The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-13
BOLD BANDITS IN TEXAS
HOLD UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN NEAR
 THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
Passengers Robbed Of Some $500 in Cash Attempt to Rifle the Safe Unsuccessful Robbers Compelled the Engineer to do Their Bidding at the Point of the Pistol -Bloodhounds on Their Trail.

-Bioodhounds on Their Trail.
 Austin, Tex, Oct. 12-This afternoon In broad daylight and within twelve miles of the corporate limits of the city, the south-bound cannon ball train on the International and Great North ern railroad, consisting of mail, bag gage and express cars and three coach es loaded with passengers was held up by four men and robbed The conduc- tor of the train, Tom Healy, was shot
 by the robbers while resisting them, but fortunately was not seriously wounded. One of the passengers had his shirt collar carried away by a pistol ball that
 was aimed at his neck, and another a
 bullet wound in the hand.
 The passengers were robbed of some $20O in money. The bandits attempted
 to rife the safe in the express car, but | were unsuccessful. When the train
 reached McNeil, fourteen miles above this city, two men heavily armed, boarded the train and took their stand
 on the rear platform. After the con-
 ductor had checked up the train he | reached the platform only to find pis- tol at each side of his head. The men demanded that he stop the train. He
 declined to do so and began to run through the train with the two robbers
 in close pursuit. He had not gone half
 the length of the first car when the foremost robber shot at him, bringing him to the floor with a pistol wound in 1 the right arm.
 At this juncture the other robber
 pulled the bell cord and the train was
 brought to a standstill. It was evil dently at the appointed place, for the
 train had hardly stopped before two other men, whose faces were covered
 With masks, stepped out from among
 the trees and began firing into the cars.
 Instantly all was confusion. The two
 men on the train were immediately
 joined by those from the woods. As
 the colored porter sprang from the rear
 coach and ran for shelter a robber be-
 gan to shoot at him and the negro emptied a revolver in turn without ef- feet
 The express messenger looked out of his car and, taking in the situation, left the car and ran through the woods and was soon lost to sight The rob
 bers in the meantime, leaving two men to guard the three coaches, which were
 packed with passengers, proceeded to the express car and demanded that the
 baggageman open the express safe, but
 upon being assured that he could not
 do so they turned their attention to the passengers.
 They took only money from them, not overlooking a single cent and walking two by two through the cars so as to
 always keep their eyes on the passen-
 gers. Having secured $200 the robbers
 uncoupled the engine from the train and started it off down the track. Af- ter going several miles they set the lever at a moderate gait and left the
 engine. The engine came into the flag station at Duval and was there cap tured, and the station agent returned with it to the scene of the robbery The
 train was then brought to this city. Officers have gone to the scene of the robbery with bloodhounds to search for the robbers.