Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23
Former Mail Clerk Holds Up
Six Men in POstoffice Car
and Hides in Sleeper Of
Same Train.
DRAGGED FROM BERTH
M0RTALLY WOUNDED
Down, Out and Desperate Is
Prisoners Explanation Of
Futile Effort to Get Off
With Registered Packages.
By EvsaiaE HsraIS a. p. Lsssss wIr.I

tBy Evsaiag usraIa a. 2. Lsasse wlrs)
Topeka. Kan, Aug 2S.-The dar.
INK robber. who was shot and SER
I iously wounded by his own revolver
while resisting captdre, after he had
robbed the mail ear on Union Pacific
train No. i0i. which left Kansas city
Tor Denver at 1910 o'clock last night.
was still alive az a hospital here this
morning and has confessed to the
authorities today that his name ~
Willis Lonsbcrry. formerly OF Med
ford. ore, that he II an ex-raiiway
clerk. ana that hc has a wife and
two children In Ncdfurd.
Railroad officials hoped soon To
Induce him 10 dlvulge his name and
other Information regarding himself.
A holder stranger robbery on
train never has been recorded in the
history oi the Union Pacific railroad,
which has been the victim Of many
holdups. local officials OF the COM
pany said toCIy
The train, known a. the Denver
cypress carrying heavy mail. was
Just leaving Kansas CITY when man,
slender and about 30 years of age,
ran across the depot platform and
lcapod into the mail car through the
open door J - Withers, the clerk
in charge, turned and faced the man,
who lcyeicd a revolver al him with
rfa was commanded % bind aud gag
his five associates and not raise q
hand o. hr cared for his life. Withers
ohryod the command and bound and
gagged all hiss fellow workers. r. u.
Small'y Joseph Gaines G.. &C. Stew
art o. E Oldham and Robert Harts-
liu
TE" r.hAg-rthcn went an through
the registered pouches. suffing the
iich pH'kHgts into his pocket. After
securing the loot ne comma nded
Nitbeu tu unite his comrades, being
careful Co keep Am the clerks Cov-
erred with his revolver. A. BOHner
springs, whore the train made a
biiet stop, the rubber commanded tho
men 10 work the mail so aa not To
attract attention of persons az the
station
Whom Lawrence was reached. tho
rohb'r dropped quickly from the car
and ran towards the rear OF the train.
Withers quickly gave the alarm 90
the train crcW. a negro porter said
hr saw 90 man with pulging pockets
enter sleeping car
Conductor M g.. Smith hastily
summoned two Lawrence policemen.
ana all threo followed into the car.
The robhcr had hid himself In an
upper berth Smith .oldly pulled
aside the curtain aud made a grab
Tor h.m The robbrr raised the re-.
a
smith caught his hand and turned IL
back The bullet entered the mans
chest close tu the heart. He dropped
his weapon with O. curse aud moaned
with pain iu another minute the
conductor and the two policemen
dragged him into the aisle and pin.
Ion'd hls arms The robber how
even weak from loss OF blood, made
nu resistance. A physician On the
.ralu gave him temporary treatment
ana the uaiu proceeded 20 Topeka
Here tho sobher unable 10 talk. was
placed boo hospital
The only GLOW 10 m, mans Identity
yes s letter iu his pocket addressed
leo Mrs Wills LonSbvrry, Medf0rd,
Ire, R q. - 80 .,
Physicians attending the wounded
nan said taat he would recover The
'uited states authorities will remove
Iim from thc hospital 90 Jail
The rohber talked about the crime
oduy lie Insisted that he shot him
'rli purpuscly when cornered,
~ am sorry I did not kili myself"
boz said
The man, vino IN well educated.
vent ON calmly.
when "a man is up against Il. ID
y worse than people can possibly
,unW.'
ilr told why he climbed hack into
he same train he mad robbed.
~ thought that the Pullman of
hat train would ho the last place
hoy would look for me-"
lio refused 90 give his Identity.
~ viii protect my folks" he said.
To-day the police found another
ettcr in the mans clothing that may
lear his identity, n was addressed
@ Denver. The letter was turned
iNer to the postal authorities. who