Show emedi SPOILS PREVENTS ROBBERY OF TRAIN AND passengers BY USE OF HIS WITS crowds on steam and runs past spot chosen by bandits on Ws engine for holdup of train sheriff shot in chase hock Ark Sheriff J E stanley of malvarn ark was wound ed shortly after midnight friday in a pitched battle between officers and bandits who had attempted to hold up southbound iron mountain passenger train no 3 near hero friday night the bandits escaped in the darkness sheriff stanley was shot in the foot but ho continued with his deputies in pursuit the battle occurred after the coolness of theodora P homard engineer of tho train thwarted an at tempted hold up alx miles south of malvern ark two masked men climbed into the engine cab and pointed pistols at the engineer and fireman go ahead they commanded dont stop until you see two campfire stop at the second one engineer bomrad put on all avail ablo steam and the train shot at a fifty mile speed stop theres the alre shouted ono of the bandits bomrad took his time about stop ping the heavy train and by the time ho brought it to a standstill it was a mile past the where it ts believed confederates of the two robbers were waiting the bandits alighted from the engine and disappeared |