The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
BIG HAUL MADE BY
TEXAS TRAIN ROBBERS

Cotton Belt passenger train No.
l, southbound, due 10 leave Tex
arkana at 9:25 o'clock last night,
was delayed and did not leave
until II o'clock. 1t reached the
Texas and Pacific crossing, four
miles south of Texarkana, about
11:25 p. m. When it stopped to
signal for the crossing six men
boarded the train. Two got on
the engine and compelled the en-
gineer and fireman to 60 back
and cut the mail and express
cars from the train. When this
had been done. the six men
boarded the engine, left the fire
man with the train, and instruct
ed the engineer to run to Eylau.
small siding, where stop was
made"
While one man guarded the
engine five others went to the
express car, forced the doors,
and blew open the safe. They
took their time at the work, and
when they had concluded, re
turned to the locomotive will
two sacks heavy with booty. l
is said they secured at least $35,
900. Turning to the engineer,
one said:
"We'll just shellroad you here.
You are not the only engineer in
this crowd, and [ guess we can
run the machine a few miles
without your assistance. When
you locate your wagon, figure the
run in on your mileage, as We
won't put in time for the run We
make.
Putting out the headlight, the
bandit engineer opened the
throttle and pulled out. Engin
eer Henderson was left with the
express and mail cars and the
messenger and postal clerk. He
made his way to a section house
within a mile or two of the scene.
and, procuring handcar and
men to assist in propelling it.
started to search for the locomo
tive.
1t was slow work. At a point
south of Rowan, within -four
miles of Red Water, they came
upon the deserted engine stand
ing on the main track, throttle
closed, lights out and no one it
sight. The engine was at the
bottom of a grade, and had elthei
been deserted or had been left a.
a point further north and was al
lowed by its own weight to seel
the level trac <. Engineer Hen
dersOn got aboard and backed
the engine to the express anc
mail cars.
The train was not started unit
early this morning. Some time
after midnight Henderson sue
ceeded in getting his engine ant
the two cars back to where the
first stop was made by the rob
bers, and the train then proceed
ed south to Mount Pleasant, the
division point. There a full re
port was made, and the officials
of the company Immediately com
menced to make preparations tt
chase the robbers.
In the meantime conductor
Armstrong and several passen
gers had walked back to Texar
kama and given the alarm. With
out delay the sheriff organized /;
posse and started in pursuit, anC
the conductor returned to hi.
train.
The passengers were not mo
Tested. While Superintendent
Russ of the Pacific Express com
pany admits the robbers secured
a large sum, he refuses to max.
a statement.
The robbers were men more
experienced in railroading thar
in robbery. They knew the stops
of the train and were prepared
for the emergency thus present
ed. 1t was not necessary fol
them to flag the engineer when
he stopped for the crossing.
They were armed, but did not
make an unnecessary display of
their weapons. ALI were masked
and each wore a coat. The
country where the hold-up &C.