Show MESSENGER SLAIN BY BANDITS masked men rob train and kill guardian of the treasure box three tarco masked men held up the oregon express at copley cal killed express messenger oneia and carried off the contents ol of the treasure box the train is known as no 13 15 sul and stopped slopped at al copley a small station for or water tho the robbers blew up the car and killed the messenger before getting the treasure the highwaymen forced the train crew to uncouple the front engine and compelled its engineer to draw them to keswick sta station tion five miles south where they dis embarked and disappeared according to the story from wick the robbery occurred shortly before 11 As the train which was southbound reached copley near keswick three men lumped jumped on board boar it and cut the train in two taking the engine and express car doa down a the track a distance they stopped the engine and demanded in that messenger oneill open n the tha express car ile he refused whereupon they blew up the express car call with dynamite and deliberately killed oneill by shooting him through the head the bandits then robbed the express car of its contents but it is not known how bow much they got after robbing the express car the men cut the car loose and getting on the engine compelled engineer joe sink to go ahead when near kes kea wick the men dropped off the engine and disappeared in the night with their plunder |