Mohave County miner., 1897-02-13
Two ROBBERS
 SToP q TRaIN Bold Holdup of Uncle
 Sans Mail
ONE ROBBER KILLED
The Other 0utlaWed and Fleet
 ing for Life

A1 west bound passenger, was held up two miles east of Nelson siding by two masked men. The watchman at big rock cut had been pressed into service by the holdups and under the frowning mouth ot a sixshooter used his red light to bring the flying train to sudden stop. Almost before the wheels had ceased to turn two men sprung lightly onto the en zine and while one covered the engineer with a gun the other ordered the fireman to cut off the express and mail cars from the train. The fireman, under escort of the robber, walked back to cut off the cars and while the work was being done the robber kept an eye on the movements of the train hands The sudden stoppage of the train, of course, caused the brake man and conductor to go out to investi- gate the cause, but they were ordered back to the car with a volley of oaths and flourish of gun by the robber. The express messenger, A. c. Summers, took in the situation and ordered his assistant to drop out of the door on one side of the car and he went out of the other. He found himself on the ground on the side opposite to the robber, and as it was dark he managed 10 slip to the end of the car where he saw the robber standing on the car steps on the other side. AS Ihe robber was giving the order for the train to pull ahead, he quietly raised himself on the lower step and fired at the man across the platform The robber loosened his hold on the handrail, reeled back ward and fell face downward OH the to the air. The messenger thinking the fellow might be playing ''possum" fired two more shots at him. The other rob- Der, unconscious of his partners fate, was speeding down the ro4d with the baggage and express cars. A hasty ex- amlnation of the robber by Summers first it was thought that he was shot through the head, but the fact is he was shot through the left breast, the bullet passing entirely through the body He was examined by trainmen and passen
 gers and a Winchester rifle, revolver and dozen sticks of giant powder found on him In his coat pocket was book con tainlng many brands and a small note book containing sn .tches of poetry and selections from letters presuma ably from woman. The names Katie Howell and - billy also are in the book
 The other robber, after taking the cars to Nelson siding ordered the engineer to go with him to the baggage car and break It in. Passing around the car he said, II am two men shy, but guess will do this job up myself" Not being able to break open Wells Fargo's safe he passed on to the mail car and ordered the clerk to open the door The regis tered mail was called for and several let. ters were handed over His partner not showing up, he told the engineer to run back up the road for about mile and not discovering him the run was made back to the siding, where he jumped from the train and disappeared
 The engineer ran back to his train, coupled on and taking the body of the dead man on board arrived in Peach Springs about two hours late Sheriff Potts was notified and at once sent Deputies Smith and Lovin with tbree Indian trailers to Peach Springs to take up the trail of the remaining robber at daybreak Horses were 10 be in waiting for them but owing to the fact that no horses could be obtained in Peach Springs the posse did not get away until two o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, horses having to be sent by special train from Kingman. The posse consisted of Smith and Lovin of Kingman, Cade Selvy, A. & P special officer. and Lee Falrchild of Coconino county, with the Indian trailers Smith and the Indians had trailed the bandit to the Pine Springs road in the morning on foot and the trall was taken up at the point left off About twenty miles north of the starting point they observed horseman coming toward them from the north.