The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-08-23
IN ROBBERS OUT.
Masked Highwaymen Relieve the Paolhs
Express Company OF $40, 900.

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Express Company OF $4,000.
The Kansas City Limited Express
from st. Louis on the Missouri Pacific
railway left Upton, Mo-, at about 3
o'clock Sunday morning. Two myster-
ious figures were seen by the engineer
lurking around the forward end of the
train. just after leaving Upton the
fireman turned toward the tender to fire
up the engine, and looked squarely into
the muzzle of two revolvers in tho hands
of two masked men who were lying OH
their faces on top of tho coal. One OF
tho bandits covered the fireman with
his revolver while the other took care
of the engineer. They were told to hold
up their hands Their hands went up.
"Now, you run this train to the
Otterville water tank" ordered the
leader, "and stop there. II you at
tempt to stop at any other place or give
signal of alarm, you are dead men. )"
and the robbers placed their weapons
close to the heads of their victims. The
engineer and fireman were at the BAN
dts mercy and could only obey.
The Ottervillo water tank stands in
Robbers Cut" jut cast Of Otterville.
1t was there that the noted outlaws, the
James boys" committed one of their
most daring robberies, and the Younger
brothers perpetrated one of their bold
est crimes. Arriving at the Cut, }"
and after the train was at stand-still,
the leader said to the engineer, You
come with me-" The engineer was
commanded to go to the express car and
tell the messenger to open the door He
did so, under the threat of death If he
should fail. When he reached the ex-
press car he found the two robbers had
five confederates stationed at convent
ent places about the car, all heavily
armed and their faces concealed behind
masks. He walked to the door of the
express car and, covered by the re-
volvers of three of the robbers, called
to the express messenger, Sam Avery,
to open the door. Avery, expecting no
danger, pushed back the door AS he
did so the leader of the robbers and one
confederate pushed their revolvers in
and ordered the messenger to hold up
his hands. The order was promptly
obeyed, and three of the robbers
jumped into the car. hey proceed
ed Immediately to the&safe, which
was locked. Avery was commanded
to open it, and at the point of a revolver
did so. One of the robbers unfolded
a gunny sack and into it were placed
the entire contents of the safe, some
S75.O The robbers then made cur
sorry examination of the car TO see If
they had overlooked any thing, and find
ing nothing more of value backed out of
the car, their revolvers always pointed
at the messenger. In the meantime. the
conductor, alarmed at the unusual stop
ping of the train, went forward to sec
what was the trouble. He got only as
far as the rear end of the express car
when he was halted by one Of the rob-
bers, who told him to go back and col
lect tickets. "We'll take care of this
end of the train the robber added. The
conductor hurried back to the first pas
senger coach, and cxcitedly informed
the passengers of what was going
on, and advised them to hide
their valuables. Money, watches,
jewelry and every thing valuable was
showed into boot tops, into the cracks of
the cushioned seats, and anywhere to
get it out of sight. The conductor had
just warned the passengers in the sec
ond car when the train started on its
journey again. The robbers had finish
ed their work and escaped. The engin-
eer pulled the train into Otterville,
half mile distant, whore part of the
crew left to arouse the sheriff and organ
ize posse to pursue the robbers. The
sheriff's posse and detectives are scour-
ing the country for the robbers, and,
the short start they had,
and their number, the chances appear
good for the capture of some of thcm at
least.