The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13
TRAIN ROBBERS.
They Get In Their Work Near
Kansas City i'm the
Old Way.
The Spirit of Jesse James Not
Yet Dead i'm MiSS0uri-A
Chance For Governor
Francis.

Passenger train No. 4, on the Wabash
Western, which left Kansas City at $40
O'Clock Saturday evening, was held up by
two masked men five miles east of Kansas
City and two miles west OF Randolph Sta
ton, and the passengers in the two rear
coaches were relieved of their money and
iewelry. Immediately after the train left
Harlem. station just across the river from
Kansas City, two men ent. red the st. Paul
coach and passed through it and the Des
Moiues sleeper behind il, the latter being
the last car in the train. When they
reached the rear plsifor Of the sleeper the
men tied red haudkerchiefs around the
lower part of their faces, drew their re-
volyers and started forward, holding up
and robbing each passenger as they pro-
ceeded. Their were only six passengers in
the sleeper and eight persons in the ST.
Paul coach. One man with two cooked
revolvers covered" the Passengers, whil9
his partner robbed them. From a Kansas
City gentleman, who was In the sleeper
with bis wife and a young lady, they got
$50 and fire gold watch. From another
man thew secured a silver watch, from an
other 81 in silver, getting out Of the Two
coaches aboCt S175 in cash, one gold and
one silver watch add some small articles of
jewelry None of the passengers offered
any serious resistance, but devoted what
little time they had after the bandits COM
mencsd their work and the alarm was
given ID secreting their money. The Sleep
ing car conductor and the brakeman were
in the forward part of TIE train and knew
nothing of the robbery until it was all
over with. The highwaymen took any
thing and everything they could ct. They
took 20c from one old lady whom they al
most frightened TO death. She was going
to Knksvile, No and she gave them all
the money she had A man In the st.
Paul coach was deprived of 75c and seyer-
al others lost similar small sums.
SHOT AT THE CONDUCTOR.
After goirg through the St. Paul coach
the bandits stepped out on the front plat
form, intending to enter the Cheyenne
sleeper, but thoy got no farther than the
platform fir at the door they met the con-
ductor, Mr.. James B. Reach, who was 60
ing through collecting tickets, and whose
bravery saved the pocketbooks of the pas
sengers in the forward cars. When Con-
ductor Reach opened the rear door of the
Cheyenne sleeper one of the robbers threw
the muzzle Of a revolver In his face and or
dered him to throw up his hands. Without
any hesitation he threw up his right hand.
Ii had lantern in it, however, and ii
came down on the fellows head with such
force as to knock him down. But before
the lantern struck him he fired, the ball
striking the door, doing no injury. The
conductor then threw the lantern at the
other bandit, who also shot at him, missing
him BY hairs breadth. Mr.. Reach SIAM
med the door to, and started forward to get
his revolver, when the highwaymen jump
ed from the train which a: that time was
going at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour, making jump exceedingly perilous
The sleeping car conductor put on the
automatic brake, aud the tr in was stopped,
but no traces of the robbers could be seen.
Mr.. BonnelI, one of Furlong's detectives,
was on the train, and at Randolph he got
off. secured a posse and started In pursuit.
Those In the rear coaches who noticed the
two young men when they first went
through stated that they were both appar
emily young men, had dark hair and COM
plexion, wore black soft hats and dark
clothes, and had the appearance OF farm
hands or laborers. They went about their |
work with great GOODNESS and delibera-
ton.
The St. Taul and Des Moines coaches
were net part of the St. Louis train
proper, snd they were switched of at Mo-
berly, the unfortunate passengers continu-
ing their journey to the north. None OF
those, therefore, who were the victims OF
the highwaymen went through TO st.
Louis, Ii the bandits had not been foiled
by the conductor they would have reaped |
a rich harvest In the forward cars. A |
young man in the Cheyenne sleeper, going |
east with his bride, had $500 in his pock- |
ct. Mr. Z. NJ Edison, of Kansas City, /
had considerable money on his person, and |
several others would have LIST several hum |
dred each.
THE CONDUCTORS EXPERIENCE.
St. Louis, Aug. 5.-Conductor James |
B. Reach, who so bravely opposed the /
advances of the highwaymen, was seen at
his room last night by a reporter, and in
duced to tell the story o. his encounter.
Mr.. Reach is small man, but evidently
the possessor of great strength. "When We
left Kansas City," he said, Il commenced
collecting tickets at the forward end of the
train, working back. When opened the
rear door of the Cheyenne sleeper, which
was the third car from the rear, saw two
masked men standing On the platform.
One of them stepped up and threw re-
volver in my face, saying, throw up your
hands ? At first thought it was some of
the boys playing joke on me, but the
fellow said again, you - -, hold
up your hands p He fired at me then,
the ball entering the side of the car door.
I struck him with the lantern and l
either knocked him out the door or
he jumped out. then threw the lantern
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