Show A DESPERATE CONFLICT POLICE POLICEMEN AND BURGLARS BATTLE ON BOARD A TRAIN Blex mexican ican indians on the warpath karpath A bookkeepers awful work tiie the hilling hillin in of terry alleged to have been the climax of a conspiracy wilmington march ag while railroad detective hutchind Hut chini and policemen smith S th and lockerman were in the delaware station at dover at 3 a in four men supposed to be tho the burglars who blew up five in milford on sunday night entered and bought tickets for wilmington when the norfolk train arrived the four men boarded it the officers also got gat on after the tra train I 1 n got t under way and w was as running thirty in miles 01 ei an hour detective hutchins approached ap pro ach id one of the men who wha was sitting by himself and said 1 I want you there is is no use trying to get away now As lie be said this hutchins put a revolver at the mans head like a flash the man struck the officers arm and threw it up the revolver dropping with tho the other hand the man knocked hutchins down then the man began to shoot at the detective tec tive conductor lewis entered the car and told the men to cease firing or he would stop the train one of the men at once covered lewis and held him in a corner the two policemen th then en attempted to capture the three men but were promptly hold held up in a corner of the cir car several more shots were exchanged and the eight or ten passengers dodged behind seats one of the men tried to escape through the water closet the four men finally got on the platform of the car and more shots were exchanged officer smith was shot through the finger the excitement was now intense and the four men sprang from the train and disappeared one burglar who was shot was captured and died in dover jail at 9 p in without vit hout giving any clue to his identity except to say his hia name was john burns and that lie ho lived in philadelphia delp delphia bia ila he had wonderful nerve never moaned or uttered a complaint and absolutely refused to talk to the end he had 30 90 in his pocket he refund to see a priest |