Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-12
A Train Held up Near Mil
waukee, Wis.
A KIND OF A BLUFF.
A Single Track, The Farmers Con-
gress, Indignant officers, What
has Become of Him, Attempt to
Blow up a Meeting, Powder Ex-
pIosiOn, Foreign and State News.
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.

was robbed 10y masked men nea
Western Union Junction at on
O'Clock this morning. Two maske'
men with double barreled shot gun
clam1ered on the engine about on
mile from Western Union junction
and commanded the engineer Il
stop the train. The engineer anc
fireman were then ordered To siel
out of the cab and to march TO the
express car under cover, aud th,
work of blowing open the express
car with dynamite bombs begaL
which is thus described by Express
Messenger Murphy. THE train
slowed up, suddenly mus
ket was pOked throug b
the top window of the car and a
second later terrific explosion oc-
Cured that knocked both myself
and Mr.. Cook in heap. Half IA
dezen more explosions followed, and
both doors flew off their bolts, then
two men, wearing big black masks
clanioTedquicklyinto the car andcoy-
cred US with muskets. We were cau-
toned to keep silence under penalty
of getting our heads blown of. Al
ter glancing hurriedly about the rob
bers fastened their eyes on the two
iron boxes of the American Express
Company. The 70 b bers then
brought the firemen in u little later
and went through all tue boxes.
They compelled us 10 hand over the
key. They dumped the boxes out
on the rOadbed. One of the robbers
kept US covered with his musket all
The time while the other superln-
tended operations, he secured all
bills of money contained in the safe
and that sum undoubtedly was a
very large one. 1t Is probable the
toiai amount of the booty will
amount to 100000 and probably
mUre.N
Agent John f. Bell of the Ameri-
can Express Company said to re-
porter the approximate statement of
The amount taken by the robbers
could not be learned he said 5000 in
local packages are certainly gone be-
sides the sum contained in two seal
ed envelopes. Some of the passen-
gers who were asleep did not know
anything about the "hold up" until
they arrived in Milwaukee. Some
Of the passengers thought there
were twenty or thirty robbers, Others
thought they saw ouly a dozen
while others said there were more
robbers than passengers. IL is
thought there were half dozen
men guarding the coaches, however.
When the train started up
again passengers saw the safes lying
beside the track but the robbers
had disappeared. When the train
arrived at the Union depot at 2:20 |
O'Clock the express car presented IA |
sight that would indicate il had
been attacked by heavy artillery.
Every door and window was blown
Jut aud the platform and walls
shattered in half dozen places, while
the contents were piled indiscrimi-
nately in heap in the center of the
ear.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. ia dis
patch Just received here from w. U.
junction says the robbers did not
get away with the booty. The rob.
bers, after gaining admission to the
express car, commanded the messen-
ger To open the safes. He refused,
aud the safes were pitched out of the
ear onto the ground. In the mean
time, the rear brakeman, under
sianding the situation, rushed back
To the junction, got an engine and
posse at once and went to the scene,
aud the robbers fled. The robbers
had tried to force open the doors of
the safe, but We're unsuccessful,
A KIND or A BLUFF.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l2.-An olli-
cial well versed in naval and state
department affairs says: at is only
within the last two days that a
settled program has been determined
upon. Ii Is substantially this: A
demand has already been made on
Chill for explanation Of the cruiser
Baltimore tragedy. Within a shorl
time a second demand will be made
The second demand will recite thai
the first one has not met with tn,
prompt action which the United
States expected. IL Chill fails {,
act, the final stroke of the program
will be made. Fleets of the Unitec
States will meet in the harbor oI
Valparaiso. The purpose is to max,
this demonstration unprecedented
In the naval history Of IN,
United States. Every available
war ship which floats th,
United States flag will take par
In the movements. For the tlm'
being the squadrons which maneu
yer IN foreign ports will be broker
up and absorbed Ia the main ren
deEvous IA Valparaiso. The new
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