Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — TRAIN ROBBERS' PLOT FOILED. [ARTICLE]

TRAIN ROBBERS' PLOT FOILED.

Result Is the Fatal Shooting of Two Men Near St. Joseph, Mo. Two man fatally shot isrthe result of a frustrated attempt to rob a Burlington train coming into St. Joseph, Mo. For some days a gang of tough characters has been hanging around, and information was brought to the Burlington officials that the Omaha express was to be held up. William Haag, a hotel min, furnished the information, and the officers sent] guards, who frustrated the design. Wednesday evening, while Richard Rau, an, employe of Haag, was sitting in the bar of Haag’s place, Thomas Farrall, one of the gang, stepped inside the door and, without a word, shot Rau through the stomach, inflicting a fatal wound. Citizens quickly gathered and captured the men after a long chase, not, however, ui> til Farrall had been fatally shot