Arizona republican., 1899-09-11

disaster if he did not hurry When
the cars were uncOupled the Wells
Fargo & Co.'S messenger was dis
missed and the quartette, including
the two hold-upS and the fireman and
the engineer boarded the engine. The
engineer was compelled to run the en-
CINE and two cars about a mile ahead.
The taller CT the two robbers went
back into the express car Whsn the
engine was stopped. The tall man said
he did not want anybody TO get hurt
and suggested that the other three
men move up the track few hund-
red yards. The three were sitting
along the track at that distance. the
the fireman and engineer covered by
the smaller bandit, chatting in a joe
ular mood when an explosion occurred
in the express car. 1t was a feeble one
however, and few moments later an
other occurred which could be heard
plainly by the excited crowd gathered
at the station. The safe was blown
open and a big hole rent in the top of
the car. The robber filled his bag with
the contents of the safe, emitting the
silver coin. The booty seemed to be
heavy load for him as he and the other
robber trudged off on foot. The en-
gineer and firemen were told not to
move their engine within fifteen min
utes, ard the engine did not move in
that time.
There is strong suspicion that the
masked men were not the only two
interested in the hoId-up. Two or
three men stood around the station
while the fireman was engaged in I'M
coupling the cars. They made no at
tempt to get away, nor did they take
any part in the operations, but seemed
stationed and ready to take part II
necessary. After the engine and two
cars were run ahead of the balance of
the train, these men disappeared. The
operations at the station were SO quiet
that the operator at the station did not
know of the affair until it was half
over. Then he kept his instrument
busy in sending dispatches. The train
was gathered together and arrived III
Tucson late.
1t has been raining about Cochise a
great deal and the surrounding cOun-
try was Doggy. There is reason TO
believe that the robbers had horses
stationed near the place where the
booty was secured, and had a good /
start on the officers and men who left |
Cochise in pursuit. A Mexican start |
ed out after two bloCdhOunds a few |
miles away, and there will be nc diff |
Guilty in picking up the trail. The |
two men who planned so smooth a |
probably outlined a way Of |
escape. But it will be difficult for !
them to conceal their trail and it is
thought their capture is certain. A
very good description of the robbers is
given, considering that their faces
were hidden behind masks One Of
them is probably six feet tall, and his
companion is a much smaller man.
The tallest of the two spoke in a gruff
voice and was abrupt in his manner,
but his companion is inclined to be
talkative. The robbers wore dark
The amount CT the booty is mat
ter of conjecture. 1t is not customary
HC send any great amount CT money by
all through the southwestern. states
The Wells Fargo company has sus-
aimed various losses by train robber-
les, and it is the policy now to carry
TRAITS instead CT coin, if possible.
Then if there was any great amount Of
money it is probable that guard
would accompany it, and there was no s
guard in this instance. There was a
'umcr that the government had made
| big shipment of money on this train
destined for San Francisco. thence to
he Philippines to pay off soldiers,
,ut it is given little credence. =
Probably only once in four or five I
lays does the Wells Fargo company
AIRY much coin. 1t is thought that
he robbers had a knowledge Of an l
xtra amount being shipped yesterday.
The fact that no silver was taken I
would indicate that they made good 1
aul.
The passenger who had stepped off
Of "a a nd !
ordered back into the I
rain, entered the cars with wild
ook upon his countenance. We're {
ED up" he exclaimed. q
Go on said Phil Sheridan, who {
yas sitting in the coach only few i
eet from where the fireman was t
lowly uncoupling the cars. That's b
he way with all you tenderfeet when h
Gu come to Arizona. Y5u think be- '
ausa the engineer went after drink [
here's something unusual"
The ether passengers were equally Y
unused at what they thought was an f
xtrayagant remark of a tenderfooL. +
ONE OF them had been in train rob n
cries before. but in their experiences :
he train had always stepped with .
udden jerk, or there were other indi- .
atoms Of a robbery. In this instance y
verything was so quiet that a pin :
Guild be heard to fall to the floor. :
Lalf the passengers dozed back to :
Ieep when the discounted easterner :
as really led to believe that he had ;,
cen mistaken There was an air Of Il
and laziness about the
ar which made the unheard remark d
f the train rCbber all the more appro-
riate: 1.-The world was not made in a
ay.'
Councilman B. A. F'ickas was undis-
Irbed through tie whole affair. He u
as enwrapt in his dreams and only
rought to realization that the train y
ad been robbed when the Pullman s.
Orter asked him later in the morn n
lg if the hold-up was not a shock to
is nerves.
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