The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-15

gineer and fireman with his revolver
the other raped on the door of the
express car and demanded admission,
l had lot of money out of the safe
at the time, aud in order to get few
minItes to conceal some of the pack.
ages | asked him what he wanted.
The robbers swOre roundly, and SAID
it was none of my business. They
further remarked that if the door was
mott opened Immediately they would
place stick of dynamite under it and
blow tie car and myself into King
dom come. After some parleying
with the desperadoes. / finally deci-
ded it was best to open the door. As
soon as | did so, one of the masked
men remarked that Il was DIN long
time coming OUT / Was ordered to
get down off the csr, but instead of
doing so, | said that a. long as it was
their intention to plumber the car they
might just as well climb up.
"FREsH" MESSENGER.
''To show that he considered time
precious and he was not robbing the
car simply to converse with the mes
senger, he struck me on the shins
with his revolver and made me lump
tt the ground. The robber then
climbed into the car, and as ne was
drawing himself up, mutrered loud
enough to be heard, Il reckon / am
enough Of a rai'roader TO get iDto
car. He went toward the safe and
was about to begin work on it when /
called out to him and said that by de-
the safe he was going to
considerably delay matters, as it could
be opened much more easily with
key. | then threw the key to him,
and toll him he had better let ME as
si-t him, as there was Il number Of
valuable papers in the safe which
would lie of no earthly use to him
and would be great a loss to the COM
psny.
THE SAFE OPENED.
81 saw that resistance was useless
and opened the safe. The robbers
eyes flashed greedily as he saw the
DIles of papers and bundles which be
thought contained currency exposed.
He held the revolver in one hand and
a small, heavy sack open in the other.
| went indu.triously to work to ran
sack the safe, and as l brought out
package after package they were care
fully examined by the rObber. One
package which | said contained some
papers of a New York bank was
roughly torn open by the masked
man, and he was greatly surprised
when | calmly requested him to cut
them open with knife.
"WeIl, here, yoa cut them OpeD,'
said he, handing me knife, but be
careful with that knife or I'll use this
gun
PACKAGES CUT OPEN.
81 cut open several packages with
the knife. and rs [ was drawing out
he last package in the safe, discov-
cred several bags of silver and cur
rency. | tried to save them by tell
ne my unwelcome visitor that it was
he last thing in the safe and contain
I'd only papers. He said bring
hem out, anyway L did. aud he
roughly tore The package open. ard
hiding that it contained no money,
ne carelessly threw them back into the
'afe and covered up the money. He |
hen turned towards lot freight at |
'ne end of the car, and, fearing he
would discover several thousands of |
dollars IL sealed sacks, which | had |
iurriedly thrown into corner, | vol
Inteered to assist him. He grew J
Tery angry and, showing the revolver
nto my face, he ordered me to attend |
o my own business. While he was
Examining the freight the robber out
'ide called out:
"Ge' move on you in there. A
reight is coming up"
AGOOD NATURED ROAD AGENT.
The man inside replied that they
lad plenty of time and continued |
Ossing the freight aside. He came
o a wooden box which / used as
Iunk and he asked:
"What is in this box?"
"'That Is my own private property,
replied.
well | will open it all the same,
he rObber replied, and he lifted the
over. He found that the box con-
aimed some clothing and money. He
Ook the money out and showing it to
ne asked:
"Whose is thisP
"'It is mine,' l replied. Il worked
or it.
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