified neighbOr ug agents b5 wire.
He Thea went IN town aud Informed
Homer ester the day agent, Of The
affair Jester had lefJ the depot
about en- minutes before the robbers
put in heir appearance, Luckily he
had taken The station money with
him. shortly after the robbery NC.
curred The freight from Winfield
pulled in. The news of the robbery
had ;! read over the city and a posse
OF CITIZENS came TO the dHpOt. De.
tails If the occurrence were meagre
and turally the citizens thought
robbery had been committed by
trampS. A thorough search of the
railroad yards was made, but no SuS-
piciOuS characters were found. A
delegation of citizens accompanied
the freight out of Oxford east, anC
two miles this way the train wa.
stopped and searched. Three tramp;
were found and for awhile it looked
dubious for them. They were escorted
back to Oxferd for identified
tion by the night agent, but after
wards turned loose and ordered out ot
town. In the meantime word had
reached Wellington of the affair, anC
Marshal Henderson, Night Marsha
Grinstead and Santa Fe Nigh
Waterman BOtkin we're 10 waiting
fortlc freight train east Of the city
When the freight arrived it wa,
again searched, but nj one was found
The men were described as lard.
looking characters. One of them was
tall, wore black SLOUGH hat and /
black nvercoat. A mask partly c1H
cealei 6uth mems features. The othe
rubber was short, and wore a bread
rimmed white bat and plum.cooreC
overcOas. Both men carried 4-cai ibrt
revOlyerS. They were no n0yices
They worked in systematic manue
and lost no time except to curse anC
pnmmel Hardman for their i'll luck
When They mounted their horses ant
departed they gave the night aren't
orders to "lay dead' until they Were
safe distance away. They rode il
the direction Of the Territory az full
speed.
Everything seems to bear out tn,
theory that the robbers were from
tie Indian Territory. They cam,
from the south on spirited horses, ar
riting at Oxford about dark. The.
entered the depot in true frontier
style with their guns raised and com
manded the agent to deliver and b.
quick about it. They probabl!
figured little on the chances of tn
money not being at the depot, intend
ing only to make the trip from tn
Territory before nightfall in order tt
learn the road, and to commit tn