The New North West

ST. Louis, August 18.--A special from Cheyenne, Wyoming, says: An attempt was made at 2 o'clock this morning by masked men to rob the Union Pacific west bound overland passenger train at Dana station, near Rawlins. Three masked men covered the engineer with revolvers and compelled him to throw up his hands. Brakeman Frank Tillman grappled with one of the robbers. The express messenger came to the rescue and the marauders were then put to flight after about thirty or forty shots had been exchanged. Fireman Nash and Brakeman Tillman were seriously wounded, the former shot in the hip and arm and the latter in the side.

RAWLINS, Wyo., Aug. 18.-At 2:30 this morning an east bound Union Pacific passenger train was lying at the water tank two miles from Dana. The engineer was oiling up and the fireman was on the tender filling the tank. Suddenly three men rushed up, covered them with revolvers and ordered them to throw up their hands. The engineer did so at once, but the fireman jumped down from the tender. As he did so he was shot slightly in the right arm. A constant fire was kept up on the train by some of the robbers concealed by darkness about fifty yards from the train. The front brakeman, Wm. Tillman, when told to throw up his hands did so, when the order was repeated "higher." He was standing on the steps of the engine at the time, and as he lifted his hands higher his lantern dropped. He was ordered to pick it up. He stooped down to do so, and at the same time grasped a lump of coal and SMASHED THE ROBBER IN THE FACE, Staggering him backwards, and then jumped on him. A desperate hand to hand conflict took place, both men rolling down the cinder bank into the ditch. The brakeman was finally shot in the arm and through the hip, splintering the bone. When the robbers found they were foiled they abandoned the attack and fled. The passengers were uninjured. The robbers are supposed to be heading south towards the North Park of the Colorado. Large posses are scouring the country, and if caught the miscreants will be given a short shrift.

Rawlins, Wyo., August 20.-The latest dispatch from the train robbers is that they are fifteen miles north of Medicine Bow river, having crossed Cottonwood ford, and are making for Shirley Basin and the surrounding timbered mountains. The Rawlins posse is twelve miles behind and hot on the trail. If the robbers get into Shirley Basin their capture will be almost impossible. A reward of $1,000 has been offered by the Union Pacific and the Governor for each robber; dead or alive.