Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-03
SUCCESSFUL TRAIN ROBBERY
At Urbans. Ohio--The Express Car Looted
bv Masked Men.

CINCINNATI, o., October 2.-The law
abiding and peaceable citizens of one OF
the most populouS and enlightened por-
tions of Ohio will be aStonished to know
that this morning a daring and success
| ful express robbery was committed in
their midst, such as would not be re-
garded unusual, or unlikely in the wildS
of Texas. Between three and four
o'clock this morning just as the north
! bound train on the Cincinnati, San
dusky and Cleveland road had left Ur-
bana. two masked robbers entered
the Adams Express car and
with drawn reyoyerS compelled
Messenger A. l.. Scuddcr TO deliver the
contents of his safe. The robbers were
able to complete their work and to safe
IN leave the train with their booty at
Bellefontainc. The methods used are
not divulged in the brief dispatches re-
ceived here by the Adams Express Off
cialS. nor is it possible for some time to
tell how much was in the safe The i'm
preston here is that the amount was
comparatively small, but 10 would be
possible for 4 considerable sum of bank
funds to have been in The booty. The
portion of the country in which the
robbery occurred is as unlikely to Sug-
rcSt such crime as could be found.
The robbers evidently are not natives.
Messenger Scudder gave the follow
ing facts: Immediately after the train
left Urbaua two men with masks over
their faces and revOlyers in their hands
entered the car aud ordered him TO
throw up his hands. Being taken by
surprise he Obeyed orders. The robbers
then tied the messenger securely to
chair and proceeded TO rob the safe of
its contents, taking money and iewelry
packages and dumping them into a sack
carried by one of the masked men. How
much money and the amount of other
valuableS they obtained the messenger
could not tell. but the loss will reach
several thousand dollars. The robbers
also took the envelopes containing the
months pay for agents of the company
along the line. While the robbers were
engaged in this work brakeman at
tempted TO enter the car, but
was met with a shot from one Of the
men, and beat haSty retreat. The
conductor and other trainmen were thus
appriSed of what was going on. The
engineer slowed up the train to allow
the trainmen TO capture the robbers,
| but this was an opportunity which the
! thieves were not slow 10 embrace, and
| they Jumped from the car with their
| booty Just aS the town Of West Liberty
was reached and disappeared in the
darkness. An attempt was made TO
follow them, but they got away.
The affair created great excitement
when the facts were made known, and
citizens and officers are making Il Wig
orouS search for the robbers.
Mr. l.. c. Weir. manager OF Adams En-
press Company says that nothing will
be known definitely Of how how much
money was taken in this mornings rob-
berry. near Urbana, until tomorrow,
when there will be a casting up of ac-
counts.
Nothing is known of what the meSsen-
ger may have received between here
and Urbana, but it is limited that
he left here with a small amount
of money. 1t is also known that
he lost his own salary, which he received
before he left here. 1t is believed that
the robbers expected this express to
carry from here the months salary OF
AN the employees along the line In this
they miScalculatcd. The latest news
here is that Messenger Scudder released
himself i'm Bellefontaine in time to fire
a partiug shot at his robbers from his
little 30 calibre pistol.