The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-11-01
A DESPERATE
TRAIN ROBBER
Makes a Wild Dash for
Liberty.
ESCAPES FH0N The OFFICERS
At Nashville After Thrilling RlGs
In stolen Vehicles and On
Horssoark
ESCAPES FsOH The OFFICERS
s.a-.o.a. HILL.


Nashville Dc. - One II the most
sxtraWdinary Incidents .n the Mar
vile police annals took place here
yesterday morning shortly after lD
. ci1ek s cue monty GEa.--d fellow.
having the ag1aaFaHce If "a cJWb0y
entered the -rlFe " Newman & CO..
dry ZJJds merchants on lD..s2= street.
neaF SIZE stree, railway transfer sG4-
tiDl He purchased few articles 10
the amount 81 - 10 and presented a
gu bin IN payment asking for bl- In
change There Uas not cash sufficient
IN tire hDGse ~ meet the demand ~
a messenger Mrs Newman wa. cent
ont for the change -h. had some
trouble IN grJ~urn2 81 and in the
meantime her attention was called %
the bill which showed that 81 was
On the Bank u Montana some u the
grseubAcks taken from the eEUTesa
train in the GEeas Northern %s3. 900
robbery al Wagner Montana recently
She thought u the robbery at once and
had = telephone message sent 10 police
hsadg1arters for an officer
Detective DIVER and Dickens we're
detail led ~ ~ 10 Newman store.
IN -A4FIs @ts4 bss-st@ aNlr'F Ni''Ss.-Ht
the stranger asked h54 name and
where be was from His answer not
being sAtiSfactOry Detective DIVER
placed bis hand upon the man =
shoulder. saylaZ We are officers. and
yOu are under arrest.
Bat the NesteTuer WA dead game
Quicz ~ fash, and without word
he pulled out brace " fJrty-fYe
caiiJre pistOlz holding them IN either
hand, and demanded the officers % let
him pas4. 4 desperate hand to hand
encounter followed no one getting
the IA u their pistols The strong
Westerner threw the officers aside, in
some uDaccDUutable manner. and made
sensational dash into College street.
he jumped into an ice wagon, where
three negroes we're sitting and de-
manded them % leave Two were ont
In iify, but the driver refused 10
give up until his life had been threat
ned The dnsYeradJ gTa-pcd the reius
when ne reached the driver seat and
under heavy fire from the officers.
made Tam . -hanter dash for the
square and across the CUMBERLAND
river bridge, narrowly escaping col
Iis1Cn with other vehicles Those
who knew nothing II the encounter,
thought II vas 3 runaway team
The bandit cDOliy decided upon his
next move. Knowing the ice wagon
was slow, he concluded 10 take charge
Of buggy, drawn by strong bay at
corner Of First street He ran his
team across ~ 4 feed store near By,
knocked down L fire plug, cOntri we'd 10
breag one Of Ihe horses legs by trip
ping him with the reins ana told
negro standing by to take care Of the
team He ordered the negro ont If
the coveted buggy and took possession
lie went at frightful rate after
this across the country, over fences
and other Instructions, When the
horse WA tired out he cOnf4cated
another one he saw hitched near the
river. Being closely pursued by large
number Of officers, be finally aban-
dCne1 his horse and when last seen he
was going it a-fDOt due east at break
neck speed, above Shelby Park.
Penitentiary bloodhDunds were put
ON the trail but could not track him.
AS the path had been Travelled by the
officers. That end Of the county IL mp
in arms
The man II said to be no other than
George Parker Of many aliases, "
the criminal bank rDbber, highway
man, cattle and horse thief 1t is
thought he il in league with the viii
liams woman and has been here since
the time Of her arrest
The man threw away wallet CON
tanning ~, OIO in ten and twenty dollar
bills If the Montana Bank.
Still at Large.
Nashville, oct y. The train rob
Der who made such bold break for
liberty yesterday has not yet been cap
turcd.