The silver star., 1900-09-07
DETAILS OF DARING
TRAIN ROBBERY

Denver. Aug 31-A special dispatch
from Cheyenne to the Republican says:
The hold-up and robbery OF the Union
Pacific fast mail and express train,
near Table Rock. "Wednesday night.
was the boldest and most successful
piece OF work ever accomplished in the
West. and from present indications the
perpetrators of The crime have es
capped. The robbery occurred about
$50 O'Clock Wednesday night. No one
Sas injured. ns the robbers We're not
interefered with: neither did they mo-
lest the Passengers nor train hands
aside from compelling the latter to do
their bidding. owing TO the scene of
the hold-up being in an isolated spot
and distant several miles from the
nearest railway station. several hours
elapsed before a report OF the affair
was received and posses started out.
and It was not until daylight that the
first posse. organized at Rock Springs,
got started on the trail The posse of
twenty-five men organized 10y United
States Marshal Hadsell NJ Rawlins left
the scene OF the bold-up al 10 o'clock
this morning.
The Union Pacific railroad and Pa
cific Express Company have author
lied reward Of 1900 each for the
robbers dead or alive. and "A number
of detectives and special officers are
hurrying to the Ssene 10 take up the
trail II * the opinion of everyone IA
miliar with the hoid-up thar the affair
was The work of professionals: either
members of Butch CasSiday's gang or
some OF the Arizona outlaws who We're
chased to the mountains south Of Ia
BILE Rock and who have been operating
"a - \ sts.a.. B. .F.
trail leads In the direction of the Book
mountains and the Browns Park rem
devious the officers believe that the out
laws are endeayoring to reach that sec
ton. Should they succeed before the
posses oyerfake them there viii be lit
l tie use In continuing the chase. as the
bandits will he comparatively safe in
! the wilds OF the mountains.
The story Of the hold-up as told by
the engineer Is as follows:
As the train left Tlpton station, n
/ few miles east Of Table Rock. a heavy
set man was seen to leave the water
tank and board the front end Of the
baggage car. As hundreds Of trainps
are riding on trains these days, little
attention was paid to him. After the
train had attained moderate rate of
speed the stranger cfawled out over the
tank OF the engine and covered the en-
ginecr and fireman with revolver, nt
the same time commanding the en-
gineer to keep on going until he came
to bonfire burning alongside the
track. When this fire was reached the
man behind III. gun ordered the train
stopped.
Here The lone hlghwaynan was
Joined by three other men. all wearing
pieces Of cloth over heir faces. One
ran back and covered Conductor Ker
rignn with n Winchester as that Official
came mp to ascertnin the cause Of the
stop. The others proceeded 10 cut on
the baggage and mail cars. when ths
engineer was ordered to 20 ahead. Run
ming down the track n distance Of two
miles the ears were again stopped, ant
while one man kept the enginemef
covered the others went back to tn,
baggage cnr. Express Messenger
Woodcock. the same man TINT was II
chnrge Of the express cnr that wni
blown up by robbers nj Wilcox Oi
June 2. 1888. was inside. and when or
dcrcd 10 open up refused
The robbers nj once placed dynnmit,
under the doors and Woodcock. fcnrlnI
fhni he would he injured In the OK
plosoD. escaped through one Of the en-,
doors. He was none loo soon. for ns h.
reached the ground the dynamite OK
ploded and shattered the sides of tn
ear. The robbers did not hesitate 1
moment. but quickly entered the en-
and blew up the treasure snfc Of IN
rncliic Express Company The con
tents Of the snfc were thrown int,
sacks and the bandits hurried down tn
tfnck 10 n point where their horse
.t.l a. 4.
ing held by n confederate. In less tim
that II inkes Ia tell II the robbers In,
looted the express eur ana were speed