Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-11-02
Wynn Concannon Sandbagged and
Dangerously Injured in His Car.
THE THIEF ESCAPES.
The Deed Vas Perpetraied In the Sub.
uTbs Of DeniSon Robber
Secured About Ten Thou.
sand Dollars.

Denls0n. Tex, Nov !. -- The boldest
and most daring robbery ever attempted
Ia north Texas. was perpetrated upon
Wynn q COncannon. the American eE.
press messenger. who runs between
Sherman and this place at about $40
o'clock las, evening
The messenger was sandbagged in his
car IN the suburbs Of this place aud Is
still ia a precasious condition
The robbery was one Of the shrewdesi
pieces Of work ever done ia the annals
Of crime and the robber Or robbers got
of with the doodle and left no trail b.
hind them no moro than If tho earth
had opened and swallowed them
The robbery was committed while the
train was IN motion, within the space Of
hye to seven minutes time. and while
tho train was passing through that por-
ton Of the Knty yards between the
rouudhouse aud the Union station.
The train left sherman at COS and
everything was all right when Conduc.
tor J VI Romer passed out Of the et.
prSss car at the roundhouse here within
aquarter of mile Of the station.
When IL pulled into the station W. T.
Moiehead. driver of the American Ex
press oompanys wagon. who makes the
trains 10 transfer express uptown. push.
vi his truck mp 10 the door aud looked
suside the car. finding Express Messen-
ger Concannon writhing on the floor,
seemingly inAf IT,
Conductor Romer was notified aud
went 10 the car He looked IN and be.
lieved the messenger was sick Water
was obtained and dashed into his face.
but be aid not heed IL
Noticing that his safe was open and
that his papers were scattered about
the floor. Conductor Romer suspected
robbery had been committed. and sent
for officers
Express Messenger Concannon was
taken 10 his room at the homo Of Mrs
G. VI Davis. 3ls South Rusk avenue.
where Drs A W Acheson aud Robert
Yanoy. local surgeon for the Missouri
Kansas and Texas went 10 attend him
They made thorough examination Of
his head and body and found no oontus.
ions or wounds His pulse was very
weak and his heart beats faint and /
hypodermic injections were given him
70 revive his pulse.
There were two heavy consignments
81 money in the safe-one a package Of
5000 from the Merchants and Planters
bank Of Sherman 10 the bank at Rock
wall aud the other consignment Of
5000 from the Merchants and Planters
hank 20 the bank at whitewright. There
we're other consignmsnts OF money, max.
ing the total somewhat In excess Of
t0.eoo /
The safe In which the money was car.
ried was one Of the small local safes
used by the American Express company
in their local business |, did not have
the combination that IL carried on the
larger safes on the heavy run. and are
not opened by = combination. but was
opened by a large key carried on the
person Of tho messenger
The theory Of the officer is that the
robber was concealed somewhere in the
car. and that while the back Of tho mes
ssnger was turned. the man slipped up
behind and struck the blow with
heavy sandbag
The robbery was committed within
four blocks OF the place where b A
Jennings was sandbagged aud robbed
some weeks ago.