Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-19
ROBBERY IN TEXAS.
-Four Masked Men Hold Up a
Train Near Austin.
CONDUCTOR RESlSIS AND is SHOT.
His Wound Not Serious, However,
Failing in an Effort to Loot the Tx
press Car, Passengers Are Plum
dered-About 5000 Secured.

Austin, Tex, Oct. 13.-Tuesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock in broad open day
light and within IL miles of the corr
porate limits of this city, the south
bound cannon ball train on the Inter-
national & Great Northern railroad,
consisting of mail, baggage and express
cars and three coaches loaded with pas
sengers, was held up by four men. The
conductor of the train, Tom Healy, was
shot by the robbers while resisting
them, but fortunately not seriously
wounded. One of the passengers had
his shirt collar carried away by pistol
ball that was aimed at his neck and an
other received bullet wound in the
hand.
Small Sum Secured.
The passengers were robbed of some
5000 in money. The bandits attempted
to rifle the safe in the express car, but
were unsuccessful. When the train
seached McNeill, small station IA
miles above this city, two men heavily
armed, boarded the train and took up
their stand on the rear platform. After
the conductor had checked up the train
he reached the platform only to find a
pistol at the 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 pistol wound in
his right arm. AT this juncture the
other robber pulled the bell cord, and
the train was brought to standstill.
II was evidently at the appointed place
for the train had hardly stopped before
two other men, whose faces were COW
cred with masks, stepped out from the
trees and began shooting into the cars.
Instantly all was confusion. The two
men on the train were Immediately
Joined by those from the woods, and
began their work. AS the train porter
sprang from the rear coach, and ran for
shelter, robber began shooting at HIM,
and the negro emptied revolver in
turn without effect. The express mes
senger looked out of his car, and, TAX
ing in the situation, left his car and ran
through the woods, and was soon lost
to sight. The robbers in the meantime,
leaving two men to guard the three
coaches, which were packed with pas
sengers, proceeded to the express car
and demanded that the baggageman
open the safe, but upon being assured
that he could not do so, turned their at
tention to the passengers. They took
only money from them, not overlooking
single cent, and walking two by two
through the cars SO as to always keep
their eyes on the passengers.
The Robbers Escape.
After securing about 5000 in this man
ner they uncoupled the engine from the
train and started off down the track.
After going several miles they set the
lever at moderate gait and left the
engine, scampering into the country.
The engine came on to the flag station
at Duval, four miles below, and was
there captured, and the station agent
returned to the scene of the robbery
| with the engineer, secured the train
and came on to this city: arriving here
| shortly after dusk. The officers have
been notified and have gone to the scene
of action with bloodhounds to locate the
robbers. The two men who boarded the
train at Mcneil were not masked, but
the other two bandits features were
J concealed,