Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-18
VERY WE'LL DONE.
Train Robbers Who Could Plan
and Execute.
THEY SCOOP A PRIZE OF $4,000

And Get Safely or with Their ni-Gotten
swag-An Engineer Who VIII Probably
Pay Attention to Mysterious Passengers
Hereafter-The Rascaily Feats OF the
James Boys About Equailed in Skill
and Nerve of Achievement.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 18-The safe Of
the Pacific Express company was robbed
of SO, 900 $50 the report says) by train rob
bers on the Missouri Pacific railroad yes
terday morning The train, which was
the Kansas City limited express No 3, left
Upton, Mo, at about a. m. Two mys-
FERROUS figures were seen by the engineer
lurking around the forward end of the
train, but no particular attention was paid
to them. Just after leaving Upton the
fireman turned toward the tender to fire
up the engine and looked squarely into
muzzles of two revolvers in the hands of
two masked men who were lying on their
faces on top of the coal.
Managed the Thing Very Well.
One of the bandits covered the fireman
with his revolver, while the other took
care of the engineer. They were told to
hold up their hands, and the engineer or
dered to run the train to the Otter
Vile water tank in Robbers
Cut" just east of Otterville. When
"Robbers' CUT was reached the en-
eineer was commanded to go to the ex-
press car and tell the messenger to open
the door. He did SO, under the threat of
death if he failed. When he reached
the express car he found the two robbers
! had five confederates stationed ct conven-
armed and their faced concealed behind
masks
Got on with the Doodle.
He walked to the door of tn g express
| car and called to the express messenger,
| Sam Avery, to open the door. Avery, sus-
pecting no danger, pushed back the door
AS he did so, the leader of the robbers and
| one confederate pushed their revolvers in
| and ordered the messenger to hold up his
hands. The order was promptly obeyed
and three of the robbers jumped into the
| car. Avery was commanded to open the
safe at the point of revolver and did so.
| One of the robbers unfolded a sack and in
| it were placed the entire contents of the
| safe. The robbers then made their escape
| without attempting to modest the passen-
gers.
Started on the Trail.
The engineer pulled the train into OF
terville, half-mile distant, where a part
of the crew were left to arouse the sheriff
| and organize posse to pursue the rob-
| bers. The news of the robbery was also
| telegraphed to the headquarters at St.
| Louis and all the available detective force
of the road was sent to "Robbers' Cut.
The sheriff's posse and the detectives are
now securing the country for the robbers.
The exact amount of money and valua-
bles stolen cannot be learned, but it is
understood the money in the safe aggre-
gated about $4,000, mostly in paper
money and that the other valuable prop
erty amounted TO about $4,000 The rob-
| bers are unknown.
Says the Loss Was Less Than $50, 900.
SEDALIA. Mo, Aug. 1s.-lnformation
was received last evening of the arrest OF
a suspect at Madison Station. on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas, ninety miles
from the scene of the robbery Superin
| tendent Fuller, of the Pacific Express
company, telegraphed from st. Louis last
night that the loss WAS considerable less
than $50, 600 but he declined to give fig