Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-18
AGAIN IN "ROBBERs' CUT"
Seven Robbers Secure $50, 900 From
One Missouri Pacific Railway Train.

Robbers Cut, thirteen miles from Sedalia,
No., on the Missouri Pacific railroad, made
famous by the great robbery perpetrsted there
nine years ago by the James gang, again leaps
into notoriety by another big robbery. At 2:30
O'Clock yesterday morning seven men held up
train there and robbed the express car OF some
thing like $4,000. The train, the regular
Kansas City passenger, left ST. Louis at 500
Saturday morning. At Upton, or California,
two men climbed on the back Of the engine and
remained concealed until Robbers Cut, which
Is three miles from Otterville, was reached. At
TINS point the two men, who had climbed over
the tender, suddenly appeared in the cab, and
covering the engineer and fremen with re-
Volvers compelled them to stop the train.
suddenly, as If they had sprung up out Of
the earth, i've other men with guns appeared,
.hree on one side and two on the other. Very
Few words were said. The engineer was COM
peiied to get down and lead two OF the robbers
70 the express car, leaving the fireman in
charge of the engine The latter got down and,
thlnklng the coast clear. undertook to let the
passengers know what was going on. A big re-
VoiVer IN the hands OF a robber frightened him
SO SO oadly that he climbed back on the engine.
Inc Two robbers forced the express messenger
A. 8. Avery, to hand over all the money pack
ages not locked up in the through safe. The
whole robbery did not take longer than ten
minutes in its execution. The engineer was
out which he did
Not more than half dozen of the passen-
gers In the coaches or sleepers knew what had
happened, and no attempt was made to rob
them. At Otterville the alarm was given, and
within two hours officers were in pursuit but
up to midnight they caught nobody. Railroad
and express officials will not state what the loss
Is, but admit II will be very large. There are
good grounds for putting it close to $50 COO
Nobody was hurt. Conductor Marsh and pas
na 0ad
CHAIR car and were the only two persons there
VINO were armed. They took positions at either
END OF the car and awaited Developments but
were not molested
As soon as he returned to his engine Greyer
the engineer, threw open the throttle and the
train sped on westward but instead of coming
direct to Sedalia it stopped at Otterville aud
information OF the robbery was wired to Super
intendent H. G. Clark OF this city. Half an
hour later the train arrived here and stoned
JUST long enough TO change engines. Messen-
ger Avery refused to make any statement AS to
me amount OF the company's loss At 4:4O
clock special train carrying Detective De
Long, Sheriff Smith and party of picked men
left for Sedalia. Twenty-Five minutes later
they were on the ground at Robbers Cut"
anu as II had raned nearly all night the work
OF tracking the robbers was comparatively easy
for a time.
An examination disclosed two trails in the
soft mud. One was followed some 800 var ds up the
uir. Ioau tnal runs parallel with the railroad,
ana beneath the rail Of fence was discovered
piece OF brown paper neatly folded up An
inspection showed that it the wrapper OF a
package that had been taken from Messenger
Avery. 1t was addressed ]. w. Gilbert, Ne
5raska City, Nebraska, and was from S. A.
nider q Co., wholesale jewellers, 70S and TO
Washington avenue. 1t bore the stamp of the
money order department of the Pacific and
United States Express Company, st. Louis, and
Judging from its size had contained silver plate.
rev feet from where the wrapper was discov-
cred the imprint of the robbers muddy feet
was found on the fence, and the inference is
that they stopped there for a conference An
other account makes the loss $4,000