Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1889 — ROBBED IN MISSISSIPPI. [ARTICLE]

ROBBED IN MISSISSIPPI.

A Mobile & Ohio South Bound Passenger Train Intercepted. The Mobile & Ohio south bound mail and passenger train was held up early Wednesday morning by train robbers at Buckatunna, Miss., a station seventy miles north of Mobile. Just before the train left Buckatunna, two men mounted behind the tender of the train, and climbing over, covered the engineer and fireman with their revolvers. The robbers were disguised with red bandanna handkerchiefs over the lower part of their faces. The leader made the messenger dump the contents of the safe into a canvas sack, noticing that he was not closely watched Dunning shoved some of the moneyaaide, se that about SI,OOO was* hidden, the robbers getting $2,700. All this money belonged to the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company. Alongside the express car door was a pile of $70,000, Government money en route to Florida, which the robbers failed to noticeThen the robbers made the expressman get out of the car and go with them to the mail car. They here secured several packages, the value of which is unknown. Adiapatehfrom.KanaaaCity,Mo.»says; There is every reason to believe that a gang of adroit swindlers is preparing to flood the eastern cities with fraudulent bonds of Southwestern Kansas and Northwestern Texas. Bankers have been receiving inquiries from the East for several weeks in regard to bonds of various Kan sas and Texas counties, most of which have not been listed.