The rustler., 1891-11-20
TRAIN ROBBERY.
Another Bold Hold Up OF an Ex-
press Train-
EVIDENTLY THE SANE GANG.
They craut over the T~ndsF aaa To ny-
namlts On the txPres. Car - The
Amaant ef uasfY Takes said
80 us large

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wArKEE. Nov. Is The midnight
train from Chicago on the Milwaul<ee
4 81 Pau road was robbed by masked i
men near Western Union Junction At 4
O'Clock yesterday morning. The train /
had been out Of the junction. twenty /
miles south Of this place about half /
mile when the fireman. Edward Averill. /
who was putting some coal into /
the furnace. heard a noise behind f
him. lie turned around and diseov-
cred two heavily masked men Chamber +
ing over the engine tender. They I
lcveled their douhle-barreled muslkets I
a. the fireman aud the engineer, "Bili' /
Mckay, with the injunction. Don't
move an inch till We tell you 70. or We
will blow the tops Of your heads offF'
Engineer Mckay was directed 10 run
the train 70 within point about one
mile from Western Union Junction
Here the engineer was commanded 10
stnp Both men were ordered 10 step
out OF the cab aud get in line ahead of
the robbers
They were marched ~ the express
car under cover aud the robbers then
demanded Of the express messenger
that he open the door Of the car, which
he refused to do. The conductor came
up by this time and he was taken
prisoner. The robbers next broke In a
window Of the car and threw in some
kind Of an explosive which forced out
the end Of the car. They then went in
side and covered the express messen-
ger with revolver and tried to make
him open the safes. This he positively
refused to doand the safes were thrown
out Of the ear.
LESS than five minutes out of West
ern Union Junction." said Messenger
Murphy. "the train slowed up sudden
IL. A muslxet was pointed through a
top window of the car and second
later a terrific explosion occurred that
knocked both myself and Mr.. Cook in n
heap Half dozen more explosions
followed aud both doors flew Oft the
bolts Then two men wearing big
black masks climbed quickly into the
car and covered us with double
barrcled muskets We were cautioned
To maintain silence at the
penalty Of getting our heads 'blowed
off After glancing hurriedly about
the ear the robbers fastened their eyes
on the two iron boxes of the American
Express Co. The robbers brought the
fireman in little later and went
through all the boxes out on the road
bed. One OF the robbers kept ms Gov
cred with his muslset all the time
while the other robber superintended
operations Of the fireman"
In the meantime the rear brakeman,
understanding the situation, rushed
back to the junction aud got help and
an engine. The engine and posse Mt
once went to the scene and the robbers
fled The train went on to Milwaukee
and the fast mail train which leaves
Chicago at T. III. picked up the safes
and carried them to Milwaukee. The
police of Milwaukee and the secret
service Of the system together with the
sheriff of Racine county we're sent in
pursuit of the robbers. Their flight
was so hasty that they did not take the
precautions they had evidently in
tended SO that the officials believe they
will get them before noon to-day.
Some Of the passengers who were
asleep did not know anything about
the ''hold-up" until the train arrived In
Milwaukee Some of the passenger,
thought there were twenty or thirty o.
the robbers; others thought they saw
only dozen, while others said there
were more robbers than passengers
When the train started up agair
the passengers saw the safes lyinl
beside the track. but the robbers haC
disappeared When the train arrived
al the Union depot at 2:20 o'clock tn
express ear presented an appearance
that IL had been attacked by heavy ar
tillery. Every door and window ha'
been blown out and the platform an,
wallis were shattered in half dozei
places, while the contents were pile
in one indiscriminate heap in the cen
ter of the car
Messenger Murphy states that he ha
secured ali the bills of the money col
tained in the safe and that the sum wa
undoubtedly n very large one. IL
probable that the total amount OF th
robbers booty will amount to sl0O, 0O'
and possibly more.
An official of the St Paul road sal
the train which was held up was I'll
one that generally carried all the none
received by Milwaukee banks from ii
east In the morning
Agent John f. Bell, of the America
Express Co, said to reporter, aft
Messenger Murphy had made his repor
that an approximate statement of u
amount taken by the robbers could n,
be learned. he said that S., 900 in loc
packages was certainly gone, besides
sum contained in two sealed envelope