Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-19
TRAIN ROBBERY.

nress Is Held UP Twenty
paul E ,I;Tas from Milwaukee.
thFeg ,,iabt train from Chicago on
be nllonlt7 oo & st. Paul road was
DlI"""7 western Union Junction at
bed nS"r the morning of the 18th
'G &he &c robbers are supposed to have
ID Ia train at the junction. AS
fIed tLg .o Sl well away from the sta
as II we" omen prairie, they stopped
in lnI into the express car.
I'd 5ro Fsonaar. named Murphy, was
be mcS5 Ea resisted he would be shot.
, .D1Sbers then removed the TWO SAFES
b the ' cr', quite a large force of the
here %snd thew stood around with
Ders' ra 1ro keeping the train
IN ~ passengers from interfering
tDea ot "W fagman started back to
" tbs ft,,ion JUNCTION and kilograms
stern - 80 Racine and Milwaukee no.
e. sf the police. A special train was
ns ' lont from Milwaukee with Off
once t Ivn scene of the robbery.
10 'an'nIork it was learned that the
t : ,ich WIS being robbed had start
ID awards Milwaukee.
A. Oh I 4,";n arrived shortly after 2. Pas
IDe u statpd that the robbers gained
1.el' 5t to the express car by blowing
5nor open with dynamite, thereby
l,r Trecking the end OF the car. The
i-l "' messengers were seen by the
pE1'o ors soon afterwards; one OF
s'5 EHd bullet hole thro ugh his hat,
en- 5lan uT had two holes through his
o. q S' troin had been out of Western
I DE- junction, twenty-three miles
l. !" Milwaukee, about half a mile and
1 l. "ma Edward Averill, was put
dome coal into the furnace. He
Dc . sortid TO hear a noise behind him
y ' tt""rned around to see two heavily
., Iui men clambering over the engine
s' Ior both Ieveled their double-bar-
l sI muskets at the fireman and the
,r a "BiIl" Mckay, with the in
D6"nit move an inch till we tell you
awe will blow the tops of your d
T run ne Mckay was directed to run
D+ t,oiu to within a point about one
40 from Western Union Junction.
&. n,o tbe engineer was commanded to
G Rn+b men we're ordered to step down
~of.the cab and get in line ahead OF
Se robbers. They were marched to
& ~ pvnress car under cover and then
Y Sa work of blowing open the express
y " bpcan, Several bombs, the fireman
B5nks they were, were thrown into the
|@rapd the explosions were terrific and
|nst have awakened every passenger
h the train, but nobody appeared on
&pscene.
The robbers undoubtedly were not
ass than six or seven in number,
knlaing from the manner in which they
Hnducted operations. The trainmen
Releye they had a team close at hand
< NTH which to cart away the safes,
/ Which were taken bodily out of the car.
\ Agent John +. Bell, of the American
HEyprpss Company, said to a reporter
lter Messenger Murphy had made his
report, that an approximate statement
/ the amount taken by the robbers
\ could not be learned. He said that
ISJNO i'll local packages was certainly
gone besides a sum contained in two
|saed envelopes.
Messenger Murphy stated that he had
secured all the bills of the money con-
tanned in the safe, and that the sum was
undoubtedly a very large one. 1t is
probable that the total amount of the
robbers booty will amount to 100000,
land possibly more. An official of the
st. Paul Road said that the train which
Twas held up was the one which general
|E carried all the money received by
Milwaukee banks from the East in the
m0rning.