The Lamar register., 1897-11-13
TRAIN ROBBERY.
SANTA rs IS the suFrERgR
Sale sss~a op-n = Psans Near Grant.
Ne- a-rses. bs r.rty ThseEhs 10 he
Bfs-k jack. Gang.

Albuquerque. y. N. Nov. 7.-The No.
. passenger train OF the Santa Fe Pa
cific. witch was heid up at Grants
station iasi night. reaehed this city al
i@b9 o'eiaack this morning. Conductor
AldriCh states that tust as the train
came % halt at Grants. fnsiia5e Of
sho.s rang out in the air, aud as far
a. he could Sre several men boarded
the train one on the engine. He and
the engineer.. II u. MeCarfy. were on
the platform. hut ran and caught the
train as Z WAS moving out the fire-
man Henry Abel. being compelled at
the point Of a cooked revolver TO pull
the train up a the sock yards. about
TWO mikes distant Tils. conductor. fai-
y realizing tls; something was wrong
iefs the train at the stock yards. where
the robbers had ordered the Erain
stopped and ran hack TO the station
teIesraphing the news TO Division su-
Perinsensirnr Hubbard at Gaiiup and
Sheriff Hubl,ell
In the nseaniime however. the rob
beers. who wore false b-sarsis and were
unmaSked. cut ilae mail coach. day and
chair coaclis-~ aud the Pullman sleeper
from the engine and express ear. aud
the nfeman was again ordered to pull
the latter further M The road. They
commenced dynamitiug fiie express car.
end OF the car. Abel being forced 10 a.
sisi the robherS. once inside they
pscks-i ou; safe which they surmlss-si
contained considerable maney and val
uahles. and plaeel ou i stick Of dy-
Mantle, few lumis- Of coal on The
dynamite. and then attaraad = fuse.
which they III, aud blew n hsls in the
safe. They heipesl themselves 10 a
number af packages confaiuinE gold
and silver ceIn. which they placed in
n sac.. and then left the ear. going IN
the dire.1ion of he Malpoi rorks
where their hoFres were pis.kefs.d f-ils
exprrSs car was on mr., anA Al-.I
thoroughly frightened aud afEer ss~sfgz
the rphlAers 81 Saf. distancs. hacked
the engine and express raF Into The
utl8er por.ion ~ tls,. train lef standing
Al tnr sfnsk yardS ard ia cnn-.sl lasusg.
the eNlsus7sS car. day sshach ard cha il
ear we're trlescop~d and al three d.
>-p9yesi by fre.
Express Rouie Agents Ray and I-i.e
who went ouf to the ~sasne las ntetf.
returned thiS morning. aud hex stat.
thar the robbers dld not sgt ln;o tn.
Tna'St VaiUahie safe. which. with ;y0o
others. were lEiGly warped and dani-
ased by firp. They think however
thai the raii,cr~ secured s-svarai hnB-
dred dollars. btu the sxaei ansauni vii
not be known fnr soins time. a all he
papers and r,ecor,iS OF the car and Safs,
were burned In the fir~ Tie baggage.
Was all removed t-7fore the nm 20. an
der headway and Savsst and the pas
senger-. some of whom were badly
frightened. Yverr not disturbed
The robbers are thought to h.. several
desperate cowboys who are familiar
with that section OF the road. A IosSs.
OF officers Is stlli In pursuit.
Santa Fc. y NJ Nov z-ruifsgi
States Marshal Foraker l.ft tonight
for The scene Of last nights train roi,.
berry on the Santa Fe & Pacific road
Immediately upon being apprise,i Of
the robbery be wired the attorney gen
eraL requesting authority 70 place i've
picked men on the trail Of tine robbers
bu, had neceived no response up to the
time OF his departure
Marshal Foraker says the robbery
was undoubtedly the work Of ibs. Black
Jack gang. who last week returned TO
Arizona from the Sierra Madre noun
tains In Mexico. and who were heard
OF Few days ago AZ SoIomonyille. on
the New Mexico Arizona line There
are eight men in the hand