Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-02
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.

Another Successful Assault By Masked men-An Express Car on | the St. Louis and San Francisco Hallway Blown Open With Dyna- mite Near St. Louis and S15,OOO Stolen.
 ST. LOUIS, Dec. Lone of the most
 daring train robberies that have occurred
 for years was perpetrated on the St. Louis and San Francisco road, almost within the
 limits of St. Louis, last night. When passenger train No. on that
 road left the station last night at s:25
 o'clock, it was twenty-five minutes late.
 The limits of the city had been
 passed, and the engineer was pre-
 pairing to make up for lost time when three
 men, who had boarded the train at Old
 Orchard, climbed over the water tank and
 coal and covered the fireman and engineer
 with revolvers. The engineer was ordered
 to stop the train near Glendale, and, to
 compel him to obey orders, three men who
 were in ambush at that point opened fire
 on the train with rifles Whether they
 wounded anyone has not yet been learned
 When the train had been brought to a standstin the engineer and fireman were ordered down from the cab, and after de- tailing two of the band to keep guard over them the other four men started back for the express car, in which was the safe of theAdams Express company, containing about 5000.
 The messenger named Mulrenen, who was in charge of the car, had observed the slackening up of the train and had opened door nf ha f0 ,lot was. Fearing that something was wrong, and becoming suspicious of the men whom he saw advancing towards him, he hur- riedly closed and secured the door just as the men reached it. The robbers first tried to induce him to open it, and failing, tried to pry it open, but the stout door foiled all their efforts, and after spending about ten minutes in this work they put a charge of dynamite under the door and blew it open.
 As soon as the door was broken the four men leaped into it. Mulrenen made brave resistance, but the robbers turned on him and after beating him into help lessness with the butts of their revolyers. began work on the safe. This did not long | resist their attacks, and after rifling it of | it's contents the guard was called off and | the six desperadoes took to the woods. | The men were all masked and had evident | ly planned their work we'll, as each one | seemed to know exactly what to do, and | but few words were spoken during the en- | tire operation.
 Immediately on receipt of the news a | special train, we'll manned with officers, | was sent to the scene. During the time | the train was stopped at Glendale some of | the trainmen and passengers attempted to come to the assistance of the engineer and | messenger, but the guard placed over the passengers covered each side of the train with their rifles, and warned them back under pain of death.
 Besides rifing the safe of the express company, it is said the robbers opened several bags of registered mail matter on .he car, and selecting what appeared to be of most value, carried it of. About five years ago train was held up and robbed 1t about the same place, near Glendale.
 A later report says that the six robbers boarded the train at Old Orchard. Two got on the front end of the baggage car md two on the rear of the same car. The TWO on the rear end entered the car and blew open the safe, taking all the contents The express messenger, Mulrenen was badly injured by the explosion, and the ,sr was wrecked. The exact amount tolen cannot yet bs learned.
 FELL WITH A BRIDGE SPAN. Vine Men Precipated Eighty-four
 Feet Into the Columbia River
 Three Dead.
 HELENA, Mont, Dec. 1.-The west span 'f the Great Northern bridge being built ,ver the north fork of the Columbia river,
 x miles from Columbia Falls, fell on Sat lrday, carrying with it nine men, three of whom are dead. Four others are thought o be fatally wound.
 The dead are Hugh Bromley, John oooley and Patrick Lane. The four who will probably die are Leonard Heninger, Neil Stuart, Martin Whalen and Peter Me Anal1y.
 Four heavy guy rods fell from the top md struck a support of the false work, ausing it to give way. The framing work vas nearly completed and only the last pan was to be bolted. The span was sixty | eet long, and the men fell in an awful | rash of timber and iron, a distance of | ighty-four feet, two of them being pinned Town in several feet of water. The acci- lent will delay the extension of the Great | Northern about two weeks.