Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-08-15
BOLD ROAD AGENTS.
They Go Through a Sleeping Car
With ReYOlVerS.

Two masked men boarded a Wabash
train at Harlem, near Kansas City, the
other evening, and entering the ST. Louis
sleeper, commanded the passengers TO
''hold up their hands, The cautionary
words that followed were not necessary:
The first one that offers resistance will be
shot down by our man on the platform. :"
There was no man on the platform, but the
passengers submitted as quietly as If there
had been legion There were seven peO-
pie in the coach, five passengers, the sleep
ing car conductor and one porter. OF the
passengers one was IL lady. AT the first
command her face blanched with fear, her
hands went up for moment and then fell
lifelessly into her lap. She had tainted.
II guess they won't bother us, y remarked
one OF the robbers, and satisfied that no re
sistence would be offered, they commenced
their work of piunder One man went
through" the passengers one by one, while
the other, with his revolver in his extended
arm, kept a watchful lookout for signs Of
opposition. In this way the plunderer Sc
cured all the booty he could in his haste, and
when il was all over and the robbcre hac
escaped the passengers found :aey had
been relieved of Sl15 in cash ana two gold
watches.
1t WIS evidently their intention to rob
the passengers i'll all the co ches, work
ing the train from the rear, for as they left
the 81. Paul sleeper they again cautioned
pena;tv Of bong shot by 1.-The man
ON tha platform Leaving the St
Paul ccaSa they started for the next one
ahead. Or the platform they met the con-
ductof .. .le train, John lOach One of
the robbers pushed his revolver under the
conductors nose, and with an oath ordered
him To hold up his hands. The conductor
supposed from the nature of their disguise
that IA number of railroad men who had
taken passage on the train were playing a
practical joke on him, and with laugh he
attempted 10 push past them into the
sleeper.
Just then gust of wind swept aside the
masks Of the robbers and then he knew
that the affair was one of dead earnest.
He had no weapon, but he carried his Ian
tern in his hand, and with that he dealt one
of the men vicious blow on the head,
smashing the lanterns glass and extin-
gushing the light. simultaneously with
the assault the oth3r robber fired shot at
him from his revolver. The aim was bad
and the bullet missed its mark. The first
robber by this time had recovered himself
and he, too, took a shot al the conductor.
The robbers then, with one more parting
shot, swung OF the steps of the car. AS
they did so the conductor hurled the lantern
after them, determined 10 we the "last
tagh on them.
The train was running ::t the rate of %
miles an hour, too fast .Or any one except
taking desperate chances TO Jump of with
out inJuring his life, and Conductor Roach
did not attempt il. He swung out beyond
the side OF the car, however and saw the
robbers arise and make all haste for the
dirt road that leads 10 Kansas City. That
was the last seen Of them.
The robbers are described as rather
youthful, not over 20 or % ye irs of age, of
slight build and dressed something like
farmer bows No one saw their faces ex-
cept the conductor. and by the dim light Of
the lantern he received no definite impress
sion of their features.