The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-17


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Confederate service?' / replied that !
was, but OF course I lied. sShakel'
said the short one, but he gsvecm
an awful grip. / tell you he had hard
hand"
What lyaluables had you in the
safe?"
"The safe contained about 81, 900 in
cash. The way-bills footed up $l4,-
2l0.19, but there was large number Of
vouchers, and the actual money amount
ed, as have said, to about $4,000. They
asked me, as they grabbed the contents,
how much money there was in the safe.
/ told them that, as near as could rec
lolect, there was about 100000. That
tickled them, and they danced around
the car for Joy, and one of them stepped
to the door and fred off his pistol, Just
because he felt SO good. They took
my pistol away from me, but gave me
back the leather case, or sheath. This
kindness 1 never will forget. They
also took shotgun, the property Of
the express company, which stood in
the corner OF the Car, but they didn't
happen to-, see a very fine doubled bar
relied shotgun, worth $3.50, which was
lying upon the floor. The gun they
took wasn't worth carrying Off"
"Did the robbers put the money in
their pockets, or toss it out to their ac-
completes ?"om -s-sit 't-rnf1 as1svs
"They crowded everything into an
old gunny-sack, and one of the men,
carried it away from the car door,
They overlooked, in their hurry. a
package of $50, which had taken out
of the safe, to be left at Odessa, a sta
ton few miles east of Glendale. The
two lmen who robbed me were very
much excited all the time they were in
the Car, and they behaved as if they
were afraid ] would get the drop on
them. mo other men came to the car.
AS the two jumped from the door one
of them asked me again if was sure
there was $4,000 in the packages. /
assured them that they had got a big
haul. They gave whoop and disap-
peared in the darkness. AS they were
leaving ventured to stick my head out
of the door few inches. Some one
the gang, away down alongside the
train, noticing me, yelled out, Pull in
your - head there firing shot at
the same time. I heard the bullet
singing, kind of 'Pinafore' air it was,
and this morning saw where it had
struck the car, glancingly, about foot
above the door, and not far from where
my head must have been. forgot to
say that the tallest one Of the two was
a rather genteel-looking chap, and had
on a nice white shirt. Neither of the
men wore any kind of disguise. I
would Judge that they were in the car
ten minutes"
"Where were the engineer and fire.
man all this timer" was asked.
well, when the train first halted
some of the gang ordered the engineer
to detach the express Car, tender and
| locomotive from the rest of the train !;
but he told them he didn't have the
necessary tools, as the cars were fast
ened together by new process, and
could not be easily uncoupled. They
then made the engineer and fireman
descend from the cab, and they were
covered by guns while the robbery was
being effected"
"Did you learn how long the robbers
had been in waiting?"
"All / know about that is what they
told us at the station. The operator
said they appeared there first in the af-
ternoon, and then returned just before
train time. When they came in the
evening they made the operator send a
dispatch to Kansas City paper an
nouncing that the train had been
robbed of a large amount of money.
They then destroyed the telegraph in
strument and locked everybody in the
station, including Mr.. Bridges, travel
ing auditor of the road, who had
stopped off there on business. The
thieves took from him gold watch and
chain and a small sum of money. The
mother of the operator, an old lady, was
so frightened that her life is despaired
Of The boy who sells peanuts on the
train declares that the two men who
robbed me came from Kansas City on
the train, and were reinforced by the
rest of the gang at Glendale. While
the robbery was being perpetrated, pis-
tolls and guns were being fired off in a
perfect fusilade. 1t wasn't safe for any
one to show his head outside door or
window. Everybody was badly scared.
One fellow climbed upon one of the
coaches and laid fiat on the roof until
after the gang had departed. Some
body told me that the conductor
Greenman, fired two shots at the rob-
bers; but guess if he did it must have
been after they had got about six miles
away"
Treatment of Crime and Criminals in
the Future.