, 1877-01-18
DIDN'T WIN.
A Bold Attempt to Rob tho st.
Louis Express Car.
Three Thieves Board It While pallin z
Out of tile Alton Yard,
Compel tho Messenger TO GtTe UP tho
Key, and Go Through tic Safe.
Only &137 Takon-About E26,000 Left
Dolind,

Tho stopping of tho railroad train ut Calls
Hill In Missouri, md the robbery Of tic Express
safes by band Of masked men, WAS d new fca-
turc In tho liue Of burglary, and, IA matter
of protection, the messengers hare
ever since carried revolycrs. It would
secm, however, that firearms aEo useless to
cupe with tho ehrcwtlncss Of professional
thieves determined to steal, for there oc-
currr! In this city last evening robbery
which WAS 70 atlroi.1y accomplished that thcse
was no opportunity 10 use weapon of
any kind. Tho 81: Louis cxprcs. train, whtrh
tfos ifoxss E'fs9 At ftm f H. tIay ts r, tke' ns s i
called il tic vocabulary Of tho cxprcssn'c,, bu-
i1lg tie largest out Of tho city. The comparative
security oi tho rnat, AMI the ai1seree of n'1y
James ~ Younger gangs Of outlaws atong
rrasonalty secure from aasaults. Thu onc In
cllnrgc was ulways armed, but Ills revolver Was
mt kept about his person, but within "casy
Wien Z a sa e VI %s S'1eFtriy eF s Alton epo Mt
o'clock last evening reached tic burlington
crossing
THINE MASKED MEN
jumped on the platform OF tile csnrcss,car, aud
"WI,o aso ySu: M what Do y2.i want" Que ot TIC
by the messenger, ". D. Dcyier, an.1 tho bandits
aree po M of s HUT aa at expic,s xpS
freight, belind Which tl.c buggage maI, wus
at work. Tho messenger, who was liking things
preparatory to c!cckIng up Ills freight. lookcd
' s etsSs gsa q s41 sno @ ss
e!cd at hts head. lila own ristol WIS out Ut
reach. Ono u the rui!lana pointed 4
t'ss!, revolver 1T at tho head Of the onggage
"tivc up yer Keys, ti-n 5ou" wns the 1ret
eafatation the nesscuecrretclvctl. Trc,nlttng1y
hc obeycd: Tie robbers were tut experts, for ina
yery b!!nvli,lg ma'l'ler they psoscedci 10 unlock
hurried search through. It's contclts. The
treasure account was light, not exceeding $2j,-
too, of which $l9,o ,on were for the paynastcr VI
tho Altpn Foa,l at Bloomington. In tho rnpId
tCRAMuL.E F0H WEALTH,
tic thieves sllntrlntl w!nt WINS most prominent
In sight, anl n trying tu I'LL tlcir artns, dropped
several [arkaEss. Among them was 4ic cut,-
tatnins $i9o " wsl 81 w Va. found on tho pat.
noor after the rnbi,crs tos tlicr departure All
they succeeded In getting awuy with was thu
sprinErli hug. which contained yaluai,lca to
iectio1 1t tic llcs! bridge arross ss the Inc e.
den slip the thieves jumped olT and ran away in
the darkness.
On reaclIi1g Quarry Street Station tho mes
Prtvc, q rair'nd .etcstiyc,. WIN was OIL thc
lran. The lattgr rot uff NJ Dccring street, re-
Parted tho farts to Srrst. }Inml, and by him to
tic o'!'ccrs 1T tho Express Company. On the
VI tllC aFlllt ~ 44OlhPuILf tuE messenger
sent tho
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM:
inttndsnt tatfd stA'et Erprt*s cunpaay: Three
Quincy crossing, with rsynlvers, aud demanded
MY keys. haye checked up mir sufc aud lni il
bssF ~ " Springfield ssasa t. xyS eaS will
Mcascnger, No. 4.
Come idea Of the rapidty With which they
worked may bo gathered. from tho fayt that
everything was 'lono wlstlc the train was trayel-
tng ovcr splce equivalent to about eight
blocks. As tho
MEN WE'VE mAsKKp,
no descriptions beyond 4 mengfo one as to build
who were promptly Informed Of tho c}rrun..-
stanccs, Ilati nrxt to nothing to work upon.
Detectives, however, were started out at once,
and a general narsn sent to all tho stations, tho
ttoAs to their tnon, and to uso every eirort to
catch the thieves.
McssrB. Colvtn and Shepherd wc-c exceeding
" rcjpieed at the discontinue Of the robbers,
reroyer. the rctuainlcr Of the piuudcr which
they did not Ect.
SPECIAL POLICEMAN CHARLES rnrcE
was a''oard the train ut the time, but was busy
tbs fact VI therocry immediately after ti!e men
jumped thu train, anl, pn!lin; the bctl.cord
at the Dcertng street crossing, stUpped the tran
Sn aa1n eof 7" o !" po9E Eh 1t u! 5 S' M i
officers @ '> hah been detailed ' % the sccnt. sI
and,. aud ten L., MINUTES h lntsr tls Co,np.ny'a
a% ee sao fd fsc t1"s Mss .re sf i
tho uI..Ir !s embodied III thu rollcr report, was
interviewed late last might by d Tnln-
t,s. yss ,rsport!Yr. II, The tlMo was "
thc. time that he left tl,c train, tllat i,s
gathcicl Int little from tlle messenger. Tie
lncn were dcses!ed to hn as te.lg all vi . sixr,