Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-21
HoLDUP ON SOUTHERN.
Bandits Rob Train No. 36 at White
Sulphur, Ga.

The Southern Railways train NO.
36. from New Orleans to New YORK,
was made the victim of a regulation
hold-up at White Sulphur, Ca. last
Saturday morning at shortly after z
o'clock, and the express car was rob-
bed Of a large sum Of money, now
commonly understood to be not less
than $4,000.
The hold-up was a thorough going
Job, carefully planned and we'll car
ried out from start to finish. AS the
train approached White Sulphur, En-
gineer ]. D. FAINT saw red light
swinging across the track several
hundred yards ahead, and Immediately
began to slow down his train. Just
as the train stopped a man climbed
into the cab and told the engineer
that there was a broken rail some dis
tance ahead A few moments after
ward another man climbed into the
other side Of the cab and after the
new comers had covered the engineer
and fireman with their revolvers, they
volunteered the information that the
broken rail story was hoax, and that
the stopping Of the train meant a
hold-up.
The engineer and fireman had al
ready been searched for arms, ana the
bandits having satisfied themselves
that there was no danger on this
score. one Of them remained with the
engineer and fireman while the other
got down to look after the express car,
and made an effort to cut 1t loose
from the engine.
The bandit who went to cut the ex-
press car loose, did not know now
and was unable to do the job, so ne
went back after the engineer, ordering
him to come with a shovel. On re-
turning to the car the bandit ordered
the messenger to open the door; but
the messenger being little slow ABOUT
the matter, the fellow told him that
unless the door was opened forthWitn
the car would be blown up with dyna-
mite. The door was opened without
any more parley, and as the messen-
ger appeared the robber covered him
with his revolver.
Two of the bandits entered the eX-
press car, placed stick Of dynamite
on the large safe and touched 1t on.
The explosion failed to break the safe
They next tried the same thlng WIN
the smaller safe, after heaping dirt on
the dynamite, and the safe was SMASH
ed 20 pieces. The car was also badly
wrecked, hole being blown through
the roof.
After the contents Of the safe, in
Guiding packages of bills and bags of
coin had been removed, the bandits
called their fellows, some six or seven
in all, and the party backed away
from the train until they reached the
edge of the woods, when they turned
and moved away at more rapid pace.
Only one shot was fired during the
hold-up. The passengers, most or
whom were asleep, knew nothing
about what was going on forward; but
as the result of the explosion or the
dynamite, several passengers pegan
piling out Of the door In spite OF the
warnings of the conductor, who trled
to keep them in. But as they reached
the ground the robbers who were
guarding the coaches, made them nus
tie back, emphasizing the argument
with a pistol shot that whizzed close
to the face of John Bruce, who was
on his way from New Orleans to East
Waltham, Mass. Bruce and those
with him did not wait for a second
shot.
Conductor Mooney said to a news
paper man in Charlotte that when the
train stopped, he got out to see what
the trouble was, and ran into man
who put a pistol in his face. The
man, who wore a mask, said, you
get back into that car d-n you 1t
is more or less common for some OF
the men Of the crew to be up to prac-
tical jokes and Conductor Mooney
thought this was one. He brushed
the mans pistol aside, and told him
to stop his foolishness but the fellow
readjusted his aim. Informed him that
it was a hold-up, that they were after
the money in the express car and that
If he was not d-n fool he would get
back on the train. 1t was after this
that the pistol shot was fired at the
passengers.
Engineer FAINT said that he only saw
three men. They wore masks OF white
cloth that concealed their faces from
their eyes down. The leaders, how
ever, called upon the men by numbers
instead of by names in giving orders,
and used numbers as high as seven
One of the men the engineer saw. he
thought was a westerner, and another
he thought was from the north. Two
others that he heard speak were
and he was inclined to the
opinion that all were white.
After the robbery had been effected,