Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-02-04

~kN iEsN lsCv. Jnu. So The postal
zataorities Yesterday morning re-
e-vel word from Rosctur-. Ore. -
tac stopping x the Oregon express
lad tle robbery u the mail coach aud
express car- Tnc train left here az
p u- Wednesday last for Portland.
and the robbery occurred a. midnight.
thursday aight. a. SHADY Point two
niles south Of RoseburE. TEe train
was aiguallcd b. lantern Engineer
Morris stopping AZ the light. and a
nan, masked. with revolver Ia hand.
/ -raS Jed down from the tender. order
uS hands up.- Fireman Hendricks
jumped - the cab aui ran for Rose
burg. followed 5y = couple % shots
T The rob bers ordered Morris 20 baez
I lP tie train. aud the mail aud express
-ars were cut OF Then lie ordered
bin 10 pull ahead for a5out s. yards
During this time Cofdactor VeAt-h
and Brakeman I.ehr vent forward
oith taeir ishss % recouzolter. bet
we're sho, a. and ordered baeS.
Butler. the express zzesseuger. pat
1ut his lights aul ueut behind some
trunAs lie was called upou - open
T he car. lie opened the door and toOlx
shot a. the robbers. uher~upon the
q wayEncn applied dynamite on the
1Qgnstte SIDE. watch shattered the ear
I Butler iamp@l oct Aat seeing a rob
Der. attempted - shoo:. bas hiS <aa
snapped aud be ran for the Pailusan
/ ar.
The robbers use1 dynAzis> on the
sates aud saeeeesi~d IN opening the
small ore. g~t,Inz nos over So They
shocked over the stove. setting Ore -
E The car. totolly consuming is sna is
contents. also ali the Pass@ag~rs' bAx-
g@<e. involvia- a heavy loss. TAeT
took some re- ster~1 letters fro@ the
mail car azd departed
Supe Fields. 81 tAe SOgtAern P1e5se.
who happened TO BE- n Ros~bzrr. vas
allied Abozs 10 AID ta-six al engine
All Zea 70 the scene The bzrzinx
.ar was tuzbl~4 OF the track. anA tA=
train vas broGgAs in after s~we-1l
{ hours delay
Engineer Morris had lis ~A>ek
yrazs1 br \ balles xzd "a. express
L neSsea<Sg's dog was killed A f-w
nail p.n=eAes we're riae9, eas ths value
E q sAs letters tzkea - zuxnaw2 TAe
s24 ef tAe zaii car vas chzrr-d. aaS
some mai matter damaged By Er~ az4
water.
Several commercial travellers 5oss
7 rziuabie sample trunks IN The sre
Jne case cousaiatng silver xaEwez.
FORKS and sPoo1s. "a. tczna yesssr-
.zy morainS n the sSoa<h. unia iurc-T
Noshinz else of F2lze was recovered.
Iae large express safe. zao5Sae5. zzs
+ -sxe1 - Portland on the z1rniux To-
a
The saeris as1 as posse are xooar-
-ng the eountrT. bat thSre sssEG e-eN
get a. heavy r1ia has boa "a llizx
iH1 ths trzS<s are ebsiserzsesA TAe
rain arrived a. PoEttNnd a, o1.
5ielosx yesterday sEserzooa Caarles
Piper. Pa<fat clr<< n charge % -.
nail car. SAi1s
Two @ez dSi a. the Sors Of bold
ag ap She srzin. bat I tAisk there
Nere 9ve In the gAag. Th~y expEo4esl
mo dynamite hozes IN tie express
ar and half = doxsa On tAe 0z.xsde
y hen tho express car took Ere real
Ee1 tAzs nv ear Whir a wA. usxs %
nc express was IN danger oae Of
he rohber. drew revolver oa me.
Ehile he weat through she mail 10
lot helieve he TOOK saythiug u r3lae
The express ear was soon \ mass
II flames. and ! set ab0as 30 save ny
ar, Il possible. by carrying water
from a pond near AZ ha1d The entire
md Of the mail car Was burned Oas,
out only a small part OF the mail was
iamaxed-~