The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-16
An Express Car Captured by Bandits.

The following additional particulars Of the
express.car robbery at Glendale, Mo-, on the
Chicago and Alton Ranroad, Is miles east of
Kansas City, are gathered from various sour
ces: The train halted was the Denver Express
going East and due at Glendale at 10 p. NJ
The robbers were is or 20 in number, all
masked exeeptstwo, who appeared 20 De the
leaders, and were heavily armed with shot-
guns and revolvers. They arrived at the sta
ton about three quarters OF an hour before
the train came in, and hitching their horses
near at hand they Immediately surrounded
the only store and Post office, in which We're
congregated number of farmers and railroad
men, whom they made prisoners and locked
up in the store. They then took possession OF
the depot in the same manner, and as fast as
visitors came around they were locked up
with the balance. This was kept up until they
had in all about 90 thus disposed of.
They then marched them to the depot ;
locked them in the freight-room and
compelled Agent Mcintyre, under penalty of
the train to stop for orders. They then went
through the depot and robbed M. Bridges,
travelling Auditor of the road, who was there,
getting in all about SO and a gold watch. The
telegraph instruments were torn out and
thrown away, and the wires cut. The robbers
then blOckaded the track with large stones
just below the platform, so as to insure the
stopping of the train. by this time the train
was in sight, and hastily secretins themselves,
the scoundrcls waited until the train came to
a halt, in obedience to the green signal. The
outlaws then suddenly rose up on All SUES.
discharged about 80 shots, and boarded and
took possession of the engine and express
ear, placing guards ON all OF tho cOaches to
keep the passengers from getting out
They then compelled Express Messenger
Grimes, with drawn guns, to open
the safe, which they robbed of its entire con-
tents. The robbers did not seem COntcnted,
but with axes smashed up the ear as much as
they could, ana finally mounted their horses
and left in a sOuthwesterly direction. During
the time of the robbery, which occupied but
about Is minutes, they kept up rapid dis
charge of receivers, but did not hit any one
As soon as the robbers had gone the depot
was broken open and the imprisoned men set
at liberty. The track was cleared and the
train proceeded to the next station, Blue
springs. where the conductor telegraphed the
news of the robbery to County Marshal Lig-
gett at Kansas CITY and officers mt all points
Posses OF men were made up at Villages all
along the line and III less than an hour after
the robbery special trains were sent out of
Kansas City to the scene, and over 100 men
were securing the country far and wide. Be-
fore leaving Glendale the leader of the gang
gave Bridges. the Auditor. the following dis
patch TO the Kansas City journal. instI'Ucting
him, on peril of his lie, to send it from the
next station:
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo-, October S.-We are the
| boys that are hard to handle, and will make
it hot for the party that ever tries to take US.
(Signed) Jack Bishop, Jim Corners, the james
Brothers, Cal. Carter, Finn, Underwood,
jackson.
1t is evident that the robbers expected to
get much more than they did, as they re-
marked at the station before the arrival of
the train that S2S00OO was coming through
from Leadville on that train; that they had
two pals on the train, who had followed it all
the way. 1t was learned that n large amount
of bullion did come in from Leadville that
night to Kansas City, but from there it was
shipped on the North Missouri, instead of the
Chicago and Alton, to st. Louis. As before
stated, all except two of the gang were
masked, and, of course, unrecOgnizable. The
United States Express Company have offered
a reward of $500, and the Chicago and Alton
Railroad Company one of SIS, 600 for the arrest
and conviction of the gang.
The United States Express Company's Of
ficials state that their loss by the robbery Of
their safe at Glendale will not exceed $1,000
There was cash to that amount in the safe but
the rest of the valuableS were not negotiable