The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-19
The Pacific Express Company
Losses $4,000 by a
Train Robbery.
%Robbers Cut" Of James Boys Fame,
the Scene Jf the Rob
berry.
The Adjacent Country Now Being
Secured by Pursuers---Ds-
tails of the Crime.

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The Pacific Express company Loaf ss)..
600 by train robbery on the Missonri Pa
cite railway early on the morning. Of the
17th. Ii was the Kansas City limited thss
fell into the hands of she bandits. The
train wAs crowded With passengers and the
safe OF fhe express company was stuffed
with money consigned, much Of 10, TO
western banks. The train left Tiptoa.
No., about .. m. Two mysterious figures
we're sesn 6y the engineer lurking around
the forward end Of the train, but no par
tieular attention was paid 10 them. just
after iessing Upton the fireman turned 10
IRE up and looked squarely into the muz.
zle OF two revolvsrs Ia the hands OF two
masked men. They had evidently boarded
the forward platform of the .'blind' mail
ear q. Upton and had erawled over the ten
der toward the engine. One OF the bandits
covered the fireman with Q revolver,
while the other took care OF the engineer.
They we're told 10 hold up their hands.
Now you rua this train 20 the Otlervile
water tank" ordered the leader, and stop
there. II You attempt 10 stop at any 9th =
place or give q signal OF alarm you'll be
dead man." The robbers placed their
weapons close to the heads Of their ietims,
and the engineer and aremen were at the
bandits mercy and could only obey. The
Otterville water tank stands in the Rob-
bers' cnt, Just east OF Ottfrville. IL was
there that the noted outlaws, the James
boys, committed one OF their most daring
robberiea and the Younger brothers per-
petrated one OF their boidess crimes.
when ROBBERS cut" was reached, the engi-
neer stopped the train. You come With
me. the leader addressed the engineer.
-a-d You tend 10 the fireman, he
said 90 his companion. The engi-
neer was co mmanded 10 20 10 the express
car and tell the messenger 10 open the
door. When be reached the express car be
found the two robbers had Ave confsder-
ates stationed at convenient places about
to the car, all heavily armed aud faces
concealed behind masks. He walked TO
sAs door of lhe express ear and, covered by
the rsvolvers OF three of the robbers,
called TO the express messenger, Sam
Avery, 10 open the door. Avery, suspect.
ing no danger, pushsd back the door. As
be did so the leader OF the robbers aud one
confederate pushed their revolyers In and
oid srod the messenger TO hold mp his hands.
The order was promptly obeyed and three
robbers Jumped iuto the car. Tney pro-
cesded immediately 10 the safe, which was
locked. Avery was commanded TO open Ii
at the point of revolver. and did so. One
OF the robbers unfolded gunny sack and
into 1t we're placed the entire contents Of
the safe.
In the meantime the conductor, alarmed
Al the unusual stopping Of the train, went
forward to see what vas the trouble. He
got only as far as the rear door OF the en-.
press car when he ~as halted by one OF the
robbers, who told him TO go back and col
lect ths tickets. The conductor hurried
back to the FIRST passenger coach and ex-
citeily informed the passengers OF what
sas going on and advised them 10 hide
their ya.uables. Money, watches, jswe!ry
and everything valuable was hastily showed
into boot -tops. into the cracks of the cush-
inned SEATS and anywhere TO get Il out OF
sight. The conductor had just warned the
passengers In the second ear when the train
started again. Ths robbers had finished
their work and escaped. The engineer
pulled the train into 0ttsrville, where part
of the crew were left 10 arouse the shsrih
and organize posss 10 pursue the rob.
bsrs. The robbers had left their tracks In
the mni. These we're followed for some
distance east, and iiually lost. The shsr-
iiffs posse and Detectives are securing the
country for the robbers, and, considering
the short start, hope TO capture some OF
them at least.
The exact amount OF the money and val
uabsag stolen cannot be learned. The agent
of the express company viii say abso-
lutely nothing about the occurrence. az
oept to give the tori Of the. robbery. From
other sources II vas learned that the mons J
In the safe aggregated about $4,000, and
that the other valuable property amounted
to about $4,000.
KANSAS CITY, No.. Aug. 10.
A Especial from sedalia, No., TO ths Kan
aas City Star says: The posse which has
been In search of the train robbers since
yesterday morning, returned this morning
| AS no trace OF the robbers could be found
the parsuil has been temporarily aban.
doned.