The suit of Ledbetter and Tolbert against the American Express Co. attracted considerable attention at the U. S. court room a day or two the fore part of the week. The express company offered a reward of $1,000 for the killing of any one attempting to hold up or rob the train on which the company was a carrier. It also offered $500 for the wounding or disabling of any one engaged in a similar undertaking. Messrs Ledbetter and Tolbert were guards on a Katy train in November 1894 when an attempt was made to hold it up at Blackstone, this side of Muskogee,and in defending the train they shot and wounded a man named Nathan Reed, who then and there called upon his companions to aid him in escaping, which they did. Reed afterward testified to these facts when Deputy Burril Cox captured him at Seneca. Col. Sedgwick of Parsons represented the company. The jury returned a verdict for $500 for plaintiff.

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