Show toad Agents < Deaver 24Pdvate Ward l received in this city 8tatea lhjasi mail and expre train On the sout ern Pacific was robbed by cowb cowbcB8f this afternoon at Gage station near minga Arizona close to tbe ll1m New Mexican line The robbery is reported to be a very heavy one Tbe train was wrecked and the express tureen ger chot and killed No further par ticnlars aro obtainable to nigbt Further particulars from the tran robbery on lhe5oatb8rn Paclficgiatea that the engineer was the person killed inttead of Ke expr as messen ger The train was wrecked by robbers epreading the rails then firing revolvers to frighten the passengers pas-sengers none cf whom were hurt I Troops have been ordered in pursuit of the robbers It is not yet known tbi amount taken Kansas City Mo 24 Times Socorro N M News reaches here tonight of a train wrecking and robbery four miles east of Gage I station and thirteen miles east of Demins As the eastboimd Southern Pacific passenger train passed that point this afternoon it was stopped by a party of Sfveo cowboys who opened fire About twenty shots were tired and Webster the engineer en-gineer was killed The robbers removed re-moved a plate and spread the rails throwing the engine mail car one coach and the front end uf a sleeper from the track A brakeman who escaped tonight gives the first ac count which is very meagre The robbers hung round the wreck until night and then left taking about S700 from the express Full particulars are not learned as the train has not yet reached Deming The commanding officer has been telegraphed and pursuit will be prompt and vigorous I San Francisco 25 Deming special I spe-cial The cowboys who robbed the Southern Pacific train yesterday I succeeded in escaping iato Mexico I No further particulars |