The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-29
THREE men ATTEMPT
ROBBERY AT DERBY
Station AgentGame and Drives
Away Would Be Robbers
JAY BRADSHAW SHOOTS
One Person Is Supposed to
Have Been Injured.
AY BRADSHAW SHOOTS

Three bold men attempted to break into
the Santa Fe railroad station at Derby
Sunday morning about / o'clock and were
only compelled 10 take TO the woods after
q rapid succession of exchange revolver
shots We're fired by the night station agent
j. Bradshaw, and in which all three OF
the wouId-be robbers participated.
Mr.. Bradshaw escaped uninjured, but he
hit one, or maybe two, of the fleeing men.
Much blood was shed by some one who
was hit by some Of the bullets, as was
shown by the ground next morning in
the vicinity Of where the men got into a
buggy which they had driven within a
half block Of the station when they ar-
rived
1t was about l o'clock Sunday morning
when Mr.. Bradshaw, who sleeps in the
station was aroused from the noise Of
falling glass. He arose and peering
Though nearby window saw the three
men engaged in breaking a big window
that opens into the ticket Office.
Dir. Bradshaw quickly got out 50 cali
bre revolver and fired one shot through
the wall partitioning his room of from
the ticket office The shot of course, fail
ed TO hit anything as the men were then
still on the outside of the station on the
platform As Bradshaw was again peer
ing between the blinds on his room to
the outside, to see if his shot had had
The effect Of frightening the men away
he heard one of them say I'm afraid
We will have 10 get out of this
When Mr. Bradshaw saw that he had
the men frightened he fred another shot
from the revolver and determined 10
catch some of them. AS he opened the
door AND stepped outside he was met by
q regular volley of shots from the bur-
glars. The bullets whizzed close TO Brad
shaw's head. He hesitated minute I'M
decided whether to get under cover or
fight it out. He chose the latter.
Pointing his revolver at the fleeing rob-
bers, who were firing their guns as they
ran. Bradshaw let fly the contents of his
revolver. He heard several cries from the
men and thinks he must have hit at least
one, as he saw a man totter and nearly
fall His two companions assisted him
one had bled on the ground in the morn
fng that was further evidence that some
one had been hit.
Mr.. Bradshaw was uninjured and after
notifying the city marshal returned to-
his room and retired. The marshal is
etill on the lookout for the men and
thinks he has found clue as to who they
were.
Mr. Bradshaw was in the city all day
yesterday and was compelled to repeat
the story Of the attempted hold-up many
times TO friends He is very modest about
the feat Of driving the robbers away and
thinks he has done only what any one
else would have done under the same cir
cumstances. Mr. Bradshaw has been
with the Santa Fe at Derby for the past
year. He is but a young man and acts
I'm the capacity of night station agent and
telegraph operator.
AS but very little money is kept on hand
at that station It Is not known just what
the robbers were after. Friday evening
five big cases of fine whiskey were I'M
loaded at the station and il Is thought
that maybe that was what the men were
after.