They think the fellow got away with about five thousand in gold coin." "The fellow?
Wasn't there four of them ?" "No; only one.

And say, let me tell you, he had his nerve with him.

It seems he was on the roof of the express car all the time, and going as fast as we were, he jumped from the roof of the car down on to the coal on the engine's tender, and crawled over that and held up the men in the cab with his gun, took their guns from 'em and made 'em stop the train.
Even ordered 'em to use the emergency gear, seems he knew all about it.
Then he went back and uncoupled the express car himself.
"While he was doing this, a brakeman--you remember that brakeman that came through here once or twice--had a red mustache." "THAT chap ?" "Sure.

Well, as soon as the train stopped, this brakeman guessed something was wrong and ran up, saw the fellow cutting off the express car and took a couple of shots at him, and the fireman says the fellow didn't even take his hand off the coupling-pin; just turned around as cool as how-do-you-do and NAILED the brakeman right there.
They weren't five feet apart when they began shooting.

The brakeman had come on him unexpected, had no idea he was so close." "And the express messenger, all this time ?" "Well, he did his best.