| Show TRAIN HELD UP I 1 tho fireman piea killed ar aad aone one robber bobber captured SAN tex june 28 tile the boldest attempt at a train robbery that ever occurred in texas took place this afternoon near breckenridge the affair resulted in tile the killing of F IL 11 martin fireman and th the e capture captai e of one 0 of f the ibe robbers who gives his name as J 1 13 may a cowboy the train was tho the sin san antonio arkansas pass which left hero here at al at brek lanridge enrid e the train stopped to take water wate r aud as sho she pulled out robber may climbed up tip on the tender and with a pistol in each hand band ordie ordered red the engineer and f fireman ireman to throw up their hands engineer tierney obeyed but martin made a movement as though 1 he tic was about to secure a pistol and the robber b began egan pouring lead into martin keeping tierney covered fill 11 the time martin fell dead a pd his body rolled on the track where it was run over the other two robbers when they saw the lead dead body fall out of the cab jumped from their position on oil tile the baggage cat car and mido made for the brush robber may j jumped into the eat cab and ordered engineer tierney to run the train ae across ross the indian ri river bridge instead of complying lie he put on the air brakes and the train came to a standstill with a parting shot at the engineer the robber jumped from tho the engine and started up tho the tr track ack on a hard run conductor steele rushed into the engine and cutting it loose from the train started in pursuit findan Fin finding din that he be could not escape over the cridge bridge the robber took to tle the brush conductor steele started sin single gle handed an and d chased him firing as lie he went three robbers at the bridge commenced firing in and the v yu flats iv were ere ie returned turned by the on cn g gincer i i n c e r lla r M avro the robbers at tile the bridge dl cli feared leaving a Win winchester wincheste chest r behind A un united cited states r marshal and posse went down ou on ft special ci C it train and are arc now low ii in i p pursuit J U t may the man mail w who ho was cap captured ture refuses to make any sta statement t f further 11 their intention intonti oil tc than it was rob tho the ex express press and passengers |
