Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-28

knew of the Eureka robbery. and the
| boy suspected that the men he had
seen were the robbers in hiding.
On the fourth day after the robbery
q farmer walking along the railroad
| track not far from the mill met a red
headed man who babe him good morn
ing and seemed disposed to chat, final
ly turning the subject to the where
abouts of Bunker and his men. The
farmer told him it was generally be-
lieved that the gang had got so far
away with their plumber that 1t was
not likely to be recovered. When the
two parted the red headed man, who
was one of the gang accommodating,
went to the mill and reported to Bun
ker what he had heard.
1t was determined by Bunker and
his men to stop the afternoon train
and leave the region on 1t. Half an
hour before it was due the four men
left the mill, crossed the creek, and
when the train came along Bunker
signaled 1T to stop. The engineer obey
ed the signal. and the robbers got
aboard. one man climbing to the en-
CINE, another TO the baggage car, while
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red headed man, entered the only pas
senger car.
The conductor as soon as the men
entered the train asked Bunker what
he meant by stopping the train.
do you suppose we were going to
walk five miles to a stationf
The conductor grumbled, but the men
paid their fare, and there was nothing
more said about the matter.
At the next station two farmers and
their wives got aboard. After a con-
sultation Bunker sent the man with
him forward with a message to the two
others. The train passed the next sta
ton without stopping The conductor
pulled the cord connecting the engine.
but with no effect. Then Bunker said
to him:
Conductor, I'm In charge Of this
train. We're not going to do any
more stopping just now, and we're go
ing to move at full speed. You sit
down there and keep quiet"
The conductor obeyed the order, but
one of the farmers protested. He
said that he and his wife were ticket
ed for the station just passed and
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told him to shut up so fiercely that
he obeyed the order at once.
The man who had gone forward
came back and said something to
Bunker which seemed to be satisfac-
tory. The train was running at full
speed, and the two men were evident
" much pleased at their chance for
escape Each held a revolver In his
hand, though no one disputed their
will. One of the farmers wives gave
evidence of Mysteries, while the other,
appearing to rely upon being a WON
an, berated the robbers soundly. Her
husband begged her TO be quiet, while
the husband of the other woman tried
to keep his wife from collapse. The
few other passengers In the car sat
still, not daring TO move a finger. AS
for the conductor, he sat crouched
down in a seat trembling Ike a leaf.
One of the farmers and his wife
were on one side of the car, and the
other pair were a few seats behind
them On the opposite side, both being
near the middle. Bunker stood with
his back against the forward door,
while the red headed man stood In a
similar position with regard to the
rear door The woman who had pro-
tested got up from her seat and turn
ed It over so that she would ride
backward. The robbers made no OBJ