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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-25
ON MONDAY, no
THE Sth DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1897,
at 2 o'clock n m

the following described real estate. viz:
All that certain lot. piece or parcel Of
land with a three-story brick house
thereon erected. situate In the city Of
Wilmington, New Castle county and
State of Delaware, bounded and de-
scribed as follows. to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of the
northerly side Of Gilpin avenue with the
westerly, side Of Harrison street; thence
along the said side of Gilpin avenue
westerly 100 feet to a stake; thence
northerly parallel with Harrison street
Is feet to stake; thence easterly paral-
lei with Gilpin avenue 100 feet to the
aforesaid side Of Harrison street, and
thence thereby southerly Is feet to the
place Of beginning, be the contents
thereof what they may.
Seized and taken. In execution as the
property Of Rachel Matilda Chandler
and Philemma Chandler, her husband,
mortgagors, and terre tenants. and to be
sold by
WILLIAM r. FLINN, Sheriff.
sherif's Office, Wilmington, Delaware.
October g. 1897
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-25

SHERIFF's sALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ Of Levari Facias. to me directed.
premises, III Red Lion hundred, New
Castle county and State Of Delaware.
The herald., 1897-02-10
The OVERLAND Train HOLDUP H ARIZONA

starts in canyon and the track circles
many times. Generally a freight fol-
lows the passenger. Last night it was
late. Otherwise there might have been
an awful wreck.
THE DEAD ROBBER
The dead robber is man six feet tall,
with sandy complexion, had light mus
tache and weighed LAT pounds; also had
a very small head and piercing eyes,
He had on three suits of clothes, three
suits of underwear a heavy black over
coat; wore a black mask lightly drawn
over his face. He was not recognized
by any one but was seen here several
weeks ago and tried to sell Tyner, the
saloon man, a rifle.
Near the car was found enough dyna-
mite to blow up a mountain. 1t is pre-
sumed that IL their comrade had not met
his deserved fate they would have
opened the through safe. The three men
walked up and down in company with
the watchman for several hours
before the arrival of the train and chat
ted quite pleasantly. They went to the
engine and when nearly to Nelson told
Daze to go back and get his train. This
morning the train men coming this way
noticed fresh horse tracks, so they must
have doubled back.
ON THE TRAIL
The company's detective. Selvey, was
on the ground on the arrival of No. g.
Soon after he went to Peach Springs and
gathered a posse. The night was bright
and only slight fall of snow The Off
GERS should have no trouble in tracking
them. Sheriff Cameron and Deputy Bug
geln and Chas. McGary left on the first
train, all acquainted with the country,
and Will give them hot chase.
The herald., 1897-02-10

When | had fred my third shot ran to
ward the dark figure on the ground AMI
cried, Hands ur. Then | saw he WAS
dead, with brains spattered over his
race. Ranoall was on the other side of
the robber and would have shot at him
but for fear of hitting me. When we
mad realized our situation the trainmen
came up and four Of us. Randall, Con
ductor Rice, the fireman and myself
walked to the engine and two ears that
had been hauled two miles westward
to siding Grant, the mail clerk can
tell you what happened there. He
knows ell about IT,
THREE ROBBERS.
when we reached the engine we
found that the engineer and the track
walker had been kept in the cab at the
point or u robbers revolver, the en-
gineer being compelled to run the train
TO the siding, and that Grant had had
an experience. His car had been enter
ed by the other robber. Grants robbcr
had run away when he found that his
partner could not join him There were
three robbers altogether-the one who
was shot, the one who had the engineer
covered and another who was at the
siding with some horses The two sur
viv1ng robbers took to flight and dis
appeared in one of the canons near by.
THE DEAD MANS AMMUNITION
The dead robber was found where he
had dropped. He had been armed with
rifle and large revolver Inside his
coat was quantity of dynamite, suf-
fcient to blow up a whole train
lf one of my shots had hit the dyna-
mite | don't know what would have
happened. The rGbber was maske
when we found him. When the mask
was taken off he was seen to be a rather
good looking fellow, % or 30 years old
and apparently a cowboy. We pickc1
him up and took him to Peach Springs.
where we left him
Now. | am dirty and awfully hun
cry, said Summers and i must ~,
nome to clean UP and get something to
eat"
When he had succeeded in breaking
away from his fellow messengers. whose
congratulations and jcshing nearly
overcame him he made q break for
home.
The herald., 1897-02-10
At the Hotels

HOLLENBECK-And Jacob, Gus y.
Dorm, Lambert Levy, g: III. Hemmett, :.
F. Evans. r D. MeQniddy. Phi K. Cor
Geissler, F r. MccIntyre, San Francisco:
J. D. Riley Shelton, Wash; Mrs. William
.Frankferth, Lorenz Frankferth, Hans
Fl g NanNdy NsN SoTT Ws ln.s. MSs Sv.
St Louis; H. Seaward, Theo. 6prinsers
Geo. H. Griswold, A. B. Holmes, A. q.
George, Chicago; Miss Rowland. New
Vile; Charles Ankell, 1t. Valley. N: r; 8.
W. Anderson, Lacrosse, Wis; Juason
Smith. Kansas City Arthur G. Mum, San
cherrv ehe1n, James 5ss buffv b. s San bisso: capt q
A. Peer Kramer, CAL; F. H. Daniels ana
Wife Batavia, ILL.,; Miss L. Frazer, Rcch-
ester, Wash.
NADEAU-w. H. King, H. R. Coate, D.
r. Murphy, Hugh Mcdonnell, H. A. KeI.
lar. San Francisco; f. Crowther, E. ].
Pyke, Chicago: e. S. Van Kuran. J. e.
II. Barker, Santa Barbara; ". B. Rogers
ton, j. p. Burns. Boston; M. J. FranciS.
Azusa; w. w. Meyer, Jack Meyer, De-
troit; Anthony Trolys, Tempe, Ariz.: HI. r.
Rediands; L. f. Lee Mr.. and Mrs. Oldham.
Pomona; Miss Owles, Miss Elma Taylor.
Dover. England: J. Cunningham. j. p.
Parker, Needles; H. O. Barrett, Denver;
lam Schilling, Long Beach; Mr.. and Mrs.
$. krass. Santa Ana; J. William Hirsch.
New ork: Mrs. Crime, Mrs. BemlS, BrOokp
lyn n. Y.;Will Langsdorf.
WEST w. Brown. De-
trot Mrs. George Hyde, San Francisco
Mrs. Bayard Smith. San rFanclsco; A. F.
Bradich, New York city; Rev. John b.
Clark. Brooklyn, N Y. d. r. Smith and
wife, Adams. Mass; S. B. Toby. San Fran
cisco: l.. c. Tibbets Riverside.
RAMONA-Henry Fairchild, Boston: ].
T. Jones, Nisalia: Mrs. Charles Monroe San
Francisco Mr.. anu Mrs. D. l.. Onra. Sacra.
mento: G. W. Garcelon, Riverside; DR.. Y.
=. Watson, Augusta, Ky; Mr.. and Mrs. W.
W. W ilcoX. Cotton; Mr.. ana Mrs. j. Hacht.
Grass City. Ia; O. Franklin, Boston.
VAN NCYS-Miss Cote. Butte. Mont:
Miss |, Benson. San Francisco: c. Smith,
San Francisco; II. Rosenberg. Philadse:-
,phia; I. S. Eeique. Montreal Mrs. p. "a.
w. Smith. Miss NJ. Smith. Miss Helen
Smith, Boston; c. l.. Garfield and wire,
W. S. Wood San Francisco; Charles II.
Bushnell. Silver Bow, Mont; G. r. CAIN.
San Francisco f. +. Bryoebout.. -
, .Hachu. Il. Peffer. Chino; Hugh S. Bowker,
c. Fl. Davenport. Holyoke, Mass. Arthur
G. Mason. San Diego; +. Coeneisen. Che
cage: II. j. Slater, w. d. Brown, Chicagot
! Louise T.. Warren. st. Paul: A. b. MO
.Cutchen, Rich Doe. II. r. Cunningham.
! Los Angeles; Robert Jones. Oskaloosa, las5
Mrs. Roberts Nj. s. Ladd and wife. Sacr4P
mento: Mr.. and Mrs. Francis 4. Waters
baltimore; P. l.. #. Etting. Chicago
The herald., 1897-02-10

provided for blowing up the cars, and
secondly to the mail agent, who, though
naturally scared, retained enough pres
ence of mind to hide the valuable mail
pouches.
The train that was held up Monday
night arrived in Los Angeles yesterday,
only twenty-five minutes late, though
1t had been detained at Peach Springs
something like two hours OF the train
hands the only ones who came through
west of Barstow. were the express mes.
senger, the mail clerk and the Pullman
car people. To meet the train at the La
Grande station were a number of rail
road men, express messengers and news
paper reporters who all hailed the mus
cular little Summers as a hero
The story of the stirring episode is best
told in the words of the two men who
were most directly concerned and are
here given.
The herald., 1897-02-10
Farming by Electricity

Great strides are being made in Ger
many in the way of applying machinery
to many lines of industry.
But perhaps most remarkable of all
is the applica ton of dynamos to agfi-
culture, supplying the three elements
of heat, light and productive energy as
we'll as labor.
On one of the new electric farms a
turbine drives a dynamo which lights
the barns, yards ard dwellings, and fur :
nishes a current of low tension to work
pumps, run straw cutter, lathe, grind
stone, large handsaw and thrashing
machine. One machinist attends to the
entire plant. which experience proves
has reduced the expenses of the farm tc
a considerable degree.
This new method of farming has al
ready displaced labor to such an extent
that it is making farm laborers yer!
anxious Not only does the electric
farmer compete disastrously with the
old timer. but the electricity SO stimu-
The herald., 1897-02-10
ON THE SPOT
4 Terrible Wreck Averted BY tn. la,cpe 6 /
the Freight Train
Special to The Herald

4 Terrible Wreck Averted BY th. latcp. 9 +
the Freight Train
Special to The Herald
WILLIAMS, Ariz,, Feb. 9.-(Special 20
The Herald) Train No. l. leaving here
at $3.50 p. M, was held up at Rock cut
between Yavapai and Nelson about Q
o'clock The train was tagged by the
watchman who patrols the track in thar
vicinity.
When Engineer Daze stopped he was
covered by one Of the robbers and told
10 DO Whatever was requested Fireman
Bartoo was told to get down and cut
off the engine. He was somewhat SLOW
and one of the robbers abruptly kicked
him and said: why the - don't var,
hurry up?' ~ ."
Just as the train was cut off Messen-
ger summers, who had not lost anv
tlhe IN hld1ng what he could and clos
ing the door OF his car, was sitting on the
bfakebeam watching every move thew
made Just as they cut off the car an,1
pade Bartoo goodbye he took aim and
shot at the big man. Summers aim was
good and his man fell bleeding over
the eye, and as he fell his gun was dis
charged. The other man, unconscious
OF his partners fate, went through tha
mail car, taking several packages cf
registered mail
: The man on the engine kept Daze CO.
ing back and forth up the track. He
Joined the man on the engine and said.
I'VE are a couple of men short.
panic reigned among the passengers
ma top berths were at a premium.
LUCKILY tney were not molested. The
pace where the hold-up took place
The herald., 1897-02-10
A. C. SUMMERS. THE HERO OF raE HoLD.UP

him to come with the dynamite 50 they
could rob the express car When he
found that the man with the dynamite
would rot show up he ran away, joining
the other fellow, who had kept in the
dark.
While the fellow was firing signals in
the air to call the others, I went back in
the car, closed the door and kept it lock-
ed until Summers came and said the
robbers We're gore.
Was ! scared? OF course 1 was, and
1 am not ashamed 10 admit 1t. If it had
not been that Summers shot the man
who had the dynamite, something more
serious would have happened and the
loss would have been greater"
The herald., 1897-02-10

eight inches above the hand rail on the
left hand side, where there is a furrow
in the wood, plowed up by a bullet CT
generous size. The groove is only about
two inches long, but it marks the spot
where someone's bullet struck and
glanced eff. AS Summers feels certain
it was his first shot that proved fatal,
and the rCbber did not fire at him. it may
have been one of the express messenger s
subsequent shots that hit the end of
the car as it was being hauled away
toward the siding.
The small mark in the woodwork of
the car is insignificant in size, but it
tells a story.
The herald., 1897-02-10
A SLEEPING CAR CONDUCTOR
Was Not In the F ght but lie Knew
Of IL

A. B. Holmes is conductor of one of
the Pullman sleeping cars that were on
the train. Neither the train men :,or
any of the passengers We're disturbed by
the robbers. but the curiosity of the
former almost led him into a scrape. AS
a ruie sleeping car conductors have 70
business to meddle with robbers of ex-
press and mall cars, but when Train
Conductor Rice and Pullman Conductor
Bellman heard the shooting, they went
forward to reconnoiter, but they lost In
terest in the affair when some one with
a gun told them to go back where it was
more comfortable.
The brakeman had the good sense to
run back to flag q train that was due to
follow the waylaid passenger and thus
prevent collision. Conductor Holmes
says that after the mail and express
cars had been cut off the train the two
express messengers jumped out and
The herald., 1897-02-10
A FUSILLADE OF BULLETS
Terr0rized the Train Crew and All the
Passengere
' Mail Agent Grant Also Had His Head
With Him
He Hid Away the Registered Mall Pouches.
The Wouid-be Robbers Were Green
Hands Excitement Among
the Passengers

Train robbing in the west is becoming
such hazardous occupation that people
who engage in it are no longer good
risks for life insurance companies. In
The Herald yesterday was printed the
, news of daring but unsuccessful at
, tempt to rob a Santa Fe overland train
near Peach Springs, Ariz., and the fatal
fty that attended the boldness of one of
the robbers, owing to the cool courage
of Express Messenger A. C. Summers,
who made good shot. That the robbers
did not succeed in getting away with
much of value is owing first to the ex-
press messengers killing the bandit who
earrifd the dynamite which had been
The herald., 1897-02-10

EXPERIENCE OF PASSENGERS



A hold-up is not usually as dangerous
to passengers as a wreck might be and
consequently as a diverting Incident on
| transcontinetsl journey 1t has it's ad-
vantages. To the tourists who have
promised to write letters from every
station to their frie n6s, hold-up where
| in passengers had not been made to
pungle up their purses, is something
worth going across ;he continent to ex.
perience.
Richard Prendergrast and wife of
Chicago. were passengers In Pullman.
Mrs. Prendergrast tainted dead away
when she heard the shooting. She was
all alone at the time, her husband being
in the smoking car anc she feared for
his safety. Mr.. Prendergrast being in
the smoker, was near the scene of the
shooting and had exceptional opportu-
nifty to give passenger version. When
the train stopped he wake d to the front
end of the car to see what was the mat.
ter, when some one remarked tha1 there
was probably hold up.
When the shooting began" said Mr
Prendergrast, mo one seemed anxious
to investigate into the cause. After the
shooting was over the fireman came
rushing in ard asked for a CUR. Some
body gave him ore and he hurried out,
but by that time the engine was steam
ing off down the track with the cars ard
he could DO nothing ana came back. We
all went up to lcok at the body of the
dead robber"
The passengers in the sleepers being
further away, did not have as coed an
opportunity to know what was going on,
but they know all about it now.
II heard the first shot and that wes
what startled me, and when the porter
came running into the car ard sal id we
were held up, [ thought we would be
shot, and was glad when the porter pull
ed down the curtains and put out the
lights" said Miss L. Frazier Of Dorches-
ter. Mass. Yes, indeed, was frightened
and don't want to II axe another trip like
it. None of us saw the robbers. 1t was
too dark, but ii sounded as though there
were half dozen and all shooting. Oh.
| guess there must have been seven or
eight shots fred"
Mrs. F. c. Shield Of Providence, r. l..
said: las soon as the train came to
standstill and I heard that first shot my
whole dream came back to me and said
to Miss Frazier, 1t is hold-up' A mo-
ment after the porter rushed in and con-
tirmed what l said. No, 1 wasn't bit
frightened. and l was the only woman
to go up and see the dead robber."
others whose experience was more or
less exciting were Joseph Smith Of Gin
cinnati who first learned from the porter
that the train was held up. DR.. ]. j.
Siegel OF Portsmouth, O., was present
and he made an examination of the dead
robber which convinced him that the
bandit was thoroughly converted. He
says that Summers bullet went through
the robbers head. THE fellow was a
half-breed," said the doctor, "a bout 80
years old, smooth face and a muscular
man weighing about $50 pounds His
features were not bad. l am perfectly
willing to let other passengers have the
robberies," said the doctor laughingly.
1T isn't funny to feel that you may be a
target for couple of bullets any min
ufa"
The herald., 1897-02-10
OAKLAND RACES
Lots Of Features, But Not Very Attractive
Ones

~ ones
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a small
crowd, a poor lot of horses and the de-
feat of five out of six favorites were the
features Of the racing at Oakland today.
Liberal odds were obtainable on all the
winners The weather was fine and the
track heavy.
Six MISUNDERSTANDING won, 500
ladin second, Monitor third time, 1:1S1a.
Three and half furlongs for 2-year-
olds-Count of Flanders won, Don Luis
second, On Qua Nita third; time, 0:44A
Five and half frulongs-Roltaire
won, Woodland Belle second, Chappie
third; time, 1:101s.
One mile-Morte Fonse won, Cabrillo
second, Ransom third; time, 1:45A.
Five and one-half furlongs-Scotch
Rose won. Eta Fl. second, The Sinner
third; time, 1:091a.
Six furlongs-Rejected won. Zoolein
second, Pecksniff third; time. 1:18.
LEXINGTON, Feb. 9.-The second
day Of woodward & Shanklin's sale Of
The herald., 1897-02-10
THE MAIL CLERK
How A. s. Grant Savei Several s-cks of Reri-.
tered LAT

The through mail clerk in the car lust
ahead Of the express car was A. s.
Grant, and when the car was haule d
away from the scene of the shooting he
went along with it, locked safely from
the inside He did not Kill a robber. but
he displayed presence Of mind that re-
suited in saving much valuable mail.
He was at work in his car when he heard
the shooting, and sucfnising the cause.
he double locked his doors ana put out
the lights
When we arrived a the siding about
two miles from where the train was
stopped" said he, somebody pounded
or the door of my car. Iasked who was
there, when q voice l recognized as that
OF the engineer told me to open up. 1
expostulated, when the engineer told me
that he was being guarded by a robber
anG was commanded to order me to open
up. When l realized the situation, not
knowing but that the engineer would be
shot for my refusal and the car probably
blown up by dynamite. / finally opened
the door The masked robber in low
tone told the engineer to order me to
get out, which l did and then in the
same way | was asked If there was any
one else in the car. When said NO" I
was told to get back in and the robber
followed me.
A SUCCESSFUL RUEE.
He asked me for the registered mail,
and l told him there was none. He
found nire registered packages and took
them with him. Their value l know
nothing about. He would have found
more but for the fact that while we were
parleying through the closed door had
hid four sacks of registered mail be-
meath a lot of other sacks When the
fellow had gathered up all he could find
that he considered valuable he went out
again and fired number of shots in the
air aS signals to the companions he had
left behind. He did not know that the
other man was killed. and he wanted
The herald., 1897-02-10
Burglar In q Cigar Stand

At 2:25 this morning Special Police
Officer Williams caught a burglar in the
cigar stand of the Germania hall on
North Main street. Es~ ordere dthe fell
low to come out or be shot and, like
Davy Crockett's coon the man preferred
to come down. He had been helping
himself to the stock in the store. The
officer took the man to the police sta
ton, where he was booked as Charles
Mansfield
The herald., 1897-02-10

Summers first hid on the brakebeam of
the ear: afterward he came out and
shooting across the rear platform, hit
the robber.
The train conductor took a Winchester
rife, a big revolver, a belt with eighty
cartridges and eight sticks of dynamite
from the body of The dead robber.
Conductor Holmes and other trainmen
unite In saying thai too much praise
cannot be given to Summers for his
bravery. The passengers on the train
had little knowledge OF what was going
on, though they heard the shots.
The herald., 1897-02-10
HOT ON THE TRAIL
'sdians Tracking On, OF the Robbers Through
the Snow


the Snow
AlNGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 9.-(Ry Asso-
cnted Press) Indians are on the trail
OF one OF the robbers who held up the
westbouitd passenger train seven miles
east of Peach Springs last night They
are headed north toward the GrarC Can
yon of the Colorado river. The rol,3er
rs rldlng one horse and leading another.
II has been showing all Gay, making the
trail ann. IT is supposed that Donovan
VINO held up Southern Pacific train and
killed messo niger over year ago, is
concerned in this robbery. He is known
to have been in hiding near Grand Cam
yoh Tor the past year. The dead robbor
mas not been identified. He wore clothes
and carried rifle that he had stolen
from rancher in the vicinity month
ago. His appearance answers TIE de-
scriptlon of one Baldy Creighton.
The herald., 1897-02-10
Evangelist yar,ev

The meetings being held in various
parts of the city by the we'll known Eng
lish evangelist, Henry Varley, continue
to attract increasing interest Last even
ing there was a crowded assembly at
Peniel hall. This morning Mr.. Varley
will preach at the First Baptist church.
The closing meetings of his mission will
be held at Peniel hall at 2: 80 and I: 80 D. m.
The herald., 1897-02-10
WHAT SUMMERS SAYS
He Modest'y Relates the Part ri, Took In
the Drama

He won't talk to you about it-he
is very reticent." That is what an ex-
press messenger told Herald reporter
who was waiting to hear from A. c. Sum.
mers the story of his thrilling expert
ence at Peach Springs on Monday night
Summers is man of strictly business
principles, not only in dispcsing of
would-be robbers, but in harding the
The herald., 1897-02-10

lates the growth Of his crops by night
that he reaps a double advantage.
When one reflects to what a vast ex-
tent Germany is agricultural the in
PRODUCTION of an invention that Is to
make thousands Of farm laborers un.
necessary seems fraught with serious
nsequences.-Boston Globe.
The herald., 1897-02-10
One Topic Less for Spellbindsrs

There is an apparent prospect that
hereafter the "spellbinder" Will have to
leave the question of foreign pauper la
Dor alone for fear OF offending the home
product. There is not a city in tho
country today that has not a large per-
cent of people who are asking aims. Of
the publlc-NeW Orleans States
The herald., 1897-02-10
NOBODY KNOWS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The COM
mission appointed by the president to
locate a deepwater harbor at Santa
Monica or San Pedro, Cal, will meet
here tomorrow and make report to the
secretary of war The commission spent
several weeks in making surveys and
estimates Of the proposed work, and it
is likely the present work will only cover
what has so far been done. Whatever
the commission will decide upon, which
of the two harbors shall be improved
under the last river and harbor bill, it
is not known. AS soon, however as this
matter is settled, it is expected work on
the Improvements for which an appro-
priation of nearly $4,000 was made
will be begun.
The herald., 1897-02-10
WHERE THE CAR WAS HIT

Ono tie Scar Furrowed in the Wood
work
The express car in which Messenger
Summers and his helper were is No 659
The only mark of the fray that can be
found is on the rear end of the car about