Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-01-27

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then stole team and drove to Louis
Durg, in the east part of this county,
where they blew up the safe of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas depot,
tearing the safe and depot to pieces
and securing no booty. They drove
west to Somerset, about five miles,
where they abandoned their team and
came across the country toward Paola.
They we're surrounded and fired at
several times before they surrendered.
They were armed with new revolvers,
and sixty rounds of ammunition each,
and had enough nitroglycerin to blow
up the county.
Coulterville, ILL.,, Jan. 2i.-The
shooting ARRAY here last night at a
negro dance, in which Anna Humph-
rey was instantly killed, and four
others severely wounded, had an echo
at an early hour this morning. While
Joseph Duncan was going home from
the fight, in which he was a partici-
pant, a man at present unknown,
called to him fom the middle of the
street and inquired, els that DuR-
CAM" Receiving an affirmative an
swer, he emptied both barrels of a
shotgun into Duncan, perhaps fatally
wounding him.
There were at least seventy five
shots from shotguns and revolvers in
the danceroom, and, as the hall was
crowded, it is remarkable that only
one life was lost.
San Francisco, Jan. 2I.-Train rob-
bers stole the iron safe from the ex-
press car on the Southern Pacific Sun
set limited train northbound near San
Luis Obispo at an early hour this
morning and are reported to have Sc
cured $50, 900.
Wells Fargo & Co. deny this amount.
The train was running in two sections,
and it was on the second section that
the robbery occurred. The express
messenger returned from one express
car to another when he discovered
that the safe had been wrenched from
its fastenings and was missing. De-
tectives have been sent from San
Francisco to the scene of the robbery.
The officers who are seeking a clew
to the mysterious crime are headed by
Special Detective Thacker, of Wells
Fargo & Co., who is thoroughly ia
miliar with the section of the state
where the robbery occurred.
They have already learned that the
missing safe has been found in the
rough lands alongside of the track. 1t
was rifled of its contents, but the rob-
bers overlooked a good sized dia-
mond, and some valuable papers.
Andrew Christensen. manager of the
Pacific department of Wells Fargo Il
Co. says there was very little in the
safe but it is reported that one box
sent from Santa Barbara contained
$500. He added that Timothy Sulli-
van the messenger in charge of the car
is an old employee, and is thoroughly
reliable.
None of the passengers or trainmen
saw the crime committed which was
only discovered hen the messenger
returned to his car.
Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 21-Jacob
Schoenhover committed suicide at
Shawnee, Okla, this morning by sew
ering his head from his body with
butcher knife. He had been fined for
intoxication, and was working with
the street cleaning chain gang when
the deed was committed.
Johnstown, Pa, Jan. 2l.-As re-
suit of the breaking of the governor
belt, allowing an immense fly wheel
to run away, and burst, in the Cam
bria Steel compaDy's rail mill today,
three men are dead, three fatally in
jured, and six others severely injured.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. Oft is
feared that the entire population of
800 of the little town of Moundsville,
seventy miles southwest of here, has
been annihilated by a tornado which
swept that part of the state today.
Passenger trains report that they
have been unable to pass the wreckage
on the track and that apparently the
whole population of the place had
been killed.
Every wire to the town is down and
it is impossible to get any commune
alton from there dierct
Tuscaloosa, Ala, Jan. pa negro
section hand has just arrived here
from Moundsville. He says that the
place was totally destroyed by tor
nado this morning. Many people we're
killed and injured. He said that he
saw bodies in many places. Every
doctor here has gone to the scene.
The death list so far is estimated at
thirty.
Logansport, Ind, Jan. 22.-The Eel
and Wabash rivers are oTertiOwed as a
result of the breaking of the ice and
much property has been destroyed,
The whole section of Logansport is
flooded and the water is still rising.
Residents of the village of George
town we're rescued by boats.
STEAMERS BREAK MOORINGS.
Lorraine, Ohio, Jan. 22.-Great loss
has been caused here by the heavy
rains. Two large steamers broke their
moorings and now lie at the mouth of
the river. The Nickel plate railroad
bridge has been washed away and the
ship yards of the American Ship
building company are under water.
TRAFFIC is SUSPENDED.
Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 22.-The whole
section of the Miami valley is inun-
dated. Traffic between Cincinnati
aud Dayton has been suspended.
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