. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. proceeding to relate what happened to thetrain and the passengers on it, we shall state whathad happened at Gadshill before the train came. About half past three oclock that afternoon, aparty of seven men, splendidly mounted and armedto the teeth, rode to the station, secured the agent,then took in a blacksmith, and afterwards all the cit-izens and two or three countrymen, and one lad,who were waitino for the arrival of the train. Amon«:the persons so detained was the son of Dr. R
. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. proceeding to relate what happened to thetrain and the passengers on it, we shall state whathad happened at Gadshill before the train came. About half past three oclock that afternoon, aparty of seven men, splendidly mounted and armedto the teeth, rode to the station, secured the agent,then took in a blacksmith, and afterwards all the cit-izens and two or three countrymen, and one lad,who were waitino for the arrival of the train. Amon«:the persons so detained was the son of Dr. Rock, atthat time Representative in the Legislature from 170 FRANK AND JESSE JAIMES. Wayne county. The captives were taken to thelittle station-house and confined there, under thesurveillance of one of the armed robbers. Then thebandits set about completing their arrangements forexecuting the work which they had come to signal flag was displayed on the track and thelower end of the switch was opened, so that thetrain would be ditched if it attempted to pass. Thenthe bandits waited for their Nearing Gadshill. In due time the train came dashing down theroad. The engineer saw the flag and gave the sig-nal for stopping. Mr. Alford, the conductor, wasready to step upon the little platform as soon as thetrain came alongside. The robbers did not showthemselves until the cars were at the station. Nosooner had the train come to a full halt than Mr. Al-ford stepped off to the platform. He was instantlyconfronted by the muzzle of a pistol and greeted withthe salutation: GADSHILL. 171 **Give me your money and your watch, d—^ii yoursoul! quick I Mr. Alford had no alternative. He gave up hispocket-book containing fifty dollars in money, and anelegant gold watch. *Get in there ! they commanded, and Mr. Alfordobeyed. While this was going on, one of the brigands hadcovered the engineer with a revolver, and compelledhim to leave his cab. Meanwhile, part of the bandoccupied t
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