The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-13
TRAIN WRECKERS.
Attempt to Hold up a Passenger
 Train in MOhaye County.

Attempt to Hold up a Passenger
 Train in MOhave County.
 The following is taken from the Al, buquerque Citizen of the 9th lnst.:
 Early this morning reports of hold
 ups on the Atlantic & Pacific reached the city, and c. H. Young, the efficient division superintendent and local agent for Wells-Fargo Express company, re- ceived the information that the No.
 Los Angeles express, which left here yesterday morning, was held up by two masked men near Peach Springs, Ari- zona, at 11:30 last night; that the mes
 senger, A. c. Summers. had shot and
 killed one of the robbers, and the body of the dead man had been taken to
 Peach Springs. The other robber pill.
 fered the mail car after the killing, and
 the news received by MT. Young fur
 ther stated that Cade Selvy, special officer on the Atlantic & Pacific. who was on the train, was Tn pursuit of the escaped robher, with Indian trailers.
 According to a recent order issued by the Wells-Fargo Express company, Messenger Summers will receive $1 ,O0O for shooting and killing the robber.
 These facts, as stated above, were ob- tained from Mir. Young, but, in order to obtain more definite information, the Citizen representative called upon Chief Clerk Walker, and the following was secured :
 Passenger train No. l, on the Atlan- tic & Pacific, which left here Monday morning, was held up at Peach Springs, Arizona, last night by two train rob- bers. One of them boarded the express cal, and when expressman Summers learned the purpose Of his visit, gave him warm welcome in the shape of 8 gun-shot, we'll aimed. The robber dropped dead in his boots.
 "The pal of the dead robber forced the engineer to cut of the mail car and then went through it. There were some registered letters in the car, but the amount which the robber realized is not known.
 "The dead tram robber has not yet been identified, but his dress indicates that he was cowboy"
 The following special dispatch from near the scene of the hold-up was re- ceived this morning:
 Flagstaff. Arlz., Feb. 9.-As Train No. 1 rounded the curve about five miles west of Yampai. last night, Engineer Wm. Daze was signaled down by a ed light. Thinking something wrong with the track, he came to a standstill, and hIs engine was boarded by two or three robbers with guns in hand who ordered Daze to do their bidding, and taking the fireman With them, they ordered him to cut the express and mail car loose.
 Express Messenger Alex Sunni CTS, thinking something was wrong, after taking in the situation. blew out the lights and got outside where he could have an even break with the robbers As the detached cars began to move forward, Summersjumped on the rear end of his car, one of the robbers get ting on the opposite side of the plat form. Summers got the drop and killed him instantly, hitting him just over the heart. The others went with the cars to Nelson where they robbed the mail car, getting some registered pack ages, and rapidly disappeared in the darkness. Had it not been for the rapid and quick work of Summers, their plum der would certainly have been of larger amount. The sheriff from Kingman, with posse, IS already on thelr trail and will soon have them in custody. Sheriff Cameron left here this morning to as- sist. The robbers are believed to be known in this vicinity.
 Kingman, Arlz., Feb. 9,-Indian trail CTS and deputy sheriffs started before daylight on the trail of the train Tobber who escaped after holding up the train at Nelson last night. It is supposed that the trailers will have no trouble in running down the robber.
 The iden ntity of the robber killed by Messenger A. c. Summers is still un- known. He was a cowboy. The mail clerk insists that there were several rob- bers, but the engineer and fireman saw only one after the shooting by the nes- senger. The robber secured nothing but a few registered packages and letters from the mail car, through pouches be- ing unmolested.
 The Board of supervisors has address sed communication to the territorial livestock sanitary commission on the subject of the quarantine which the governor of New Mexico is treatening against the cattle of Arizona and Cali