The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-08
WAS MOST DARING CRIMINAL
Whose Remarkable Exploits Startled
the Entire country.-story Of
Robbery Of the Money Car.
Sensational Capture.
by Associated Press.

WIN '"'' 'liN'i 'ul 'SN l'llN - !
slowly starving himself to death In
that institution has revived memo.
rics Of this daring and noted Grim
iual, who seventeen years ago star
tied the entire country with the
bo'dnoss Of his tram robbing eX
ploits.
The crime for which Perry is now
serving practically life sentence
was the robbery Of the American
Express companys special train ON
Feb. 81. 1892. one car Of the train
was known as the money car. In
It was sent the specie from the
United States treasury for Western
bankers.
On the day of the robbery the
train left Syracuse at 3 o'clock in
the morning. The money car was
next to the rear coach When they
were nearing Weedsport, Perry who
had ridden on top of the money car
from Syracuse. let himself over
the side of the car by means OF "A
rope. lie smashed the glass with
his revolver and ordered the messen-
ger to throw up his hands. The
messenger shot at Perry Then Per
ry shot him twice. Perry climbed
into the car and there was des-
perate fight
The conductor heard the row and
stopped the train. Then he looked
out. Perry looked out OF the eX-
press car when the train stopped.
saw the conductor and shot at him.
The conductor sent brakeman
back to the next station to tele-
graph along the line that they had
a rain robber on board. Then they
weH on to Port Byron. They stop
Iped at the station and took care
of the messenger, VINO was badly
wounded. Perry had disappeared
At Lyons. where the next stop was
/ "uo ~ blb 'ip"us VI y
Twas In the crowd He had evi
dently got off the further side OF
the train when II stood In the sta
ton.
The conductor recognized him and
made rush for him. Perry kept
the crowd back with his revolver
and ran across the tracks 10 where
a coal train was standing. He un
Occupied the eugine and jumped into
the cab and ordered the enigneer
and firemen to get out OF sight
Then he pulled the throttle open
and started at top speed. The ex
press trains engine avs uncoupled
and a party started after him.
when they were about to over
; take him he stopped his engine
: reversed IT, and started back. As
he passed his pursuers. who were
on another track, he fired two shots
through the cab window. The pur
: suing engine was reversed and back
7 ed after him. Perry went ahead
= again. As he passed his pursuers
) this time he shot through the cal
again. Then men on the pursuing
, engine found that they could not
catch him and went back to Lyons
Perry found the steam giving out
and abandoned his engine. He then
started across the country. Finally
he was captured at Newark.
II He was afterward convicted and
sentenced 10 Auburn prison for q
! long term OF years. He had served
. about a year and a half when he
: was transferred to Mattewan as in
curably insane. When he had been
/ at Mattewan about two years he
| and four inmates escaped from that
institution at late hour in the
night. II was several weeks before
: he was again recaptured and was
then transferred TO Dannemora
He has been source OF constant
trouble to his keepers and the news
that he has refused TO eat for four
years and that II has been necessah-
ry during AL that time to force
nourishment down his throat through
a tube does not surprise those ac-
! quainted with the desperate char.
acter OF the man. One OF the most
remarkable features OF the case is
that he is stone blind, having him
self ruined his eyes in the hope
that his relatives. who deserted him
Years ago, would come to his aid.