The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15
Two BULLETS
FOIL ATTEMPT
TO ROB TRAIN
Express Messenger Kills One
Robber, Wounds Second
and Routs Band Empty
Handed at Lonely Station.
PASSENGERS UNHURT
tBXI Associated Press.)


TUSCON, Arizona, May 15.-With
two well-directed bullets, Express Mes
senger H. Stewart early today frus-
trated spectacular attempt by eight
masked bandits to rob Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific train No. 8, the
Golden State Limited, bound from
Chicago to Los Angeles. Stewart kill
ed one of the robbers, apparently
wounded a second, and routed the
band single-handed.
Passengers were not molested in the
holdup which was staged at 10 a. m,
in an isolated spot near Jaynes, a
flag station, eight miles west of Tus-
con.
The slain bandit was recognized by
Sheriff Daniels, of TinaI county, as
that OF a poolroom habitue. The man
wore rubber gloves.
Beside the body was found a sack
of dynamite evidently intended to
blow strong boxes in the mail and
baggage cars. A red fuse, railroad
stop signal, was used to halt the linn
tied.
Three masked men boarded the en-
gine and fourth stood guard over
the passenger coaches. With revol-
vers levelled, they forced tramp they
discovered riding the blind baggage"
10 assist them in uncoupling the mail
and express cars.
The engineer. obeying orders of the
armed trio, rolled the cars about
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four other masked men were waiting
in an automobile
Gang Opens Fire
When Conductor Madigan looked
out of the vestibule of a passenger
coach to ascertain what had occurred,
a member of the bandit gang opened
fire.
Meanwhile Stewart. the express
messenger, had thrown open the door
of the baggage car.
When Stewart saw that Madigan
was in danger, he killed with one shot
the bandit who had fired at the con-
ductor. Stewart then wheeled ana
sent another bullet at four robbers
who were advancing on the baggage
and mail cars
One. apparently hit. staggered and
SAOulCu " HIS linen all
seven turned and scurried to two auto
mobiles and sped west.
The slain bandit, Tom Dugat, was
the proprietor of goat ranch a short
distance west of Tucson, but passed
much time in pool halls here.
Sheriff Daniels announced a large
force of deputies had been dispatched
and was hot upon the heels of the
bandit gang.
Reports that a second member of
the bandit gang was dead were de-
MED, All southern Arizona highways
for $50 miles in every direction were
carefully guarded, particularly those
toward the Mexican border, where it
was suspected the bandits would di-
rect their flight
CHICAGO, May 15.-One member of
band of ten men attempting to hold
up the Golden State Limited on the
Rock Island lines from Chicago to
Los Angeles, was killed late yester-
day in a gunfight between the train
crew and the bandits, near Jaynes,
according to dispatches re-
"eived here cary today. The bandits
failed to get any loot
According to d. NJ Madageu, con.
ductor on the train, the holdup oc-
Cured one mile from Jaynes, Ariz.,
when group o: eight or ten men flag
ged The tain. The conductor seeing
the cars slow down epped on the
platform of the coach but shots from
the bandits forced him inside
The express and mail Ears we-e cut
off from the coach and sleepers and
pulled down the track few car
lengths. On falling to gain entrance
to the cars. The robbers fled. firing
several shots at Engineer Reed.
Passengers were not molested
The train left Chicago Friday at
$50 p. m and was due in Los Angeles /
at 1:30 p m. today.