| Show MESSENGER ON r THE SANTA FE FOULLY Y SLAIN SUIN 0 o A ABailey Bailey Struck Down by byR Robbers R While Taking a Nap SAFES RANSACKED AND LARGE AMOUNT SECURED BODY OF OF VICTIM DISCOVERED AT NEWTON KAN REWARD OFFERED FOR MURDERERS Newton Kan March 23 10 O A Bailey Daile an express messenger r of or the company was killed by an unknown per person Eon son on Santo Santa Fe Pe train No o 16 between Florence and Newton early this morn ing The murder was a very brutal one with Ith robbery as the object Both safes sates the tho local and the through sates safes were ransacked and at least 1000 In money and find some Jewerly taken The exact amount the robbers secured III it not known Body Found FoLind With Skull Crushed The rhe dead body bod of or Messenger Bailey was found at 4 this thIn morning when the tho train reached Newton It t was str ched on the floor of ot the car the head beaten to a pulp and lying In a pool of or blood The back of ot the skull was w crushed and the end of or the car whore It was lying was wa spattered with blood The blood bood patters reached to the ceiling There was Yas no evidence of or any an struggle the In pointing to the committing of ot the murder while the messenger was before he could offer otter resistance Bailey Balle was vas last seen Reon alive at Strong City CIt At Peabody some one opened the car door Just enough to throw out a package e of or wah way bills and then closed It quickly Tim Tho T custom of the messenger messen er had been to go RO to sleep soon after aCter leaving Flor Florence Florence ence ne and it is probable that he ho did this last night After being struck while slopping and rendered unconscious his body bod rolled to the floor and the robber after alter beating his hilt head covered It with the dead cad mans coat One blow was struck at the mans face with some sharp instrument evidently a hatchet which broke the Jaw bone From irom the dead mans pockets tho the keys were removed and the safes s ransacked Then the keys were put hack back into Baileys overcoat the coat folded and put in his grip where it was found later Theories of the Officers Two theories are held by the officers Ono Is la that the robbers entered the car unobserved at Emporia Strong City or orsome orsome some Iome other point along the line and con concealed concealed concealed themselves until a II favorable op to commit the robbery robber occurred and the other Is that Bailey Balle admitted somebody orne bod he knew and considered a N friend when hen the train slowed down at atthe atthe atthe the Missouri Pacific crossing In the east part of or Newton two men wore were seen by b the engineer to jump from the train and ami amirun run south The south door of or the ex express express express press car ear was was found open when the tho train reached tho the Newton depot It Is believed thee th le men were the robb rs and that they made a detour around the business part of ot town to the west yards of or the Santa Fe where they the may ma have boarded hoarded Santa Fe train No IT Ii which left the depot twenty minutes after alter No arrived Three mysterious characters were tak tal taken taken en fOn oft off the blind baggage of ot this train when it reached Wichita and held for Investigation Tho The officers were notified as soon as the murder and anti robbery were discovered and within a hour posses were scouring the country countr A reward of or 1000 has been offered by the Ex Express Express press company compan for the apprehension of or orthe the guilty It parties partie fp tp to this evening no trace of at the robbers had been found round The murdered man was about TO years ears of lUte axe and was only on I recently married Itis home was In Kansas City Mo Io Late tu W p the day a hatchet on which was as blood and hair hall was picked up at Wagner a small station between Florence and Peabody This Is supposed to the Instrument used In killing Bailey Balle |
