Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-18
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
Ninety Thousand Dollars Worth of Booty
Secured,

Ninety Thousand Dollars Worth of Booty
Secured.
KANSAS CRY, August 17lh.--The Pacific
Express Company lost $4,000 by train
robbery on the Missouri Pacific Railway
early this morning. 1t was the Kansas
City limited that fell into the hands of the
bandits. The train was crowded with pas
sengers ana the safe of the express COM
pany was stuffed with money consigned,
much of it to Washington banks.
The train left Upton, Mo-, about 8 A. M.
Figures were seen by the engineer lurking
around the forward end of the train, but
no particular attention was paid to them
Just after leaving Upton the fireman re-
turned toward the tender to fire up and
looked squarely into the mussle of two re-
yolvers in the hands of two masked men.
They had evidently boarded the forward
platform, blind" mail car, at Upton, and
were crawling over the tender toward the
engine. One of the bandits covered the
fireman with a revolver, while the other
took care of the engineer. They were told
to hold up their hands.
NOW, you run this train to the Otter
vile water tank" ordered the leader, land
stop there. If you attempt to stop at any
other place, or give the signal of alarm,
you'll be dead man." and the robbers
placed their weapons close to the heads of
their victims.
The engineer and fireman were at the
bandits mercy. and could only obey. The
Otterville wafer tank stands in Robbers
Cut" just east of Otterville. 1t was there
that the noted outlaws, the James boys,
committed one of their most daring rob-
berries and the Younger brothers perpe-
trated one of their boldest crimes.
When Robbers Cut" was Ieached the
engineer stopped the train. ''You come
with me-" the leader addressed the en-
gineer, 'and you tend to the fireman" he
said to his companion. The engineer was
commanded to 60 to the express car and
tell the messenger to open the door. When
he reached the express car he found that
the two robbers had five confederates
car. all heavily armed and their faces con-
cealed behind masks.
He walked to the door of the express
car and covered by the revolvers of three
of the robbers called to express messenger
Sam Avery to open the door. Avery. sus-
pecting no danger, pushed back the door.
As he Gid 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 robbers jumped into the car.
They proceeded Immediately to the safe.
which was locked. Avery was commanded
to open it at the oint of a revolver. One
of the robbers unfolded gunny sack and
into it were placed the entire contents of
the safe.
In the meantime the conductor, alarmed
at the unusual stopping of the train, went
forward to see what was the trouble. He
got only as far as the rear end of the ex-
press car, when be was halted by one of
the robbers, who told him to go back and
collect tickets. The conductor hurried
back to the first passenger coach and ex-
citedly informed the passengers what was
going on, and advised them to hide their
valusbles. Money, watches, jewelry and
everything valuable was showed into boot
tops, into cracks, cushioned seats, and any,
where to get it out of sight. The conductor
had just warned the passengers in the Sec
ond car when the train started again. The
robbers had finished their work and
escaped.
The engineer pulled the train into Otter
vile, where party was left to arouse the
Sheriff and organize posse to pursue the
robbers The robbers had left their tracks
in the mud. These were followed for
some distance east and finally lost. The
Sheriff's posse and detectives are securing
the country for the robbers, and consider
ing the short start hope to capture some of
them at least.
The exact amount of the money and
vsluables stolen cannot be learned. The
agent of the express company here will say
absolutely nothing about the occurrence
except 10 give the story of the robbery.
From other sources it was learned that the
money in the safe aggregated about S75 900,
and that other valuable property amounted
to about SIS 600.
A Banker Suicides
New YORK, August 17th.-Joseph T.
Jameson, millionaire broker and banker,
who was stopping with his sister, Mrs.
Amos Colting, committed suicide last
night by hanging himself. Jameson's
family is out of town, and from what could
be learned from friends, temporary insan
ity caused by illness, and perhaps ag-
gravated by feeling of loneliness in the
absence of his family, is thought to have
been the cause of the tragedy. Jameson's
partner is James D. Smith, Commodore of
the New York Yacht Club.
Land Entries Set Aside.
WASHINGTON, August 17th.-Assistant
Commissioner Stone, of the General Land
Office. has suspended the following San
Francisco land district timber entries,
pending the report of the special agent of
the department: Entries of James B. Stet-