Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-12-10
TRAIN ROBBERS.
Six Mem Board Train on the st. Louis
San Francisco Road and Secure
$4,000.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IA bold and sue.
cessful train. robbery took place on
the st. Louis & San Francisco road
near Glendale station, about ten
miles from this city, shortly before 10
O'Clock last night. The robbers had
their plans we'll laid and escaped with
money and valuables amounting to
$50, 900, and probably more. The
Adams Express company is the vic
tim, and from the manner in which
the robbers did the job it Is evident
that their plans were to make q clean
sweep of the express car. They used
dynamite with terrible effect, both on
the car and safes. Six men partici-
pated in the robbery. When the train
reached Old Orchard, it is supposed
that four men boarded the express
car; the other two boarded the train
at Glendale, and shortly after the
train left Glendale they made their
way to the engine cab and. placing
revolvers at the heads of engineer and
fireman, compelled them to stop the
train. The engineer complied, and as
soon as the train came to standstill
the engineer and fireman were taken
to the express car. In the meantime
the express messenger, who suspected
that something was wrong, closed and
oolted the doors of the car and stood
inside ready to defend the property
intrusted to his care. But the odds
were against him, and the poor fellow
now lies in a dangerous condition at
North Springfield.
When the two robbers piloted the
engineer and fireman to the car they
placed them under guard and tried tt.
induce the messenger to open the door
of the car, but the latter was obdu-
rate. A stick of dynamite was placed
aeainct the car and exploded, and in
a minute another stick was exploded
at the car door, which fell in. The
robbers then entered the car, and tax
ing the key from the messenger soon
had the safe open. Everything in the
safe was taken, and also the messen-
gers gold watch and charm. The es-
timated amounts secured range from
$4,000 to $4,000, but nothing def
mite as yet is known on this point.
Superintendent Damsel, of the express
company, says it will be several days
before the exact amount can be ascer-
tained. While the two robbers were
doing the work at the express car the
other four bandits kept the remainder
OF the crew and passengers in a state
of terror, q constant fusilade being
kept up all the while. Fourteen shots
were fired into the smoking car, but
fortunately no one was hurt. On the
south side of the track, about 15O
yards from where the robbery occurred,
is wagon road running through a
strip of woods. Along this road the
detectives who went to the scene last
night found fresh tracks of horses and
wagon coming toward st. Louis. The
railroad officials believe that one OF
the robbers was q railroad man, as he
is said to have instructed the fireman
not to put any more coal in the fur
siace. The only description OF the
robbers obtained is of the two who
climbed into the engine. One of them
was a young man, tall, light COM
plexion, with a heavy moustache,
while the other had a dark complex
ion, dark clothing, and was about five
feet six inches, with a sinister looking
eye, and was very quick in motion,
and both wore light overcoats. The
first reports that the postal car was
also denuded are erroneous, as the
authentic reports say that only the
express car was attacked. Express
Messenger Mulrenen is said to have
been seriously injured in the hip by
the explosion and battered about the
head by the butt ends of the revolvers
in the hands OF the robbers. A large
posse is making a search for the ban.
dts.