The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

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Tram Near KAasae City 80 naks . Psse
Job Of Robbsng Tie rnsssasesA
4 Kansas CRY. September &-Ths com
munity was last night thrown into feverish
excitement By the report that another train
robbery bad besn committed IN jackson
County. The arrival Of The westbound
Chicago train continued thereport although
It gave the lie to ru,nors Of sangulnary
conflict, not . single person having been
seriously hurt, and rldiculously small sum
OF money secured. The robbery occurred
on the west-bound Chicago & Alton train,
Mr.. j. l. Borgess. conductor, between Blue
Springs and Glendale, about twenty miles
east of this city. The train, which was
composed of smoker, ladies' coach and
two chair cars, left St Louis on time, and
after taking on dining car this side of
Marshall, arrived at Blue Springs at 9:1O,
forty minutes late. The train was boarded
ut Blue Springs by four masked men, who
entered the ladies' coach ut the moment
it got under way and took the passengers
completely by surprise. ordering them to
THROW UP THEIR HANDS.
The conductor was In the dining car, and
none of the train men were In the ladies'
coach at the time. Two of the men sta
toned themselves at tho doors and stood
guard over the passengers, while the others
went through the car and took whatever
was given them. They had scarcely begun
their work when the brakeman, Mr.. Roe
BOyntOn, came in from the smoking car.
He was confronted by the muzzle Of re-
voiver and promptly told to hold up his
hands. The conductor was similarly re-
ceived at the end Of the car, when having
been notified by the porter, he came forward
to see what was the matter. The scene on
the car was IN exciting one. When the
robbers entered most of the passengers were
either asleep or doing. The loud
brought most of them to their feet
and the sight Of four men with loaded re-
vOlvers in their hands transfixed them.
Some of the ladies at once began to secrete
their valuables, most of them considering
their stockings the safest place. None of
the male passengers showed any disposition
10 make fight. All of them who were
called upon gave up something, but In most
eases it was mere trihe. One man handed
The robbers two cents. Another passed
over eleven cents and poker chip. A
third stood them off with fifteen cents, and
another who had no change gave them ono
dollar. The robbers seemed to he satisfied
with whatever was handed to them and
made no attempt tn press matters. They
disturbed but one coach and secured not
more than SIT or S2S. Passengers who had
LARGE AMOUNTS CT MONEY
on their persons escaped by giving up a few
cents. A darkey who was asleep at the
time was struck in the face with revolver
because he did not comprehend the state Of
affairs with sufficient alacrity. This, how
rver was tho only attempt at violence. The
statements of the passengers as to the APP
pearance of the men, while they differ in
some respects. agree that they were very
rOugi,-loOking men and new in the business.
The big man who stood guard at the for
ward door wore false side whiskers,
Prince Albert coat, dark pants, a siOlich
hat and blue shirt. The lower part of his
face was concealed by a mask, and his hat
was pulled down over his eyes. He seemed
to be the leader. as he was continuously
giving orders to the others to hurry
up. The man who stood guard at
the rear door was short and thick set, and
wore a brown suit, brown derby hat and
had his boots BACKED. He also had on
who went through the car were smaller in
stature than the leader, but resembled him
in the dress. They too wore masks and
whiskers The affair did not occupy more
than ten minutes and was stopped by the
entrance Of the brakeman. He was at once
compelled to stop the train at che point OF
revolver. As soon rs the cars stopped
the men disappeared. After the robbers
had left the passengers
HAULED FORTH THEIR vALUABLES
FROM their places Of cOncealment and con-
graduated each other on their luck in eS-
Gaping 50 lightly. They were, however,
thoroughly scared. The news OF the rob
berry reached Kansas City some time before
the train arrived, and there was quite a
crowd OF people at the Union Depot when
it came in. The passengers and train Off
Gals were besieged with questions, and the
greatest excitement prevailed. The news
spread rapidly throughout the city,
and was discussed everywhere. The
first reports were greatly exagger-
ated, and when II became known
that only about $50 had been obtained the
excitement subsidized. As soon rs the ru-
NOR of the robbery reached Kansas City
Captain Charles Ditscl,. of the Metropolitan
Police force. summoned a posse of officers,
consisting of Detective Hartley and Officers
Frazier, Fairchi,d, Clarkin and W. I. Davis
and prepared to start after the robbers.
They left for Blue Springs on special car
Mt AS this morning, accompanied by Mr..
E. j. Sanford, Superintendent of the road
at this city, and the conductor, porter and
brakeman of the train Oh which the robbery
occurred.
SMALL NOTES.