Show frustrated FELONS A Y bloss repels a of robbers roblin lin s from the railroad scarcely a day passes without some attempt being made to wreck a train capture the treasure box of wells fargo M cu ur r to rob the p as engers of their money and other valuables when the eastbound express train from froin san francisco readied reached montello about miles west of ogden about one this morning the engineer who was looking ahead saw some persons at several rods distance ahead of the engine with red lights thinking think in of course there was danger i he stopped the machino quickly and jumped off to see what that waa was the tile trouble lie ile soon saw that the tile switch had been burred to run the train on the side track ho ile went to the men and a saida aid ag d d n you why did you turn that switch swit chT the answer was a peremptory order from froin the road agents for such the villains proved tobe for the engineer enin en in to march into the water tank which was near by he ile obeyed those orders promptly for he lie saw a number of guns the muzzles of which were pointed at his head bead the robbers then took the fireman the brakesman and conductor odthe of the train and placed them under guard but temporarily released tho the en ginevr in r and ordered him to put the trait tr la on the ade track which he di did d the rascals then placed a guard over him and went for the ex express press car of wells fargo co which was in the charge olour of our townsman aaron Y roes ross the mess messenger euger he ile was all alone in the car the rob ac ihira ra roused the messen messenger er who nt lit to the door when he was ordered to 11 step tep out this he lie refused to do but shut and fastened the car door on the inside and put out his libb lights the robbers then procured a coal pick ck and commenced to break in the doors on each side of the car and started to fire in tho meantime ross had bad barrio harri code himself with boxes and returned the fire thereby keeping t the thieve thieves at bay they next went to uncouple the car cir and to detach it from the others rom then resumed firing briskly through the end of the car hoping to kill some of them or at least to prevent them from accomplishing ilig their purpose they then ascended to alie top odthe of the carat the other end from which they were dislodged by the fire from ross ram fire arms th they ey returned the fire briskly but without effect alter after smashing in the doors and fruitlessly sly attacking ross in in hia barricade they hunted around to find wood with aith which to set fire to the car but did not find any the messenger had bad already gent sent about 40 missiles after them but unfortunately did not hit any efthem of them that we vre know of the fight had bad continued about two hours when the westbound irain train from here reached the scene the conductor sir mr clement went to inquire the cause of the stop stoppage page when he was ordered te to board his train E and lud go right forward which he lie did quickly aa ass the command wa was enforced at the point of e r gun after continuing their efforts for some time longer to get possession odthe of the treasure box and being foiled the scoundrels moved off into the brush where they held a consultation for about half an hour they concluded dot to renew the conflict but mounted their horses and rodo rode away away tie they numbered seven men andrine and nine horses stran strange e to say they did not riot interfere with nith the ma mail il car or the ers they teok took about 16 in ill cash from our friend jimmy cassin cassill the conductor they took ais his watch and those odthe of the engineer fire fireman ninn and brakeman but they returned all the timepieces time pieces except the foremans firemans fi remans mr Ir rom Roee received a bullet wound in the first finger of his left hand band it entered near the end and came nut above the knuckle on his arrival here dr J D carnahan dressed tho ilia wound and although the bravo brave express man anvill will not be ablo able to use uie that hand band for a week or two the wound is not considered dangerous don e no one else was wits hurt mr A Y ross is one of the moat most valiant ali ant valuable and faithful messengers well wells fargo fa r A ez co have have in their employ ali his ii life hae b several times ere this been placed in ill jeopardy while protecting their trea ure from road agents ai he C b has a been considerably cut up and severely wounded waun ivaun ded but fortunately his hi life has been spared ho ile has often expressed his determination to die rather than give up to the robbers the tile property committed to his custody such services Eer vices will we hupe be appreciated and rewarded ns as they to be by those whom it mott most concerns |