Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-03
STOLE 1 FOu1UAE.
Robbers Make a Successful Raid on
Train Near st. Louis.
The Express Car Blown Open by
Dynamite and Between $4,000
and $4,000 Carried Away.
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cessful train robbery took place on the
St Louis Il San Francisco road. near
Glendale station, about 10 miles from
this city, shortly before 10 o'clock Mon
day night The robbers had their
plans well laid and they escaped with
money and valuables amounting, per-
haps, to $50, 900, possibly more.
Six Men Ola the Job.
The Adams Express Company was
the victim, aud from the manner in
which the robbers did the job it is evil
dent that their plan was to make a
clean sweep of the express car They
used dynamite with fearful effect. both
on the car and Messenger }. T. Null
renen, who had charge OF the car. six
men participated in the robbery.
stopped the Train
When the train reached Old Orchard
it is supposed that four men boarded
the express car, two of them climbing
the front platform and two the rear.
The other two it is believed. boarded
the train at Glendale. Shortly after the
train left Glendale two men silently
made their way over the heaps of coal
in the tender towards the engine cab.
AS soon as they secured a good footing
they opened the heavy duck shield
which does duty as a door during the
cold season, and placing revolvers at
the heads of the engineer and fireman
commanded them to stop.
The engineer brought the train to
standstill at a point about 500 feet
east of the station at Glendale and
Immediately two other men. who
evidentlywere in waiting at that point,
drew revolvers and began fusillade of
shots, firing into the air with the pur-
pose of intmidating the trainmen and
passengers and compelling them to re-
main inside the cars
The Express Messenger Hurt.
In the meantime the express messen-
ger, who had suspected that something
was wrong had closed and bolted the
ear doors and stood inside ready to de-
fend sAc property intrusted to his care.
| But the odds were against him and the
poor fellow now lies in dangerous
condition at North Springfield.
Dynamite Used.
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the engineer and fireman to the
car they placed them under guard, and
commenced. first by persuasive means.
TO induce Messenger Mulrenen to open
the door of the car. But the lat
ter was obdurate. He would sell his
life, he said, before he would open the
door and leave the ear to the mercy of
the would-be looters The chief of
the band, seeing that coaxing did
no good, commanded his lieuten-
ants to demolish the car door. which
stood between them and the coveted
prize. The new mode of attack with
dynamite was employed A stick of
the deadly explosive was placed against
the car and the fuse lighted The ex-
plosion shattered the door, and injured
the messenger
4 Big Sum Taken.
AS the door fell in the robbers en-
tered the car and taking the key from
the messenger, soon Rad the safe
open Everything in the safe was
taken and also the messengers
gold watch and chain Estimates
as to tine amounts secured vary
widely, ranging from $40 900 to $50, 900,
but nothing definite is yet known on
this point. superintendent Damsal, of
the express company, says it will be
several days before the exact amount
can be ascertained.
Passengers Kept at Bay.
While two of the robbers were doing
the work at the express car the other
four bandits kept the remainder of the
train crew and passengers in a state of
terror, a constant fusillade: being kept
up all the while. more reckless
set of robbers probably never under
took similar work Fourteen shots
were fired into the smoking car, but
fortunately none of It's inmates were
hurt.
The Escape.
After the robbers had secured all the
money envelopes and packages in the
safe they jumped from the car, and
calling to their confederates on board
the locomotive told them to make
the engineer start the train The en-
gineer slowly started the train and the
robbers jumped from the car to the
ground The engineer describes the
men who were in the cab as follows:
One was a young man of slight build
ard light complexion; the other was of
heavy build, of dark complexion and
wore black mustache Both were of
medium height and wore light colored
overcoats.