Show H santa fe train held up but the bandits get no swag instead by a carefully laid trap they receive a big dose of buck shot sept 18 the colorado and express on the santa fe was held up by robbers at a ra today As the railroad and express officials had a epy on the trail of the bandits when they stopped the train they were met with a hall of buckshot and bullets and it la bald at least two are dead in the surrounding sur woods while as many others rode for their rendezvous twenty one miles awaya rid t died with bullets they shot died prescott the engineer before they even cave him reliance to bold up his bands t his wound it is believed will not prove fatal when the train lett chicago at 1 last evening railroad t all walking are enela climbed on at every elation among them were chief detec alve J J kenny of the santa ve and J A matthews who has been acting as for two weeks and getting news of the robbers plans the latter brought news that the robbers early in the day bad decided to leave their hiding place near memphis at last evening and make their third attempt to get rich at the expense of the express company they expected to make a haul of about at fort madison iowa division superintendent in blockton of the wells fargo express got into the treasure car he car ried a sawed off winchester that one be longed to 11 dalton with him opre four men detectives kenny and mont boarded the engine at blockton and two bood shots tarried in the express car in the forward end of the brook ing car shut oaf by a parti lion from the rest of the car a dozen me were placed each had a gun with every cartridge loaded and especially for the event with a doze buckshot at 2 when sheriff saling of scott county climbed on board all the details of the surprise party were arranged according to the report brought by matthews to spy would endeavor to be the one who flawed the train if so one torpedo would precede the swinging of the lantern orders were given that no mi tier if every one of the robbers got away there was to be no shooting to endanger the life of the spy who had tn fact kiiken bis life in hie hands in order to frustrate the attempted robbery in the little compartment part ment filled armed men the lights were out and the windows up in each seat were two men fitting sideways the muzzles of their guns lost a trifle over the 1 them stood other with winchesters at half cock resting across their arms As out from between two high embankments just one mile from gorin sped the train there came the looked for signal and not fifty yards away was swinging a red light within twenty seconds the trail was at a stand still out from the benso undergrowth northy if the track four forms the face of each hidden by a black mask one rushed to the engine almost before his companion could reach tho ex press car within ten feet of the tender be pointed hie rifle at dad prescott the white bearded engineer and s u shouted hold up your bands pulled the trigger and daa fell to the floor with a ballet in his right breant with one bound kenny gained ohp too of the tender and bringing bri neing his gun to his shoulder sent a shower of shot almost into the faco of abo masked man how the fellow managed to move fix inches Is a mystery but he did and made for the woods the shot which laid engineer prescott low was the signal fora also the signal for a hasty retreat ot the robbers to the shelter of the timber they fired two shots but although men were leaning from the car windows and pulling their triggers as fast as possible while others were after the robbe s on foot they failed to bit a man the place where their horses were tied was soon found A cut hitching strap showed that one man at least had life enough to escape the search for the dead and wounded was postponed until daylight but the chase after the one or who escaped was started within ten minutes it Is not likely the passengers in the far end of the smoker those who were dozing in a chair car and the half a dozen wakeful ones in the sleepers will aver forget their experience with the first shot every man near a window opened hand looked out with the second be drew bis bead in and dropped on the floor the cry train robbers went through ahn train and women went down on their knees and screamed twice before last nights attempt the bandits started for the spot selected for the robbery and each time a copious fall of rain baffled them the santa fe and wells careo officials received a tip of the contemplate raid nearly three weeks ago and ever since then not leas than half a dozen secret service men have been on the train until the danger point was passed TWO OF THE BOBBERS Keokuk Iowa sept 18 five farmers living three miles north of arabella mo we the men who held ap the santa fe train at boorn last eight two charles abrams and lincoln overfield aare captured at memphis mo abrams was six times wounded ani cannot recover memphis mo deot 18 W D acdan lei who advised the of fie plot time and place of the santa fe train robbery went last with 0 E abrams link overfield and two others to ooran As the train neared boorin the engineer noticed a switch signal light had been removed he heard a torpedo explode saw the signal flag waived and be the train abrams the leader of the gang ran to the engineer end called out weve cot you hold up your hands the engineer was a little alow in responding and abrams shot him detective kinney who was concealed in the tender rose and shot abrams in the shoulders with a double barrelled barrel led shot gun loaded with buckshot abrams and the other robbers started for the brush abram hon e was killed the officers scoured the brush but did not fand the robbers the officers came to mem out warrants located abrams and Over neld and brought them to jail abrams will die the officers refuse to give the names of the two others implicated all are residents of this county |