The engineer backed up to the train, and…
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Colonel Harperperson
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a.k.a. engineer Harper, Harper
Conductor McClellanperson
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a.k.a. McClellan
Superintendent Nobleperson
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a.k.a. Noble
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and mail
car from the train and ran ahead some distance.
Coming to a second stop the party went to the
express car, persuaded the messenger to come
out and thus secured $1000, it is said. The
messenger said that he could not afford to fight
robbers for $75 per month. The mail was not
disturbed.
The engineer backed up to the train, and
ran back to the station and notified Superinten-
dent Noble of what had happened. The train
was in charge of Conductor McClellan, and the
engineer was Colonel Harper who had a similar
experience in the big robbery near Pantano last
April. A special train with officers and Papago
trailers was sent out from Tucson that night.