Show highwaymen holdup a train one of the robbers is captured A well laid plan but not huch boodle officers with bloodhounds are in pursuit luceon I 1 notwithstanding the fact that a territorial law is in force which makes train robbery a capital offense a ganz of desperate characters bare renewed a line of business which it was believed would acain darken the criminal history of arizona by boldine up at 1 this luor eighty six miles west of tucson the eastbound overland the robbery was no a success it was planned all right it was carried out all right but the work from a financial was a failure the bobbera secured less than cared a number of people so badly that their complexion will not be natural in color for several days and paved well the way for their departing from this world in the near future by the rope route the officers are now out on the tra il of the bandits and are confident the capture of the entire party in a day or oneff the robbers now lies in the jail at intense pain from five wounds inflicted by sheriff murphy of maricola maricopa Mari copa county As the overland was leavans maricola maricopa Mari copa a brakeman discovered throe men on the blind baggage and ordered them to beet off they refused and before the brakeman knew what was goine on he was looking down the barrels ot three big six shooters jie ceased 1 at once and extinguished the light in his lantern as directed by one of the men who at the same time discharged dischar eed his pistol in the air engineer and fireman benj the hearing the pistol hot came to the conclusion that something was wrong and holiday up about this time a voice came from the tender saying hands up you di when abo men in the cab turned about they saw a man u giant in statue bis faan masked armed with a winchester lie covered with a winchester who at the time of Int eruption was busily eat bis lunch the train proceeded to about a mile east of maricola maricopa Mari copa where it came to a standstill the robber so ordering two men emerged from a clump of trees by the road and joined the other robbers who by thi time deemed to be every where at once conductor martin alieh tid to ascertain the trouble and immediately two bullets whistled uncomfortably near hie head and he beard these words get back on the train yoa little or we will fill you full of lead martin obeyed the order with alacrity two of the robbers boarded the engine and the man who bad covered engineer holladay with a rifle the way from maricola maricopa Mari copa disappeared for a time the bandits on the engine had a six shooter in each band and one of them was unmasked they ordered smythe to fetch the coal pick aney covered him all the time be was getting it and when be aln joined them they ordered him to knock in the door of the express car which messenger ceorge mitchell had closed and locked upon hearick the noise outside struck the door and cried to the messenger not to shoot as it was the engineer explained as best be could the situation and the messenger threw boen the door the robbers entered the car and took everything of value in sight they tried the safe and it locked demanded the keys of the messenger he explained that the bis lion box could be opened only at the principal places along the road and that he could do for them the rob bers cold watch and then left the car one of the robbers carrying the gunny back in which the valuables had been placed they hurried to the mes anite bushes where their horses were fastened and a little later they were dashing 1 across the country it is believed that they did not zet away with more than in cash and the watch the iralu was backed up to maricola maricopa Mari copa and dispatches were sent to this city and phoenix the tracks of the robbers horses led toward mexico and it ie believed the bandits knowing their capture meant death and they were sure to be apprehended ended sooner or later if they remained in the territory barted for the bister republic immediately after the robbery but information received by united states marshal mead late this afternoon from one of the posses in pursuit inarea it appear as if the robbers had made for the sheriff murphy has brought into phoenix one of the bobbera rob bera named frank armour he had alve wounds but none fatal they found three twenty dollar pieces and two liver watches on him these watches were stolen from parties in a car in phoenix a few days ago he claims to have brn living at clines place live miles from phoenix for the last two month the three horsa ridden by the robber were taken at the place where ar mour was captured fifteen miles west of phoenix orm karfis and murphy are out after the other two men murphy fiade their cap ture is almost certain when merphy overtook armour and ordered him to throw up bis hands armour opened are on the sheriff aid posse and was shot down by the sheriff following is a description of the bandits oscar is a swede about 20 years old fix feet two or three inches high with a sandy moustache prominent front teeth and peculiarly donovan is about 30 tears old five feet eleba or nine inches high pounds and has scare over his face and earn frank armour ia about 22 years old height five feet eix or beven inches weight about pounds freckled face light there is some uncertainty aa number of the gang some lying three men and others saying live tug train men are unable to state definitely |