The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-15

berf tpok ID . se0ond time D awoIt
thea6ggregate 81 his plumber. As the caller
rose to 90 he impressed on Mr.. De Celle the
necessity Of going TO sleep and not troubling
himself about the movements Of the former.
&Don't move or pll shoot" was the parting
injunction as the minutes rolled ny and the
cars clicked steadily over the rails. Mr.. De
Celle's curiosity was chatting and he decided
to investigate. He showed his head out be-
tween the curtains, but as he met q brace Of
revolvers leyeled in his direction and heard
the chilly words. @What did I tell you; move
again and I'll shoot" he considerately with
drew from further inspection q
The next n encountered by the Iobber
wan the porter, Charles q. Cough. The
porter rubbed his eyes and sleepily remarked
that he would get him a berth. A second
later he was wide awake, as a couple of re-
volvcrs flashed in his face, and he was In
formed that this passenger didn't want a
berth, that he just wanted the porter's
money, and wanted that id quick. The
porter reluctantly gave up his little wad,
and the robber pulling out his watch to see
whether 1t was worth taking or not, decided
that it was, leaving the owner to mourn fos
q $75 timepiece.
After s~tationing the porter at the end Of
the car, the tain robber went to the first
berth which happened to be occupied by MI.
Crandall of Chicago. The latter persuaded
the robber that, much as he would like to
give him his pocketbook. he was unable to
do SO, because he had entrusted all his valu-
ables to the conductor for safe keeping. The
bluff was successful in two ways, 1t saved
Mr.. Crandall the $500 he had in his pocket,
and the delay undoubtedly saved other pas
sengers from loss The robber was con-
sequently kept pretty busy hunting for the
conductor, watching the porter and the pas
senger at the forward end of the car and
others, who now began to awake and poke
their heads out to see what was going on.
A.. O. Whitney, the Pullman conductor,
totally mistook the character Ut the man.
demented, and it cost him $50 in money and
o watch to find that he was mistaken. While
the fellow vas occupied with Whitney the
porter had lodged along from berth to berth
awaklng the passengers and informing them
that . man was agoing through" the car aud
was near the upper end of the Cur, noticed
his movements, and, taking aim over
the conductors shoulder, fired, but
tho bullet found its resting place
among some be iclothing. This seemed to
o oniyk to g est q BLANKET n from u.% one a OF the s1 bsrthss'
the ~hirhwsvman stenned out IN : ,h \, nat,
fforrp n,,iaa ths hall nIIIo IN ~ ~ ~ pa
siactsenned it's speed. stepned OF and dissn.
neared in the woodn
Az Che train stoned the train oondn.tor
fumped Of. and Hndinp nothinp ont 0f' the
way aignaled the enpfneer to = ahead rs
was oniy after the brain was on IT. wav that
In eearchlnr for the scouse Of the SION Ia
learned Of the robbery.
When the train reached Ohippewa Falls
the sheriff was notified. and he immedintelv
photographed the deputy sheriff at Cadott x
posse was started after the robber. and a.
last accounts he had not been canoht The
railroad company has offered 8 reward ar
$1,000 for lie capture. Il war stated yes-
terday that q similar affair occurred To 4
Wisconsin Central train a week or two ago
but that the matter was kept 0uiat 10 the
oficials IL was further stated lhat the sns-
peoted party was an -ex-conductor. These
rumora however were emnhafionIlv deniad
Yesterday by Division superintandent Horn
He saws this ia the frat AFFAIR az ia bind the
Wisoonsin Oentrnl has ever exnerienced-
The robber aucceeded In rettinr only
about 500. two cola Watches md 4 chnin.
He is undoubrediy now wandarinr IN tha
Yellow liver country. Yesterday aftarnoon
the WISCONSIN Central issued q statement ot-