The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-28
"a BOLD2ROBBERF.
A Train Held Cup fnb Ghsi InliAiF
le Territory nom
The 3 Robbers Il Secure $50, 900
and Eseape-o ssfafa
n l1Hn4t Int lie Letter From ON
Henry Stanley,e1sa
Geo. II. Pendleton Dies at
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OswEeo. Nov. Pa train robbery
of extraorday boldness was accom-
plished in the Choctaw nation,
Indian Territory, last night. The
Missouri. Kansas s. Texas express
train, north-bouud for st: Louis, was
held up on Pryor creek, near Perry
station. and the express car robbed of
about $50. 600. The robbers displayed
great coolness and went about their
work in such a methodicat manner as
70 convince the train men they We're
Old-time professionals. The roa.t
agents were only two in number. They
had concealed theInselye IN a clump of
bushes, near the water tank on, Pryor
creek. and when the train stopped
there for water they boarded the
engine, one on either a. side,
and covering the astonished
engineer and tiremep with their re-
voiVers. explained t0them their design
Of robbing the train. One OF. the
from that point of vantage, was master
of the engine. The men in. the cab
were at his mercy and were compelled
to obey his commands. The other
robber, in the meantime, had gone back
to tue express Car and bad uncoupled il
from the rest of the train. Entering
the car he Inundated the express
me -senger by presenting brace of re-
Yolvers at his head and ordering him
to disarm himself. The messenger
obey ed: The robber possessed him
and then through the win
dow called to his confederate in
the tender, '.all right, let her co.
The latter repeated the command to
the engineer, who had nothing to. do
but obey. He opened the throttle and
the engine and express car sped away
from the rest of the train. Meanwhile
the rObber in the EXP ress car-had not
been idle. He compelled the messen-
ger, under a threat of death, to open
/ the safe and transfer its contents to a
large gunny sack which the robber had
brought along to carry the booty in
| The robber then made d hasty examin-
alton of the Car TO see that nothing
| Yaluble had been overlooked, and Civ
| ing a signal TO his confederate the lat
| ter ordered the engineer to slack
up. This done the robbers disembarked
and made their escape in the darkness
warning the train men not tn follow
| them. The work was done so quickly
that the engine had gone only a milk
| and half from Pryor creek, and th'
/ EODUSIS AdO COulPiOICu- tAOlt sAODDC1l
and effected their escape before the
surprise d crew knew what had hap
pened. No attempt was made to pur
sue the road agents and the enginee
ran back to the creek, picked up hi
train and pursued his ti1p. The traiI
was the regular exp esS, which Away
carries large amount of express mat
ter, and the robbers could not havI
selected better one to hold up. -WheT
the train arrived here at O'Clock thi
morning, Express Messenger johnson
had just completed footing up his loss
The total figures were between 1$45, 90
and $50, 900, This loss must be burn,
by the Pacific Express company, which
toperates on the NJ, K. s. T. Tn
trains s stop at this point was SO shOr
Ethat no description of the robbers coult
be obtained and Their identity is no
even suspected. The train will no
arrive at St. Louis until lat this after
noon.