Rock Island Argus., 1897-01-22


the scssss Besss wnhss . Miie es Zach
osssr-s.sass Get A~s, with siss
This last Time ssa Garry on . peur-
Gsiles Jss ef Coed whssky-res~e In
Pursuit with pleosihsssa.-
New Orleans. Jan. "A rscayune
special from Birmingham. Ala. says
For the second time within a month
three unknown masked men las; nigh; |
held up train No. -. e the Southern
railway. near Berry Station. seventy
miles west Of Birmingham. and roisi.ed |
the Southern Express cofnpany's car. |
The scenes Of the robisssirs ere within |
q mile of each other and they ~ere al
most Scientifically alike in every deail |
Train No. % let here a; q O'Clock yes- |
tcrday afternoon for Grcenvi!le. Misz..
in charge of Conductor wiimo; and In |
gineer Brown II reached Berry at o
o'clock. being thirty minutes late. As |
| IL pulled cut from the station. which 10 |
| small place In the widest section Of
Alabama. n masked man heavily armed |
climbed into the engine cab. and pre-
seniing pistols at the engineer and fire.
man ordered them Co dssobcy hts CON-
! nands at tie peril Of their lives. At
\ hft' rAttlF NlTflt AN' aAfisN NAAfkfA NaR-
hers boarded the forward platform Of
the express car.
usobis-s, os the Express Car.
When the train reached q secluded
spot near North river. three miles from
Bcrry. IL was halted. The engineer and
fireman were ordered hack Co the cx-
press car. where the other two robbers
were In waiting. Express Messenger
J. J. Ward was commanded Go open the
door. Evidently rusrcctinr something
was wrong the express n7ersenrrr did
not obey. The rcbbers then began ours
ing and firms their p;..pis TO iniirnidate
1 the trainmcn and pss~aenEcf~. none of
| whom dared TO interfere. Under the
| direction Of the outlaws the express car
doors were broken open by the engineer
\ and fireman. and pistols thfis; into
Messenger Wards face. Ills safe keys
were secured and the local safe quickly
| opened and rificd Of its contents. which
the express officials say amounted 20
$50.
Were Sudr-. .f Good whisky.
Before leaving the car the robbers
selected from among The fneiEh; TACK
ages n four-Eallon jug of good WHISKY
and appropriated a. They then isatled
out. pointing their pistols still 81 the
trainmen. and disappeared in the dark
ness. IL is thought they had horses in
waiting In the woods. and mounting
! them made their escape. The entire
time of the rolheT, as shown in Con-
ductor wiimota delay report vas
twelve minutes. The cxrrrss officials
here deny the Timor that the robbers
broke open the through safe. which is
| raid TO have contained q large sum Of
money. They say that the messenger
had no key Co this safe.
Got Away with Sass otss.
W. G. Agee route agent of the South
ern Express company. who happened
to he aboard "a. train as q rsssenzsr.
4 reports that only the local safe was
robbed and fits taken. a posse headed
by Chief Detective u. T. uufrs. of the
Southern Express company. ard chief
Special Agent -. 7. Pickhsfd. OF she
1 southern railway. loft here on \ apss
ciai train last night for ths soene of
the robbery. Al coail,urE rpniianiiafy
they secured seven hiooahonnds vita
which they viii cndeaver 60 trail The
outlaws
o.se sr sh~ Same cssr.
| There is no doubt in the minds of The
| express and railroad officials that both
last nights robbery and that Of a fagnth
| ago were committed hy the fafne flars
ties. and that the robbers reside ~ ths
mountains near the scene. which fs thr
old stamping ground of The nnoe famous
Burrows gang of train rolsbsrs. rhs
robbers obtained 500 in the lfsi hsui,
vigorous sesrrh for the guilty paFiiss
| will he prosecuted.
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Havana. via Key West. F1s-. Ian.
ss.-Ncws has been received that Caiiz-
to Garcia. with 1900 men. ali ARMED.
4 a.a-aa~.r.r
fort GuaTno. thirty miles from Naazan-
iiio. on the River cau,n. ~irh. s.ayu ago
Up TO this time the sarriran has held
out. resisting All attacks. General
Bosch ordered the Euniosts nriasnparoI
| and CentiIcla 60 relieve the fort. but
an inSurgcnt torpedo placed in the river
blew up The RelamraEo. a. has already
| been cahied. Later news reports that a
Spanish column had succecdod in rasz-
Ing the sci-c of Fort Gua,no. General
Bosch had been away nj Ncguiia with
valuable convoy on the way TO Bay
amo. which delayed the dispatch of
troops TO relieve Fort Guamo.
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