The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-06


the other made the rounds of the berths.
Miss Kelsey said: THE curtains were
swept aside, a revolver poked into my face
and command, Give me your money.
was made.
81 have no money L replied.
"'Yes, you have ne. retorted. with a
menacing gesture.
when 1 repeated that 1 had nothing, he
got mad and demanded fiercely. Give me
your pocketbook.' / handed it over and
after he had taken the so cents it contained.
he threw it back to me with an OATH
From Miss Martin the robber secured two
finger rings. She protested that she had
nothing and he demanded the rings. got
them and said Thank you," and made his
way to the next berth.
THE MURDER OF FAY.
Charles V. Fyke, a Kansas City lawyer
was among those robbed. Mr.. Fyke gave a
graphic description of the murder of Mr..
Fay. He said: Near Limon two men
were discovered on the platform of the rear
Pullman. The Pullman conductor, ID. b.
Smith, mistook them for tramps and or
dered them to enter the car. Go to the
smoking car, he said, and at the next stop
leave the train They entered the car and
at once drew revolvers, both flashing
weapons in the conductors face One
handed him a flour sack. Hold it with
both hands, said he, and wake up the
passengers Then they began a systematic
search of the car. 1t was In semi-darkness
and all the passengers had retired several
hours before. One, robber guarded the
conductor while thesother extorted money
and valuables from the passengers at the
muzzle of the revolver All of the passen-
gers in the rear Pullman were soon plum
dered and then the bandits entered the for
ward Pullman, where / was. An aged man,
w. j. Fay, discovered what was taking
place before any one else in the car. He
partly emerged from his berth and pre-
sented revolver through the folds of the
curtain. The bandits saw the revolver and
one of them opened fire. AT the same time
Fay fired and it is believed the bullet
struck one of the men, but of that no one
is sure Fay fell like a log and was dead
before his body touched the berth. The
bullet had entered his mouth and had
passed through his head. His blood and
brains were scattered over the bed cover
ings.
MISSED THE PORTER.
eat the moment of the shooting the train
porter entered the car and at once the
men covered him with their revolvers and
commanded him to throw up his hands. He
turned and ran toward the chair car. The
robbers followed him and as the porter
entered the chair car one of them delib-
erately raised his pistol and sent a bullet
after him. The bullet failed in its mission
and the men turned to the Pullman conduc-
tor and ordered him TO stop the train. He
pulled the rope, but the train did not slow
down.
"'Pull harder one of them commanded,
and the conductor again struggled with the
rope and so hard that it parted.
'Uncouple the cars they then ordered.
but he explained to them that it was task
he could not perform.
For a dozen miles more the train
proceeded until ii pulled into Hugo. Then
| the robbers compelled the conductor to
| alight first, and with a muttered Good
| bye they walked south at a brisk pace
| As near as ! can judge they boarded the
| train at 1:20 a. m. They were on board
nearly one hour, Dut after the shooting
| they were in absolute command. The male
passengers could dc nothing and the wo-
men acted admirably. The robbers plans
| evidently misearried. They no doubt had
| horses staked at some convenient place
and the accident to the bell rope makes it
| i'm my opinion, a good guess that they will
| be captured, If, indeed, the pursuing party
has not already secured them. Hugo is the
| county seat and the sheriff and a picked
| posse are hot on their trail. The coun
| try for miles around is a barren plain
| Conductor James Follens, who brought
| the train from Ellis, related an incident o
| Miss Shaw's bravery After the robber:
visited her berth and relieved her of wha
money she had, Miss Shaw dressed hurried
| ly and made her way to the second sleep
| er, i'm which they were then working. Ac
1 costing them in the middle of their work
she exclaimed Indignantly: You are ;
| great lot of loafers to be robbing women
| If were a man you wouldn't rob me-"
| John A. Stevenson, of Pittsburg, Pa.
| occupied the second berth from that of Fay
| He escaped with the loss of few dollars.
/ /