The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-19
c.. HARMIN.
The Boldest Robbery on Record.

The st. Louis Republican of the 9Th
gives the FOLLOWING account Of one of the
bOldest, as well as one of the most unpre-
cedented robberies ever committed in the
United States En- +. .-..-r
A passenger train from Cincinnati to St.
Louis, consisting of the engine, baggage, ex-
8 o'clock Friday night. At the 'grnyel pit, "
near North Bend, sixteen miles west of Cincin.
natl, the engine, express car. baggage car, and
two passenger cars were thrown of the track,
and 6adly broken up. There were probably
800 passengers in all. Strange as it may appear
no one was dangerously hurt, though the cars,
it is said, were running at their ordinary speed.
When the train was thrown of the track
several pistol shots were fred, but amid the
noise the crash made, the screams of ladies, and
the general confusion existing, no notice was
taken of this. 1t was soon ascertained how
ever, that band of robbers had torn up the
rails, and thrown the train OF by this means.
The robbers, who, 1t is believed, numbered not
more than Is or 16. Immediately set at their
work of robbery. The passengers in the cars
remaining on the track were kept there by men
armed with revOlvers, standing at the ends OF
each for full half hour. The conductor of
the train was robbed of his watch apd S25, and
permitted to go back to station and give word
to prevent an expected train from running into
the interrupted one. Adams express messen-
ger was hunted up, ard made 10 open up one
safe, of which he had the keys. Two Others
were blown open with powder, and the yalua-
bles 10 all three made prize OF. We under
stand two other express safes were not disturb
ed, from some cause. -f.s .a. Ea+| .s1--
This accomplished, the robbers set about re-
lieving the male portion of those present OF
their watches, money and jewelry. From one
gentleman they took $4,000 in money; from
nj from ipof moi f,H
and discharged at Cincinnati, S652-every
dollar he had. Mr. Thomas Paget, of Keokuk,
lost 300 in money, but saved his watch by
passing it to his wife. 1t was supposed the
rascais got $50, 900 from the passengers, and
the remainder of $150, 900 from the express
safes. One informant states that they took
over twenty-five Watches though they prob
ably got more, as another who was on the train
saws they got some fifteen or sixteen from pas
sepgers in the cars In which he was.
~ The ra.cals were all dressed in rebel uniforms,
were Young men, so far as observed as gentle
manly behaved towards all parties as robbers
could be expected, made an actual search of no
oue so far as. known, except the conductor OF
the train, and took nothing whatever from any
of the ladies, and in various ways seemed dis
posed to neither insult nor annoy them unnec.
essarily. ..!G3 lEts .-1i3ljT2 -J..t'-
1t was also stated to US that o person who
said he had just been paid and mustered out
of the Federal service pulled out $3.50 when
his money was demanded. He was asked it
he was still in the service. he answered mo.
He was then asked If that was all the money
he had, and, responding in the affirmative, he
was told he had better keep that, and he was
permitted to retain his money. 1t would seem
probable, however, that this was the discharged
soldier who was robbed of 1852. e-
"a After the exploits detailed, and after having
kept the passengers and Others under duress
some three-fourths of an hour, the robbers
went to the Ohio River, some one hundred
yards distant, got into three or four skitfs, or
yawls. unmoored them, and irowed off for the
Kentucky shore. 2s aaoo "a aa.sl ~