Telegram-herald., 1890-10-03
STOLE THOUSANDS.
Bandits Rsb an Express Msssen-
ger in 0hie.
They kAske Their Escape t@klng
With Them Bootf % the Amount
Of Several Thousand Dollars

C.RKx. q. Oct s.-The thronFA
north bs,and express tE4in On the Cln-
cinnatl. saadusky a Cleveland rAllres4
Vas hsla - by train robbers ~ true
Missouri fashion a. o'oi0ck = "a. sna
the Adams Express CcmPanss safe de-
spoiled of several thousand aoilara
The express messenger. A. l. Scaaaef.
VAS an unwilling witness - the crime
from corner of He Cal into Nhich lie
Was foroed al the poiDt ~ revolver
The train Is due al Urh4na jast be
fore broad daylight II makes : short
stop al that city. being q through train,
and then proceeds without . step %
West Liberty, near the county
line. just ss a was pDllinE 0oi
OF CrbsRa tso men. ~h0 lad
evidently creps on the platform IN
the UrhsnA station, appeared ~ the
door Of the express CAR and presented
revolVers AZ The head of Scudder The
latter who was beat over his work oid
not n0tice the intrusion until he
heard the click Of the weapons ~ his
ear. ho l0st no time IN obeylng su in
xatation 10 throw ~ his hands. lie vas
"a
car and hrmiy tied 10 the seat Both
the robbers wore masks When they
had secured Scudder 10 their hiking
they turned deliberately 10 The open
safe. whose contents they speed lY cup
tied into a large bay. There vese na-
merous packages Of jeweiry and dia-
monds aud not a few oi money Ths
robbers took every thing as IL came
When the safe was empty the robbers
made leisureiy examination 81 Scud-
der's desk and, discovering . number %
envelopes that had promising lock,
appropriated them Glso putting some ~
them in the big bag and son { IN their
pockets The envelopes contained the
September pay Of the express CON psDys
agents along the line.
Scudder watched the proceedings with
desperate interest but Was unable 20
move and too scared 20 cry out While
the robbers were stu at work the IN
fortunate agent caught sight OF form
entering the rear door Of the car and rec
ognizing in the new conner enc Of the
brakemen, he uttered loud call for
help This aroused the robbers. who
took in the situation at a glance and
fired their revolrers 80 the intruder.
who precipitately fed. This interrup-
tion only had the effect Of Fastening
them in their work.
The startled brakeman made his way
back 10 the passenger cars and gave the
alarm to the conductor OF the train
The latter signaled the engineer 10
stop. BY this time the train WAS near
ing West Liberty. The robbers taking
advantage OF the decreased speed
of the tain left the car at once
aud made their way 10 the en-
gine. Covering the engineer with their
revolvers they ordered him 20 start up
again az full speed. The engineer
obeyed. and, as his train disappeared
toward West Liberty. tic conductor aud
his crew saw The robbers disappear in
the dim morning light They were last
seen on the edge OF wood not far from
the track. Scu6der was found dashed 70
the chair, and when released told his
story as above.
When the train reached West Liberty
q posse was organized at once and II now
in quest OF the robbers The Cincinnati.
Sandnsky a. Cleveland is the oldest
road in Ohio and not for many years has
its property been nolested By train
robbers The affair is considered
by those who believe Scadder's story
TO be the most daring thing Of the Kind
that has ever happened in the State
scuoder has not yet been able to state
the amount secured by the robbers but
he is confident il will reach several
thousand dollars
A special from Belle'ontsine says the
men jumped of at q crossing near that
place. and that two suspects have been
arrested by the authorities there.