The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-08-15

l4utos1gfagg.t La liza "a 81 34-at a8W nGibG
,5asoad,dyyus, o.,yAug, Fl 2,7a a liii muir
seisr laaidg e@befyt was1 committed Oh the
/ I,ennspRania passenger train No. s,
which, AsrrrixedE. Here fp6m .Ste1 louis at
IL 40 ii lsstIz night. ~ CHARLES dane,s Sin
Adams Espresssqiaeasehg GER, tHsas9shot, and
Killed. ana the t,lesal' safet wasrpkhsd
taiieney GanE Taltia bes Collected ,a'ftels tliei
34raiR lafk,Stl I.asris and3that0tfi riaisf it1sg
Gxpress qqrfpany a ilrp sisstp u hat 1.-THE snps was
not IaEgte..asn All The, mopeX. Forwarded
sfrom0Sf. louis ana p65fnts Wecsst, Was ii.
RJseal eag safe, which, was mot aistaifBdd s7gI
l BIB probably f6Hihe Eea$om that
a Ike nrinsssWae hot lse5 y6eFtd Unfit TIE
stEain pulled iiEg III nf6sF fstafiolf f91eie
AZ, When E ,l ,If MfsseHgsE aheaanl afa 9hs
f;Haen4, to lneeIcaT;$he wassstirrpfised 'td find
| the side d0eg, which is usually opened by
statfont staDsed. li.P fishing the door back
sSSheld don, CwasI startled lJslftthe sighS5 Of.
Lanes lbSdyi lying face 1sefdwpM aIlt inf
pool Of blood betw cen /; BE-. stove, aud, the
side ofots 4sar iii the For vi ia end 17f'77a
CON odRiddred 1ithaB uiisps.f 91a1s 3
~ ,Thes body waS fbund 4t6s h Ia Seen
ridaled ssjHhi botfets and there's were eEisl
Ef9encees ythat q desperate ;stnggle had taxi;
en- pfase; N2 ssS t than eight bg|st'
side iofD the'j backs onie.i1A thefi left side
Fnnd -four inathearight Leg. il sseemed that
two of the bullets, might ihaye been fired,
| iiit6 the sii1ah's- back as he lay on tie
hoof..4 II he Bullets. extracted were of 49,
ealiber:,i The robbers han uta4ten flaeGkey
to the LOCAL, safe, from the, messengers
pocket. Opened the safe and looted it OF
bstnkngliiin the deoRnFThei rmesse7i.t
|, gers rsYollyer with Il tW0l Il chambers,
emptied was found in the. ,sa fe,.. where it
l'had' probabfy been. laid by the robbers,
after being wrenched from: his. handa'
THE murder was probably committed
Just : after the train left. Milford Cen
Ilter,: tWentETeight miles. s1esty off G6lltfnz
bus where it {, is believed, the, robbers.
saw and. talked With dIesseiigef: Ldahe
there.eaW When the hbdga wasj discovered
here it -wasn cold Iand the; blood. elotted,j
| showing That death had a. pfeIrred at
least half an hour previous: lane, had
tory. to leaving hhe3irain iwhen ATTACKED
/ by, the robbers: This he Rr9bablyf did
near Milford Center. ...n-. 49,. r,;...,.,
Easy JOS for the ,Robbfsrs, s,.;Ti
I The robbers had no difficulty, ipfgettipg
into the car after boarding the train, asi
the END door had been tleft' open on acl'
count 0f the heatyu Ehe9 train ma de- Osaty
kwD 4stopsabetween 3 Milford Center and
Columbus, one at Plain City and the s.! 9th
En- at Marble Cliff.. the latter i've miles
cut. OF the eity:. s15Te' iliW 2nIL'zgEb
- At -the-latteri place. ahe s6rain1 was
Jagged toI take 4of0 q gpassengeEs3:an old
man. The police. were first inclined to
''tIe BELIEF THAT the robbers got ON the
train at Marble Cliff but the express Of
fcials do not enteftain-that theorya They
think it more likely that the, robbers. got.
off there the trail train SLOWED up coming :,
into the city ''''h'' 1870
All the ~city detectives were 'imnaedisi
ately sent out along the line of the rai3
road and; they are securing ALI the neigh Z,
boring country. - How many or the rob.
| beFs fthereIwere isJ noti kh0wn,j but 1T is
considered, certain tnere;i were at least
two because of the numbers of bullets,
fred inte3the body of the express mes
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