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.rrBAIJT RfBBBItY WRJOH BESUUEED'^ IK-iilTTLE EOTNDER B QAU8B OP JTHE kt'KVB'(' . OP THREH ^AX)pES, lt;)NE' OP 'KCBM it P.OTS ' BAXJ, N ~Y,, WOMAN, . •*.1' BXi Louis. ‘Dec* 12-—'There was a*^ «■/ t * .trail t robbery • yesterday nearSBellevue• Station, Texas ., T|ie robi.ers, who _were •.• unmasked and made no $fibrt at conceal-■, • w 1iaeoi, a reived afr fcbro station twq, iaaiiiatea.before the- train,- ‘Wiiea the iriti1 '-• VA-amTed,fone\-o^the Tobbers witli' drawn ^ :';: pTshi 'iiirclered $Vu|it^r ncf; his, v fireman and 0. G; Miller,' another* uengineer, who was riding in the cab, to ‘* * * , .'*■ ’alight, :.wbioh they di 1. He then march-. ed.^hein some thirty fe^t from the train*■ w r ^ Kand, took all the Valuables they bed.'• While r.hfc -Was going'on- the other .manv went .through the train. It is-said thata passenger, who was looking oiifc of the ’ window i»ndsaw the.operation- with the-~~fcraiu men, diyluiog the situation,. wont ** into *tbe other para and warned the pfrssengpffi of what wan going on, and •' told them to secrete their money. This “ they did in various ways, giving most j \ of their ; di .monda tQ several' !*diesj .( aboard Mwrf K Haas of Fort Worth,... tooJh^ehargo of $3,000 and othtr vain# m m _ables. -lYte.- Chambers- of .Potsdam, i$. 1^---- ---- - * * * % . i / t I.. Y , received.§5,000 and some diamonds, *and Mrs. Wifctick of Carthage', Mo , took | £ ZShei tiusbitnd’a gold watch and several ; hundred doll am. Mrs; Wifetick boldly: .stood lip in fchejaar and asked if forty taeni^ were going to submit to such an outrage at the h axids . of. two highwaymen I ^ About §12,000 in money., and §4,000 worth--oLdia;ruonds~and--(tbor^vjduiib]esi-1awas left by the robbers in their haste to1 ‘ -» -r t I **get through the tram, ana because they jg did not search the ladies/. They were* i * .evidently novices in the business and I ^wenfca VV with .the paltry sum of §105,three gold watches, ten silver watches' Vfive revolvers, and one gold ring. The .robbers left the train at the rear of the I # slepper, mmrtifced horses standing near by, and rode. rapidly away.—Captain Geimors was on the train, | Shaving in .charge two deserters with a♦‘ guard of five negro soldiers of * the! 241 h United States infantry.- Connors ordered the Soldiers to draw their revolvers*ana'Wight * the robbers, but feveral-pawt-neera opposed io Strongly andpleaded so e irnesfly in behalf of the♦wome^i passengers on board, that the eaptain-reluetantly yielded and when the robbers reached tkesoldier* aod demand-■ ed their weapons, they quietly gave- «•» ' %• them up.r
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Sandy Creek News
Sandy Creek, New York, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1886
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