The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19
The CONDUCTOR IMUlIl'
Robbers Board Big ro., 81,
Train in Ohio.
THE THREE BANDITS wop. I,
Hcfore the Train Grew Coz.
VI Their Hands The ~, m
opon--c"nductor Re turs.s !. IN n

,o n"A.A' . ohlo, December I'm. \.
hoidSp ever attempted in IN. IN
the country occurred northea.t 'uN
last night AS result one man -.
ana another seriously wounasa - y
mat part of the Big Four ~
Cleveland and West View /. ipts., s''
roooers' scarcely night has na,s., q
IN the last month but that ~
has been relieved of their y.,,,',,
point OF a revolver. Last nigh, -
was neid up near the passeu-u =
and relieved of s. in money
shortly after the first secu,n !, n.
freight train No. 50 had D,,s,a ~
swltch about mile west NJ a.
| depot three men entered tho fro,,
| the caboose and with drawn ,a,s,. 3s
n n me men IN the car to throw m "
.pAlius Inc only occupants Of tbe Y.
me time We're Conductor lonn Era,
,o-year,oia son and Brakeman Ea,l Y.
ieash. before the men had Tina 4 n
the command the bandits began ~
conductor Errett was shot dead NM
escaped through the rear door ~ 49,
ooose, while the boy ESCAPED nv ,n,s,s
out OF the car window.
me train left the Berea station =. /,
where ut had stopped for orders Ms's
rival at the west switch the IN,
moving at the rate of about twen,, y
an hour. Brakeman Dalgleish ~, ~.
at desk writing. and Conduct, \ ~
was conversing with his son wien M "
entered the caboosc. The three ma, -
masked. and giving the command "a ~,
up their hands the bandits ber., NJ,
Conductor Errett drew his revoisp, \,
emptled 1t at the robbers. but bet, \
mad time to reload his gun cue O, In N
dts stepped forward and, taking ain N
mis- gun in the face of the conductor M
rett dropped dead at the feet OF the ro,,s |
The bullet entered his left eye ~
through the balm and came out at ths M
of the head. Harry Errett. the son. NJ
seeing his 03ther fall. jumped through 81
window of the caboose and, matilf NJ
way to Columbia station, reported tbe ID.
up to the operator.
As soon as the firing began Nalsnn|
Dalgleish rushed for the rear dooi Il IA
caboose. He received shot In The Ill
shoulder. After jumping from the ,iiI
he FASTENED to the west switch telifliI
office. where the holdup vas at one h |
ported. and word was immedi1tely st, d
all directions. Deputy Sheriff John bitJ1
at once organized posse and ,k1Ei|
search of the surroundings was RIB
Three negroes We're found In the Via|
near the freight depot and placed uaA|
arrest. They were taken 10 the t,wr lni'
up The men claim No. Maple shitI
Cleveland, as their home
The engineer received orders at B..H n
a through run to Grafton, and not until
train stopped at that place was be AVN
that hodup had occurred. Upon Eii|
to the caboose he found the doors Of Y
car locked. Forcing an entrance irlo y
car he beheld the form Of the conlsaaI
lying dead upon the floor.
Conductor Errett was GO years Of aet ~
had been a trusted employe Of the by hf
road for years. He was a MN o "
siderable wealth and often carried ~ "
as $500 or $1,000 upon his persol. fes'asj
being pay day On the Big -Four II IS 'nnss
that the robbers expected 10 MAKE N,
haul. The men were seen by yara ~.
prev lOuS 10 Nltil bNtAihAho a
a good description OF them ms ues.
tanned. which was sent to the di's's sl.,,s
lions along the line. Brakeman ps "
was placed aboard passenger tram w.
and was taken to Grafton. ~
A number of detectives IN inc .n.~
of the Big Four road, including ,,s. Y,
Nlalleck, arrived soon after tae nu'aaps1
are making a thorough search LOT y. ~ !"
bers. From the description obtalnsn ~
the men it is thought they are we ~
trio which entered the saloon o. "a,
Foxall a week ago tonight ana ren. ,sz
occupants of the place OF tnelr ..sl,,l
At about 1880 o'clock WORD was ~. ~ N
from the operator at the Lake ss" .. N
Michigan Southern telegraph o.na y a |
three men answering the descr'puvs ss3
robbers had inquired when ta., n
catch a freight train from Clevelans 4 ~
tectives Malleck and Kleeman "e'v .,. "A
notified and started in search OF ~ -
The locality in which the crime .. We M
mitted Is one of the most dan p, s,oos tsI
the Big Four, as AN old mn a ~ "a
bank of the river about quarts, IA MI
from the scene of the holdup nas M ,.s
home Of samps and thugs LOT -
twenty years.