The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-13
A TRAIN HELD UP.
A Milwaukee & st. Paul Elk.
press Train Robbed.
Inc Express Car Almost Demolished-Th
Amount Of Money Secured Was Small
"A Posse In Pursuit.

MILWAUKEE, Noy. 12.-The midnight
train on the Milwaukee & st. Paul road
was robbed by masked men near Western
Union junction at l o'clock this morning.
Inc train mad been out of Junction, TWEEN
ty-three miles south of this place. about
half mile when Fireman Edward Ayerill
VINO was putting some coal into the fur
mace, was startled by noise behind him.
He turned around and
DISCOVERED TWO MASKED MEN
climbing over the engine tender. Both
levelled their double barreled guns at the
fireman and Engineer Bill Mckay with tho
Injunction, Don't move en- inch till we tell
you to, or we will blow the tops of you id
hesds off,
Engineer Mckay was directed to run
the Train to point within about one mile
from western Union junction. Here he
was commanded to stop and both men
oroered to step down out of the cab. Thew
were marched to the express car under
cover and then the work of blowing open
the express car began. Several bombs.
tue fireman thinks, were thrown into
the car aud the explosions were terrific
anu must have awakened every passenger
on the train, but nobody appeared on the
Soene 1he ropoerS were undoubtedly not
Tess IMAM SIX or seven in number, Judging
rom tne manner in which they conducted
operations. The Jrainmen believe thew
had a team close at hand with which 70
cart away the safes which were
TAKEN BODILY OUT OF THE CAR.
Fireman Averill's story is the lost com.
pre1enslVe "Ihey made me walk ahead
ol 1nem 10 the express car" he said, land
sney gave me jimmy to pry open the
boxes. They got the messepPer,s kevs
though he was in no hurry to give them
up, and they will have no trouble in getting
away with all the money! The train wos
held for over half an hour. The entire eff.
forts OF the robbers were conferred on the
express car and not a passenger wac
molested. The fireman thinks there were
nall dozen men guarding the coaches.
Less tnan i've minutes out of Western
Union Junction" said Messenger Murphy,
the train slowed up suddenly. musket
was poked through the top window of the
car and second later terrific explosion
occurred that knocked both myself
and Mr. Cook in heap. Half a
dozen more explosions followed and
both doors flew off the hollis
Then two men, wearing big black masks.
clambered quickly into the car and COW
cred US with muskets. We were cautioned
w Atain edln SiouCt, Ou penalty or getting
our heads cut off. After CHANGING hur.
riedly about the car the robbers fastened
their eyes or two iron boxes of the Ameri-
can Express company. The robbers
brought the fireman in little later and
went through all the boxes. They com
PEELED US to hand over the keys. Thew
dumped the boxes out on the road bed
One of the robbers kept US covered with
his musket all the time, while the other
superintended
THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIREMAN.
Messenger Murphy stated they secured
all bills Of money obtained in the safe and
that the sum was undoubtedly a very large
one. 1t is probable the total amount of the
robbers booty will amount to 800, 600, and
possibly more. An official Of the st. Paul
road said the train which was held up was
one which generally carried all the money
received by Milwaukee banks from the
east in the morning.
Agent John f. Bell, of the American Ex-
press company, said to a reporter an ap-
proximate statement of the amount taken
by the robbers could not be learned. He
said s., 600 in local packages was certainly
gone, besides thessum contained in two
sealed envelopes.