Show TO DATS TELEGRAMS train robbers foiled with apt lead A forewarning SECURES THE ARREST OF THE GANG A california woman demonstrates possession Poss assion to be nine points ool what they af jlouis Jiin uary 19 an attempt was made upon the wabash train last nimit by robbers near missouri city the train was flagged and the engineer ordered out of his cab officials had information of the and a vollee from shotguns met the and the leader was shot down county officials are now in pursuit and some of the robbers have been captured officers had been warned of the impending attack and had an armed posse on the train at p m as colleys cooleys Coo leys lake one of the loneliest spots on the road was approached pro ached a red light was been gleaming ahead As the train slowed up alie engineer saw three masked men armed with rifles standing on the track get off there said the leader of tho three men the engineer complied and juat aa he reached alie ground an officer in the cab fired a shot from the cab this wae answered with from the three robbers which rattled around the engine but did no harm the men then retired As they moved back part of the posse came up from the woods where they had been in concealment and opened fire on the robbers about twenty shots were exchanged the jobse continued in pursuit of the bobbera and it is reported that one of the robbers lias been killed and two captured alie robbers are said to be farmers living in the neighborhood of missouri city one of them is said to have been a member of the james gang st louis january 19 telegrams to general manager hays from division superintendent mcgill say all of the would be robbers have been captured three of them were overtaken by the posse and the fourth barney sweeney the leader who stopped the train and who received a heavy load of shot in the breast from the man concealed m the engine cab was found in the woods where he had crawled after being wounded the plot wa by one of the gang named king who told grant arnold station agent at missouri what was going on arnold in turn in formed the sheriff of clay county and the latter organized a posse arnold was one of the posse and it was lie that shot sweeney king remained with the gang and signaled the train to stop but took LO other part in the robbery fatally wounded he is a well known tough and it was he who was concerned in the blackmailing scheme against general manager two or three the names of the would be train robbers are john P swiney not sweeney as previously reported the leader john hargrove noah drew and william A harris from the best information at liand at this writing john king who has figured all day as an informer is aoah drew the men have been taken 10 clay county jail at liberty the county seat hargrove Hargro vc has made a full confession and tell his story on the witness stand next wednesday when the men will have an examination it is not known here how badly is wounded but from brief telegrams from missouri city it is said there is intense feeling against him at that place and he will probably be lynched on a berlin january 19 karl a manufacturer has been arrested at Rt w fetui ning irom a branck of his works at nancy france the arrest was due to a confession made by dietz a spy recently arrested to the effect that had received money from the french government for revealing instructions given to alsatian railway authorities with reference to the operation of the lines in event of the mobilization of the german forces the police are searching houses in strasburg and seizing all compromising papers 81 liking cleveland january 19 grandma garfield is gradually sinking and it is thought she will not live more than a few days longer mrs G A garfield miss mollie garfield and one of the boys are in europe grandma garfield is at mendor the old homestead and is attended by her daughter mrs bo bridge negates A T january 19 the report was received this morning that two american prospectors were killed and two wounded a few days since on the yaqui river mexico by a band of eight Apa clies the party of five prospectors came upon them in a wild region in the bierre sierre madre mountains bebell locc men shakim january 19 the rebels have lost men in a battle col kitchener who was wounded in the fight has been obliged to go to cairo for rest and treatment xer cork january 19 airs crooke a cousin of dr cross who was executed recently has been arrested on a charge of starving her husband a genteman gentl man of property aged 57 who died a short time ago mrs crooke and her husband lived in the same neighborhood with the cross family there were stories of foul slay at that inquest at which several actors swore the deatle resulted from starvation the jury returned a verdict that the wife was responsible for her husbands death the woman waa admitted to ball she hold a the fort san francisco january 19 san diego california january 19 A year ago a rancher in moosa canyon named lewis stone went east during his absence a family named goen a widow with two sons and daughter took possession of his ranch and cabin on stones return he instituted legal proceedings ce to eject the parties his title to the property was confirmed and last sheriff breedlove Breid love went to tae possession the whole family of goens ted the officers of the law with revolvers breedlove Breid love the revolver from mrs goan who was at the door slie seized a gun and shot him in the face in the melee which followed citizen reed was fatally wounded by percy goen the married daughter of mia mi a goen was dently shot in the neck by her brother and fell dead freeman was beveraly bever cly stunned by a alow on tho head percy goen is shot through alie licad and ami fatally his sister andl brother wera dead when the officers retreated with their wounded and mrs goen till holds the fort declaring she will leave the place alive he tache I 1 out dublin january IS united ireland alkeos that government had arranged for alie arrest of canon who charged major roberts governor of cork County Jail with the corruption of young girls and canon keller but had been deterred aiom enforcing ake measure by an intimation that every catholic constable in cork ordered to take part in making the arrests would throw down his arms A woman swindler t penn january 19 miss jinyi brown a maiden lady residing here atho a considerable property has been swindled out of by a Philadelphia vroman who made investments for women she conducted a ladies bank and promised barg re turna for every dollar in vested an appeal denied in the church suit on wednesday lu the supreme court of the territory in the basof the united states ot america o late v s a S fr v r aar aa r corporation of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and others defendant the court said the application for the allowance of an appeal to the supreme court of the united states from the orders appointing a receiver herein submitted on the alth of january having been duly considered and the court being sufficiently advised thereon it is now hero ordered that such application and the appeal so asked be and they are overruled and denied mr kawlins alien asked that this cause he set for final hearing mr peters objected and it was ordered that the motion be set for hearing on the of january in the united states of america plain vs the perpetual emigrating fund company and others defendant mr rawlins asked that this cause be set for final hearing mr peters again objected and the of january was set as the time for hearing the motion mr peters also asked that a special examiner be appointed to take in and hearing thereon was set for the same time |