Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-09-15
JESSE JAMES JAMBOREE.
Another Railway Passenger Train Rob.
bed.
ALI the Passengers Robbed Of their
paluables.

two miles west of Glendale at 9o'clock
night. t.
The express messenger was Knocked
down and terribly beaten. His safe was
broken open and robbed of large
amount of money variously estimated al
from $4,000 to $4,000. The passengers
were also robbed.
The train was stopped by lantern sig
mails and the track obstructed by stones
and logs. The robbers were heavily
armed with guns and revolvers and kept
up continual firing. ....
The robbery occupied ten minutes,
no one was injured except the express
messenger, whose injuries are thought to
be fatal. He bravely defended his car
and refused to open the safe.
| Several shots were fired at Conductor
Hazelbaker but he escaped.
The train ran into Kansas City and the
alarm was given. The entire police
force of the city Immediately organized
in pursuing posse and are now on the
way by special train to the scene of the
robbery. A large posse is being organ
lied here and will leave Immediately.
There is no doubt but that Jesse James
was the leader of the gang. The rob-
berry occurred within two miles of the
same spot as the celebrated Glendale
robbery of October s, 1879.
The following additional particulars of
the robbery of the passenger train on the
Chicago & Alton Railroad, are given:
The train was the west bound express.
and had about 100 passengers on board.
all of whom lost something and many
quite heavily.
STATEMENT OF FRANK LOMBARD.
Frank Lombard, news agent of the
train, made the following statement: /
was sitting in.the smoking car talking
with Conductor Jack Hazelbaker; we
were on the up grade, four miles from
Independence; all of a sudden the train
came to stop; heard loud voices and
pistol shots, and saw lanterns flashing
knew train robbers were on us; Hazelba-
ker ran back into the train and warned
the passengers. They were all LOOKING
out the windows until the robbers order.
ed them to pull in their heads and keer
quiet. The robbers had stopped the
train by putting Instructions on The
rails and signaling. am sures there
were dozen Of them, although some OF
the passengers placed the number at six.
teen. Everybody was panic-stricker
and helpless. ran out of the car and
found men guarding the engineer and
fireman. They were poorly masked. but
all armed with Henri rifles. They were
swearing lovdly and shooting at ran.
dom. Some of them passed into fhe
mail car but did not touch ANYTHING
Express Messenger Fox, in the mean.
time, had barricaded the express car
They climbed upon the train and began
to shoot. They then broke into the ca,
and knocked Fox down by violent
blow on the head. They robbed the safe
of everything. ran back into the
smoking car and hid most of my mon
ey. The robbers came in and ordered
me to lie down. did so, and they SHOW
ed gun at my head and told me oforl
over. ] said my money was under thu
cushion. They told me to get it, and j
got 1t in hurry, you can bet.' The,
then went back to the other cars and
made wholesale robbery of money
watches and jewelry. Some passenger.
secreted their money, but the great ma
jority lost all. The ladies were COMPEL
ed to sit down on the floor, and some
had earrings taken from their ears, anG
many lost all their jewelry. One mar
lost $500. In the meantime a freight
train was coming up behind us, and Bur
ton, the brakeman, ran down the cu
with storm of bullets after him, stop
ped the train and probably saved man,
lives. After the cars were gone through
the robbers jumped off and struck for tn,
timber, where their horses were, The
| i,,f front holnoI tho
move the distractions and Joined thei
companions. should say we stood still
half an hour.
FRANK BURTON,
Brakeman, said: l was standing on tn,
front platform of the sleeper when tn,
train stopped. Heard voices and OATH
on the back platform. l said: "We ar,
going to be robbed" Then one of tn,
robbers cried out, "We are coming in ant
going through you. ALL" l remembered
that the freight train was just behint
us, and I heard itcoming up. I jumped
off and ran with my lantern down th,
track. They commenced shooting at me
Bullets whizzed all around me and strucl
the rails and stones. They must hav,
fired twenty-five shots. The enginee
| Sdlu. rOt 0Ou odhC uOA U oHOOG tIl'
boy. He is saving the lives of these peo
ple." Then one Of them threw up hi
arms and cried: "Stop shooting" l roll
ed into the cut and waved my lantern
The train was stopped only car length
off. When I came back one of the rob
bers said, "have you lost anything?"
answered, Fifty cents" He gave m,
81 80 for interest. Then heard one O.
the robbers say to the engineer: "Chop
py Foote, you're too good man to keei
up this business. Here's SO to buy 1
drink in the morning, and drink it fol
Jesse James. I warn you'll be killed il
you don't leave this road. We are 60
ing to tear up and burst the Alton ant
Rock Island roads, for they've beer
Offering rewards for us. We've M
grudge against the Pullmans, and will
switch off their cars and burn all the
rest. am the man who killed West
lake at Winston. He was too smart and
drew a revolver.
ENGINEER FOOTE'S ACCOUNT.
Between three and four miles east oi
Independence is deep cut over which
the Missouri track crosses the Chicago
& Alton, and it was just before entering
the deepest part of this cut that I saw {
pile Of stones, probably five feet high, or
top Of which was a. stick to. which was
attached a red flag, and behind the
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