The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-08
CRIMINAL AGAIN |
IN LINZ: LIGHT
BOLD TRAIN ROC5ER STARVES
HIMSELF IN NEW YORK
PRISON.
OES: RTfD BY KINSNEN
Years Ago He Blinded Himself in
Hope They Would Aid Him
Forced TO Take Food
His Career.

/ New York. Nov. THE news n
lceaved from Dannemcra prison thi
weal that Oliver Clrtiss Perry
Islowly starving himself to death /
THAT institution has revived memorie
CT this daring and noted crinina
who seventeen years ago startled tn
entire country VITA the boidness .
his trail robbing exploits.
The crime for watch Perry is "
serving practically a life sentenc,
was the re bbery of the American Elk
press CtmIanN's special train on Feb
Il. 1892 One car of the train wa.
known as the money car, In 1t wa
sent the specie from the Unite
States treasury for western banks
On the day of the robbery the traia
left Syracuse at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing The money car was next to TIN
rear coach. When they were nearias
Weedsport Perry, who had ridden or
top of the money car from Syracuse
let himself over the side OF the ear
by means Of a rope. He mashed l.,
the glass with his revolver and order
ed the messenger to throw up his
hands The messenger shot at PERI j
Then Perry shot him twice. Perry
climbed into the car and there was {
desperate fight.
The conductor heard the row am
stopped the train. Then he locke
out. Perry locked out Of the expires
car when the train stepped, saw thu
conductor. and shot at him. The con
ductor sent a brakeman back to tn
next station to telegraph along til
line that they had train robber on
beard Then they went on to Port
Byron. They stepped at the static
and took care Of the messenger, who
was badly wounded. Perry had dis
At Lyons. where the next
stop was made. there was big crowd
Perry was in the crowd He had evi
IDENTITY got off the further side of tha
train when it stood in the station.
The conductor recognized him and
made a rush for him Perry kept the
crowd back with his revolver and
ran across the tracks to where a coal
train was standing. He uncoupled tht
engine and jumped into the cab and
ordered the engineer and fireman &c
get out of sight Then he pulled the
throttle open and started at top speed
The express trains engine was un
coupled and party started after him
When they We're about to ovettak
lin he stopDed his engine, reversed
ind started back AS he passed hi!
,rrsuers. who were en- another tract
he fired two shots through the cal
window. The pursuing engine was
{ versed. and backed after him. PER-! |
vent ahead again. As he passed his |
,drsrers this time he shot through |
he cab again. The men On the pu'
uing engine found they could net
atch him and went back to Lyons |
Jerry found the steam giving ont an
handoned the engine, He ther
tarted across the country. Finally |
e was captured at Newark
He was afterward convicted and
to Auburn prison for Ions
erin of years He had served about
year and half when he was trans
erred to Mattewan as incurably in
iae When he had been in Mattewan
bout two years he and four other In
lates escaped from that institution
late hour in the night. 1t YVES
sveral weeks before he was again
captured and he was then trans
FRED 10 Dannemora,
He has been a source of constant
-orble to his keepers and the news
rat he has refused to eat for -four
ears and that il has been necessary
uTing all that tine to force nourisf
.ent down his threat through a tube
Des not surprise these aequaintef
it'll the desperate character Ct th'
IAN. One Of the Emost remarkabl,
atures OF the case Is that he is stone
lind. having himself ruined his eyes
the. hope that his relatives, VIII
eserted him years ago. would come
, his aid