The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-17
OUTLAWS BLOW SAFE. AT ALEXANDER CITY. AND SHOOT SHERIFF. Appeals Sent to Birming- ham for Dogs and
 Deputies SAFE AT AUBURN
 IS ALSO ROBBED Believed Gang Is Same as Bandits Who Held up A. c. S. Train
 Recently-Sheriff Lynch
 May Die

A long distance telephone message from Alexander City at midnight last evening received al the sheriffs office stated the sheriff of that county, Tallapoosa, had been shot in the stomach and was not expected to live through the night and that deputy sheriff had been shot and seriously injured by a gang who passed through that city yesterday and whom Sheriff Lynch suspects of being the notori- ous train robbers who held up an Alabama Great. Southern train in Mississippi some time ago. The person who called up was the chief deputy sheriff of that county. He also stated that this same gang had blown up the postoffice safe there and ob- tained sll00 in cash and large lot of stamps. He appealed for help from Sher- if McAdory and wanted dogs sent down immediately.
 The chief deputy sheriff left another message with the telephone operator at Alexander City, which gave the details in the matter According to his statement about dark this gang of men rode down to the postoffice, blew the safe and secured Sl1o0 in cash and a large lot of stamps, Sheriff Lynch immediately formed a posse and followed the gang They took q roundabout way and ar. rived back in Alexander City just ir time for the Birmingham >rain to Coium bus, Ga.
 1t was here that the shooting started Sheriff Lynch and his men attempted tc keep the gang from boarding the trair and succeeded at the probable cost of the life of the sheriff and one deputy.
 During the shooting one Of the gang dropped suit case and in their haste to leave this was left. From evidence found in the suit case Sheriff Lynch says that they are undoubtedly the gang who held up the New Orleans limited on the Ala bama Great Southern some time ago in Mississippi also that they are gang of notorious safe blowers.
 After the fight at the station, another posse was formed and together they went after the outlaws. Al the time the message was received in Birmingham they had the gang surrounded in a swamp near Alexander City and wanted Sheriff McAdory to send down his dogs and a dog warden so as to advance in safety on the train robbers.
 Deputy Sheriff Jim Bonner left here early this morning on the Central of Georgia train Number 3s, with three dogs, and the dog warden at Number . prison accompanied him with three more dogs.
 Alexander City, Ala, July 16-A posse led by the sherlffs of Taliapoosa and Lee counties engaged in a gun fight here to- night with a man who is believed by tn. officers to be the robber who blew oper the post office safe at Auburn. Ala, las night and escaped with about $500 Sheriff Lynch of Tallapoosa was wounded but not seriously in the fight during which more than twenty shots were fired The supposed robber made his escape but the officers believe he was wounded and that his capture is a matter of but a few hours.
 Opelika. July 1s.-The Iron safe fin the postoffice at Auburn, Ala, the college town seven miles west Of this city, was blown open last night and eight hundred dollars stolen. The building was consid- erably damaged by the explosion and the vault was wrecked.