St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-09
Soldiers and Scouts Securing
the "Bad Lands" for the
Train Robbers.
Uncle Sam Offers a Big Re-
ward for the Capture OF
the Desperadoes.
Thrilling Details of the Hold
ing Up of the Northern
Pacific Train.
Express Messengers Grand
Coup to Prevent Rifling
Of His Car,

MANDAN, n. D.. June S.-Cavalry
and Indian scouts are to-day securing
the country north from Fort Butord,
and south from Fort Yates Tor the TWO
desperadoes who at an early hour this
morning held up the east-bound North
ern Pacific train twenty-five miles west
of this point. A tramp who was steal
ing ride on the blind-baggage end OF
the mail car, which was next the engine,
was first to see the robbers. They
stepped on at New Salem, and as they
kicked against him asked him what he
was doing. When he told them, they
said if he was quiet he would not be
harmed. He remained quiet. Suisse
Ouently he was mistaken for des-
perado and marched to the depot by
the willy express messenger, VINO
skipped out of his car when he heard
shooting.
The Details of the Adventure,
as gathered from train men and pasSen-
gers and this tramp, who is now locked
in the Mandan jail, are as follows: AS
the train moved away from New Salem
two men armed with heavy reviewers
and wearing masks boarded the front
end of the mail car. By the time the
train had run about half mile they
proceeded over the tender into the cab,
and the engineer and fireman were con-
fronted by two revolyers. Engineer
Kilmartin proceeded to put on brakes,
but he was informed that that was not
the thing to do, but to go ahead. he
Obeyed orders, and ran ahead short
distance, when he was ordered to stop
the train. He did so. and at the muzzle
OF a revolver he obeyed further orders,
and 'undid the couplings at the rear OF
the baggage car. Then he was marched
back to the engine and ordered forward.
The engine, tender, mail car, express
and baggage cars went on about mile
further, aving seven cars, passengers
and Pullman coaches, behind. When
spot was reached that
Pleased the Robbers
the train was stopped and the engineer
and fireman marched to the express car.
But in the meantime Express Messen-
ger Angevine, knowing something was
the matter, and hearing shot fired
ahead, suspected the condition of
things, and he had time enough to carry
out plan that he had thought of be-
fore. He opened the small safe, took
out bag containing 5000, and threw it
under his mattress, put out the lights
and skipped. He made detour north
of the tracks, going round the residence
of County Commissioner Luck, and
coming to the depot, where he sent OIL
a message to Mandan about the occur
renee In the meantime the despera-
does. chagrined at finding the express
messenger missing, made break for
the baggage car. Here they found the
baggageman and two brakemen. While
one robber kept the engineer and fire
man quiet, the other entered the bag
gage car to find the eXpressman.
One Shot Was Fired
at the brakemen. but it just graZed his
head, and, after considerable parleying,
and satisfied that there was nobody
there who knew the combinations of the
safes, and, while one robber held in a
line, with arms up, two brakemen, the
baggageman, mail clerk and fireman,
the other superintended the engineer.
while, with a coal hammer, he demol-
ished the small safe. Nothing was found
there, and attempts to get into the large
safe were unsuccessful. A visit was
uext paid to the mail car. Mail Clerk
Sherlock Obeyed orders with expedition
as he was ordered to rip open the regis
tered mail, all of which was carried off.
Brakeman Barney Ford and the bag
gageman managed to get away, and
skipped towards the other half of the
train. A blind shot or two from brig
and hurried their footsteps, but did not
harm them. BY the time the mail car
had been robbed Passenger Conductor
Nichols arrived on the scene, but as he
did so the robbers were disappearing
In the Darkness.
The engine and three forward cars
ran back. coupled on to the rear cars
and proceeded to Mandan. The passen-
gers suspected what the delay was
caused by, as the front part of the train
was seen to disappear and occasional
shots were heard The Pullman con-
ductor, it is said, took about two min
utes to divest himself of his brass but
toned clothes and official cap, and nc
robber would have been able to pick
him out as the custodian of several hun
dred dollars in currency. By O'CLOCK
this morning two sheriffs' posses were
OF the ground, one from Mandan and
one from Dickinson. They found tracks
leading south from the spot where the
parleying was done with the train
hands and followed the trail to de.
serted camp, where pieces of bacon and
the remains of canned goods were
found in the vicinity. A farmer claimed
he had that night lost two ponies, anG
it is thought probable that the robbers
took them, but the trail found leading
from the camp was made by two ponies
that were shod, whereas this farmers
ponies were not. Some of the train hands
Caught Glimpse
of the face of one man while the mask
fell off. There is every reason to be-
Iieve that they were not professional
train robbers. The first report stated
that four men had done the work, but ii
is impossible to find anybody that saw
more than two. Strange to say, nobody
outside the robbers seemed to have {
revolver, and everybody who went
through the novel experience of being
held up admits freely that he obeyed
orders implicitly. At the same time
all believed at the time that their cha