The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
TRAIN ROBBERY /
A Train on the Rock Island ROAD
Robbed at Wilton, Iowa.
Fifteen Hundred Dollars in None,
Taken from the Passengers.
Four of the Robbers Captured.

THE Rock Island train which arrived AT
Ieavenworrh yesterday morning, at lo;s',
was boarded by "A gang of robbers, the even
ing before, who took from the passengers
about fiI..en hundred dollars in money, be-
sides watches and jeweiry.
The train from Chicago, coming West on the
Rock Island road reaches Davenport, Iowa,
In time for supper and a few miles West. at
Wilton the train divides, one part going on TO
Council Bluffs and the other coming to
Ieavenwor,h. The train coming from the
West also passes this point at the same time
While at Davenport, the train referred to was
entered by a company of men who took seat ;
for the West. The number of these men the
passenger were not able tog give, but when the
train reached Wilton, and while the switch
ing necessary TO the division of the train
was going on. the men VINO had got aboard al
Davenport, at a given signal, blew out all the
lights and immediately "went through the
passengers. One gentleman who sus-
pected something wrong, started
for th.. door Just as the lights were be-
ing put out, with the intention VI getting oil
the Irain, but lie was met III the aisle by one
OF the robbers, who, with a drawn pistol made
him step back into his seat aud hand over his
vaIuabit,>. All the other passengers were
visited, relieved Of their pocket Docks, anu
the robbers then stepped OF the ears and on
10 the tram from the west which was passing
al that moment, and before the benuinbed
pass, myers had time to recover their senses,
were rolling away toward Davenport.
The authorities at Davenport were immedi
ately telegfapned to- and being on the look
out, succe,zied in capturing four OF the robbers
with their booty. The pocket book OF the
man r, feTred 10 who tried Ia get oil the train,
WAS found on the person OF one OF the men,
and the gentleman WAS teiegraphed To by the
assistant superintendent of the ruad 10 come
back and identity the fellow.
The cars coming L:avenWOrth Cthe ones
that were robbed) had on bOard "A party OF
laud buyers, numbering one hundred and
fifty, who were coming Ia Kansas TO purchase
lands, and IL is supposed that the robbers
Knowing that such an excursion was going
over the iuad, and supposiDg that they
were taking with them the money
to pay tor their lands, expected
To make "A big maui. But IL SD happened that
none OF the Passengers had more money tnan
merely enough to d.fray their incidental eX-
penses-having pui chased return tickets be-
lands after their r-turn home-sO that the rob-
beers got. altogether, but about fifteen hun
dred dollars out of the hundred ana nifty pas
sengers-a very snug sum in the aggregate,
but not very much Ia each man.
As We have stated above, four o! the fellows
were secured in IA few hours after the robbery
was committed. and ali the officers OF the
road, and all the police IN that sectiOn
Of the country are ON the alert for them there
is 40 doubt the Others will soon be picked up
This one of the coolest and most daring
affairs of the kind that has ever occurred in
the country, being perp-,iratc'i Va hile the ears
were standing at the depot, and right in the |
town OF Wilton, surrounded on all sides by |
citiZrns Of the town and scores OF railw y |
passengers.