The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-31

was ho said. Tho fireman repeated
tho message. The negro insisted
that tho mon wanted the train
opped and Capt. Reynolds said he
was not stopping the tram. Then
'hero came pistol shot, then q rifle
Shot, and then bullet grazed the
veteran enginoer's skull cap. lie
looked around and saw throe mon at
his sldo. He wanted to get out OF
the cab and loaned out to get out OF
Tho range Of subsequent bullets.
The fireman had jumped and was
running for dear life. Capt. Roy
nolds came to tho conclusion that
discretion was the better part of valor,
ana no did not SOC any use to ieo-
pardlze tho engine, and to save the
property and possibly a wreck he
stuck to the engine and did as nearly
AS he could what he was ordered to
at the point Of a rifle. At first there
were three m n on the engine with
him, but later on two remained, and
st no time was he without the. com.
pany Of one Of tho robbers and his
rifle. In fact, the guard over him
got quito talkative and said that he
was there to do nothing but watch
him and make him obey orders.
When the engineer stopped the train
the man asked for the colored fire
man and said that they wanted him
to uncouple the train. The fireman
had gone, SO the men had to get down
and 60 back to do the work. They
uncoupled, but the hooks caught,
and they cried out to their lieutenant
to have the cars Stacked back. This
was done, the mail, baggage and ex
press cars detached and taken off
from the passenger section Of the
train; meanwhile the other members
Of the band were keeping things
lively with their rifles and oaths.
RoBB1NG THE EMPRESS CAR.
AS soon as the front coaches we're
detached and volley or two had
ooen fired squad of men made for
the express car. While the car was
being hauled off Express Messenger
a. Y. Hall was trying to get things
in shape, not knowing what was 60
ing on outside. He blow out one Of
his lamps and was getting over to
the door to blow out the other light
when pistol suddenly appeared on
the bright side. The hand that car
ried the pistol had smashed it's way
through the glass door of the car.
Mr.. Hall was directed to open the
car door. He thought there WAS
nothing else to do, as he was alone
and had no means of protection.
Then ono Of the men jumped into
tho car and there came another
Messenger Hall was told to 60 over
in a corner and sit down. He was
accompanied to his corner by man
and q pistol, and told to keep his
back turned. Once he turned his
head slightly to get an idea of what
was going on and he WAS promptly
reminded by the chilliness of the
pistol at his temple that if ho turned
his head much further it would lead
to trouble. The other men in the
car, two, it is thought, went through
the local safe and toJk therefrom all
the money it contained, about $13.
Then they wanted Messenger Hall
to open the through safe. He told
them that he could not do 30. They
insisted, and he told them plainly
that the through safe WAS locked in
Charleston and that he did not know
what it contained, that he did not
have the combination to it, and that
it could only be opened at it's deati
nation and then not by him. The
robbers evidently knew this was cor.
rect. They had the section pulled
up to the station house at Fifty.
eight, and were explicit as to the ex-
act point they wanted tho car taken,
and when they got there they nn-
loaded the through safe, weighing
five or six hundred bounds, into a
wagon that was in waiting and hauled
it to some place they had, no doubt,