The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-04
FRISCO ROBBERS.
Particulars Of the Train Robbery
Near St louis.
WORK OF THE DYNAMITE GANG.
The EIsasenEsE seFIOUaly Injured - aia
BoEd Refusal 90 Opea to the Despora-
doeu-FaasenEsrH In q Terrible
scare

ST. LOUIS, Dec "A bold and sue
cessfui train robbery took place on the
/ St Louis & San Francisco road 81
] Glendale, ten miles from this city,
/ shortly before 10 o'clock Monday night
| The robbers had their plans well laid,
and they escaped with money aud val
I uables TO the amount Of SO, 600 The
Adams Express Co was the victim, aud
| from the manner ia which the robbers
/ did the job it is evident that they in
tended to make a clean sweep Of the
express car. They used dynamite with
! fearful effect both on the car and on
messenger J. T. Mulrennan, who had
I charge OF the car.
six men participated ia the robbery.
| When the train reached Old Orchard it
I IS supposed that four men boarded the
/ express car, two climbing the front
| platform and two the rear. The other
/ two, IL Is believed boarded the train at
/ Glendale
shortly after the train left Glendale
/ two men silently made their way over
l the heaps of coal In the tender toward
| the engine cab. AS soon a. they secured
/ 3 good footing they opened the heavy
[ duck shield which does duty as a door
during the cold season. and placing re-
volvers At the heads Of the engineer
| ana fireman. one, with a stern voice.
I said: Hold up your hRudsi''
/ When this was done the spokesman
/ stsrnly said to Engineer Wagner; stop
/ the train" The engineer complied with
| alacrity.
As soon as the train came to a stand
| still the robber chief with great delib-
| GRAFTON commanded the engineer aud
fireman TO turn about face and march
/ OF the cat" one Of the bandits having
I gotten down to stand guard at the side
/ Of the engine
The next Instructions, which was
given in a methodicll manner, were
l that the engineer and fireman were 90
march 70 the express car. In the mean
I time the express messenger, who had
/ suspected something wrong, had closed
/ and bolteG the dOoEs OF the car and
! stood Inside ready TO defend the prop
/ erty intrustsd TO his care But the
( odds were against him, and the poor
l fellow now lies in q very dangerous
! condition and may die.
| When the two robbers had piloted
/ the engineer and fireman 20 the car
/ they placed them under guard and
/ tried first by persuasive means TO get
/ Messenger MulFeunen TO open the door
I OF the car. But the latter was obdur-
/ ate. He would sell his life first The
] chief Of the band, seeing that coaEiug
did no good, commanded his lcuteu-
! ants TO go to work and demOlish the
door The new mode Of attack, dyna-
/ mite was, employed. A stick OF the
/ deadly explosive was placsd against
/ the car and the fuse lighted. In
| quarter Of a minute a loud bang
| rever berated through the surrounding
/ woods, and DR.. Higgins, who lived but
/ a short distance from the scene of the
! robbery, was aroused from his slum-
/ bers and thought an earthquake was
/ on. He was undeceived, however, for
| in half "a minute another stick was sE-
\ flying spllnters indicated that the dyua-
| mite had PERFORMED It's mission. As
] soon as the door fell in the robbers
/ entered the car and, taking out the
! safe, had the door open 10 a very short
| time. having used the same means as
/ they had used against the car, They
! took everything in the safe and also
/ the messengers gold watch and chain
The estimates as to the amount Sc
! cured vary widely. Some place the
/ sum at $50, 900 and others at $50. COO,
/ while others 90 as high as 500, 600, but
the latter is believed TO be exaggerated.
/ While the two robbers were doing
! the work at the express car the other
] four bandits kept the rest of the crew
/ and the passengers in a state OF terror,
l a fusiuade being kept Up all the while.
| A more reckless set of robbers prob
/ ably never undertoois similar work.
| Fourteen shots were fired right into
/ the body of the smoking car, and how
] it was that none OF the passengers were
] wounded by the flying bullets Is mys-
/ terry. All that saved the passengers
/ from being nit by the bullets from the
! robbers revolVers IS the fact that most
] Of them crouched on the floor OF the
/ coach and between the seats and re-
mained there until the fusillade was
/ over
/ DR.. Higgins, mentioned above, says
] - ha hnausH ha
/ suspected that a robbery was being
/ attempted and feared to venture out
/ He heard some one in his front y ard
I but cannot say who It was
/ On the south side Of the track, about
/ $50 yards from where the robbery oc-
( CURED, is a wagon road running
I through q strip of wood Along this
I road the detectives who went TO the
/ scene last night, found the fresh track
: of a horse and wagon coming towards
. St Louis The railroad officials be-
I lieve that one OF the robbers is a rail-
road man. as be is said 20 have In
I stFucted the fireman 20 not put any
/ more coal in the furnace The only
description Of the robbers obtained was
/ of the two that elm bed into the en-
Z Rine- One Of them was q young
man, tall, with light complexion
and heavy mustGche. The other had
! a dark complexion aud wore dark
| EAOAu4uEa ne vas -+E4lA AAe -1IA aAaa6 Az1
had a sinister eye and was very quick
in his motions Both v7ors light over
I coats
me frat reports that the PostsI car
had been robbed we're erroneous. as
authentic reports say that only the eE-
press car was attacked
Express Messenger Iulrau1en was
seriously injured in the hip by the
dynamite explosion. but he had 20 be
battered into subjsction by the butt
ends Of the revolvers in The hands ot
the robbers