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Cool And Nervy Negro Bandit.

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
March
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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3U0XÏG0MEP.Y, Alu., March 7.- On the IouisvHle and N is.ivillc railroad south of Montgomory, tor the past year, Beveral cars havo been broken iuto and robbed en route to Mobile. Tlils was done by in orgnr.izod band of negro thieves, one of whom, a desperado who called hlmself "iinilrond" and went heavily armed with a Winchester and two pistols, has long been spotted. Ao Tensas tank thls desperado was captured hy a train ;rew, who attempted to disarm hlm, but he got away, shooting at thi'in as ho run. They got shotguns and followed and were close on hlm when he boarded a soiith-bound engine, put his gun to the engineer's head and made hiiu rusli by tho searching party who were at'raid to shoot for fear of kUHng the engineer and flreman. Ho flred upon his pnrsuers as the train pulled by. Whe.n he gpt a safo distance he made tho engineer stop his train and he jumped off and took to the swamps. Tho engineer reported that ho was very bloody.and liad been shot in Beveral places. A posse is now scouring the woodí lor the desperado, who has terroriz sd tho trainmen and the community for a year or more. The railway authoritles here report that tliey have lost ihousands of dollars by theso robberies.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News