The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-05
AN ILLEGAL LEVY.
Two Road Agents Take Toll ou .
Nissauri Train.


your hands,"
Such was the command that the as
tonishea passengers OF the 81. Paul
sleeper, attached Ia the rear end of the
! Nabash Western express, heard a ii
pulled out OF Harlem at 3 :0S last even
/. ing. The command was spoken bv
ne Of two armed men whose faces
. were concealed behind handkerchief.
and who had entered the rear coach.
The hands went up. There were
seven people in the ec aeh--nve pas
sengers, the sleeping car conductor
and the porter.
The ilrst passenger approached was
a lady. At the iirst coInnia nj her
face a,anched With fear Her hands
went up Tor "A moment. then Tell list
lessly in her lap. She had faiated.
Il guess they won't bother us. re-
marked one OF the robbers, and, salts
fed no resistance would be offered,
they commenced their work of plum
der. One man went through the pss-
sengers one by one, while the other
/ with his revolver in bis extended
hand kept a vatchf0l lookout for
signs of opposition. In this wsy the
piuuderer secured all the booty he
could in his haste. When il was all
over and the robbers had escaped, The
( passengers found they had lcen re-
lieved of $3.50 and two gold watches.
The train left kausas City at SO
last night When the train reached
+ the Missouri river bridge two men
/ we're seen To get oil the forward end
OF the baggage car and disappear he
/ hind lumber pile. The train hands
fGsFfa ff..axs A. 4. a
stolen a ride from Kansas CITY. and
paid no attention to the incident.
They are now convinced they were
/ the robbers, and that they caught the
| rear end of the last sleeper a. IL passed
the lumber pile. Just as the train
pulled cat of Harlem they entered the
car and went through the passengers
ss described. Ii was evidently thsi.
Intention 10 rob the passengers in all
the coaches. working the srain from
the rear forward.
As they left the 81. Paul sleeper they
again cautioned th. passengers not 10
give the alarm, on penalty oil being
shot by the man on the platform.
Leaving the st. Paul coach. they
/ started for the next one ahead. On
The platform they met the conductor
OF the train. j. Reach. One of the
robbers pushed las revolver under the
conductors nuse and ordered him 10
hold up his hands. The conductor
supposed from the nature of their dis
guise that a number OF railroad men
who had taken passage on the train
were playing practical joke on him,
and with laugh he attempted to
push past them and through the
sleeper.
Just then a gust Of wind swept the
mask of the rohher aside, and then he
knew the affair was one Of dead
earnest. lie had no weapon. but he
earned his lantern ia his hand, and
with that dealt him vicious blow on
the head. simultaneously with the
assault the other robber fred shot al
I aim. HIS aim vas bad, and the bullet
missed the mark.
Z The first rohber hal by this time re-
covered himself. and he took a shot al
the conductor. His aim was no more
1 precise than that of his partner. The
< robbers then. with one more parting
shots, swung otf from the steps Of the
car. As they did 80 the conductor
hurled his lantern after them. deter
mined to have the last tag on
\ them. The train was running Mt the
/ rae Of twenty-five miles an hour.
Conductor Roach swung out beyond
( the side Of the car and sav the robbers
arise and make sith al haste for the
road that leads to Kansas City. That
I was the last seen of them.
la the meantime the passengers i'm
/ the sleeper had heen 80 completely
'errorized that they did not regain
their senses until they heard the fir
/ ing on the platform. Then one of
them pulled The cord that connects
/ with the air-brake, and brought the
train to a standsiill about a mile froui
the place where the robbers Jumped
off
A special agen. Of the Wabash road.
who sas on the train. ordered the en-
gineer TO run u Randolph. few miles
ahead. and there unco0plei the en-
CINE and ran IL bsrk 20 Harlem, where
posse was organized ard started out
as once. Guards were stationed nj
the approaches 81 the bridge to pre-
vent entrance - Kansas City. The
police of tie neishboring towns have
also been warned. The robbers are
issesihed ss rather youthful. not over
- or - years Of age. of slight build
and dressed something ike fsrrners.
No one saw their tAacs except the c0n-
6 t4tfNAetE. AsfA AAAE ItA+s AEBk bl lis
lantern he received 20 definite ifa-
preston Of their features.
KscsrE 81 THK RoEHKKs.
The shefids Ysosse returned this
morning atie. an asmnst ffuitless
: search FOR the robbers They snc.
cesiea IN tracing the men 70 farm
, house whsr- IL j. snowu they stole a
horse from farmer named Evans. IL
ss supposed they fssrccd the horse so
carry a eiosih.e burden. Tiae track 81
tiss animal at isaSt wsre traced 20 9
i,ena 20 the river. here foot prinfs
IN the safaa shew that ihe men prob
a5sv dismounfes.
At this pace ali trace of tie bandits
wss lost IL i likely tssey crossed the
= river and isSsrssesi sAe train faF Ieas-
auwGrFh ~ kansaH City ard SoFts-
we~s@rn reaaA en,s eseags5 ~ that
neaas ~ iaeaya eaffh ard shspee -
!. eunss Fzsifst lf Nsisfa4EA Ea ~ sEss
K.sssesgers og ssse Sleeper ssre Ar.
and Mrs. Cnarsss =. Elenssm. oG izsis
e city.
Train wreck la stsgisis.