The herald., 1897-11-08
By the Hold-up at Grants
Station
THE ORIGINAL BLACK JACK
CHARGED WITH LEADING THE
MARAUDERS
The Robbers Took as Much Cash as
One Man Could Garry and Left
No Clue
Associated Press Special Wire.

SANTA FEE, N. M, Nov. 7.-Unlted
States Marshal Foraker today tele-
graphed to Washington for authority to
employ five picked men to take the trail
of the gang who last night held up the
Atlantic g. Pacific train near Grants
station. The marshal left for Grants
station tonight and expects to receive
an answer from the Washington author
tiles there. He is satisfied that the
original Black Jack gang of desperadoes
is responsible for this crime. He says
there are eight men in the band, and Lass
week he had information that they had
returned from Mexico and were in Ari-
Zona.
For some time Marshal Foraker has
been trying to get authority from the
Mexican government to arrest this gang
He has known the location of their
stronghold in the mountains and had
hoped to be able to bring them into the
United States to stand trial for the many
crimes supposed to have been committed
by them in New Mexico and Arizona, but
the government of Mexico refused to
give any authority in the matter. in
sisting that before any step was taken
all the evidence against Black Jack and
his gang should be laid before and re-
viewed by Minister Romero at Wash
ington.
1t is feared that before their arrest
can be effected the gang will have
reached their mountain hiding places
and be free from arrest until Mexico
can be prevailed upon to consent to their
eXtradition.
NOBODY KILLED
ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ, Nov, THE
train which was held up at Grants
ninety-six miles west of here, last night
at 1880 reached Albuquerque at II this
moring. None of the crew or passen-
gers were killed or injured. The amount
of the express company's loss cannot
be learned, but it is known to be very
large. The Santa Fe Pacific Railroad
company lost a combination baggage
and express car, a day coach and a
chair car. The holding up of the train
was accomplished by two men, who
boarded the train at Grants. At the
stock yards about a mile east, they put
on the air and began shooting at num-
Der of tramps that were scattered along
the train. Most of the passengers and
many of the train men thought that
some of the crew We're having fun with
the hobos, and were not alarmed until
the robbers We're in possession of the
train. The hold-ups began shooting
into the engine, and Harry McCarty,
the engineer, jumped off and Went int
the rear sleeper. Henry Abel, the fire
man, was grazed across the cheek by d
bullet, and was compelled to obey the
orders of the robbers. He was ordered
to uncouple the express car. and it and
the cars preceding it We're pulled up the
track for short distance to the point
where the wreck work was done.
When the shooting began. Messenger
Lord left the express car, locking the
door behind him, and went into one of
the cars in the rear of the train. Con-
ductor Aldrich went back to Grants to
telegraph for help as soon as the cars
We're uncoupled. The rest of the crew
have not yet been accounted for.
When the robbers found the express
car locked they resorted to giant pow
der to open it, and We're Obliged to fire
three shots before it gave away On
opening the car they went at once to
the through safe and blew large hole
compelled to hold the sack in which
they placed the money. They secured
all that could be conveniently carried
by one man, and paid no attention to
watches and jewelry which We're scat
tered through the car. The job took
the robbers about an hour. No horses
We're seen, but it is presumed that a con-
federate was waiting with them at
some point near by. When they left,
the fireman got on the engine and
started back for the rest OF the train.
While he was firing up, as he went back
he did not notice how close he was to the
other cars. and struck them so hard
that a stove in the day coach was over
turned. Three of the cars, the express,
day coach and chair car, We're entirely
destroyed by fire. Most OF the baggage
was saved, although there was some
loss. The contents of the three safes
which We're not cracked We're almost en-
tirely destroyed by the heat.
No clue whatever has been found as
to the identity of the robbers. The gem
eral manager of the Santa t'e Pacific
will, it is understood, offer a reward of
$500 each for their bodies, dead or alive. |
There is supposed to be two or more of
then above 50 years of age.