People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1895 — TRAIN ROBBERS SHOT. [ARTICLE]

TRAIN ROBBERS SHOT.

RAILWAY men make good use OF GUNS. Attempt to Hold fp the Queen & Crescent Express Results Disastrously to the Robbers —The Aftrjy Takes Place Near Greenwood. Hy. Greenwood, Ky„ March 27.—One of the most daring and at the same time most unsuccessful attempts at train robbery occurred at 2:30 o'clock a. m. today in the southern portion of Kentucky, near Greenwood, when six men undertook to rob the southbound train, No. 3, Queen and Crescent, which left Cincinnati at S o’clock p. m. last night. One of the six was killed outright, another died at 4 o’clock in the morning, a third giving the name of Miller, now lies here severely wounded, and the other three have not been heard from. The train was delayed rot more | than ten minutes and r-■•.cited Chat-- 1 tanooga at 8 o’clock a. m. cn time. The reason for this summary dispos -.1 ; of a body of train robbers is found : n ’ the fact that come tidings of their pu, •- 1 pose had been given to the expretfi I authorities, and Mr. T. R. Griffin, whio servos as a superintendent of police on the Southern road, had with ham. ' two trusty assistants. The train had just reached the sc uta ; end of tunnel No. 9, which is a mile I north of Greenwood, when the robbers I signaled rt to stop.- They lied scait-ely I disclosed their purpose when Mr. Griffin I and h’s assistants on the train began offensive operations and in ten minutes ] three of the robbers had bitten the ‘ oust, the other three had flown and , tiie train was speeding on its way. Not | a single injury was suffered by any j t ile on th? train. The treasure in, care [ of the Adams Express company's mes- i conger was entirely safe. .