Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 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 is the result of a frustrated attempt to rob a Burlington train coming into St. Joseph, Mo. For somejdays a gang of tough characters has been - tanging around, and information was brought to the Burlington officials that the Omaha express was,to be held up. William Haag, a hotel man, furnished the information, and the officers sent guards, who frustrated the design. Wednesday evening, while Richard Ran, an employe of Haag, was sifting in the bar of Haag’s place, Thomas Farrall, one of the gang, stepped inside the door and, witEout a word, shot Rau through the stomach, inflicting a fatal wound. Citizens quickly gathered and captured the men after a long chase, not, however, until Farrall had been fatally shot.