Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-06-16
BOLD MINERS.
They Relieve . Paymaster of $4,000 In
Coin at Oakland, Cal.

They Relieve Paymaster of $4,000 In
Coin at Oakland, Cal.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.-The bold.
est rob! cry ever committed in this
vicinity occurred Saturday morning
across the bay in Oakland, when two
men in crowded car were robbed Of
&c. 900 in coin, which they were taking
{ to the Judson iron works to pay off 400
worlxmen.
The coin was in the possession Of
Secretary Gibson and Bookkeeper Nor
Jensen, of the company, who started
with it from San Francisco on the II
o'clock boat. They occupied seat in a
car on the Berkeley ira. n next to the
baggage car. AS the train showed
up at street two men entered
the front door, walked down the
aisle. stopped suddenly before ellison
and Mortensen, and presented pistols
and demanded the money bags. Hold
up your hands," was the order. and Gill
son and Mortensen had no option but
to obey. Now hand over that money, y
continued the leader.
ellison surrendered the bag of silver
there were two, one containing 81, 900
in silver and the other $4,000 In gold),
dropping the other between the seats,
hoping to elnde the vigilance of the rob-
Der.
None of that, said the robber,
cooking his revolver, !. Hand over the
other bag and ellison passed it up.
Gibson and Mortensen had thrown
over a seat in front of them and laid
the sacks containing the coin on seat
before them. The two men occupied
one seat and the coin was per.
haps 2 feet from them. Gibson
was reading newspaper and was
taken completely by surprised! Stimuli
taneously with the demand for the coin
the train started, and the two robbers
backed out Of the car with the money,
covering ellison and Mortensen with
their pistols as they escaped.
Pandemonium Immediately reigned
in the car. Everyone seemed to lose
his head. 1t was SO sudden that the
thirty or more passengers in the
car had hardly realized what had
taken place before the robbers
were in possession. of the money
and were making their escape. Any
attempt to recover the money at tie
time would have been fatal for the rob
bers were shrewd enough to keep the
passengers covered with their revolvers
until they reached the car door.
ellison went out on the platform and
emptied his revolver at the fleeing rob-
bers. One passenger said that the
smaller of the robbers staggered after
the firing, but this part of the story
was unconfrmed. The robbers had
provided themselves with horse and
buggy with which to escape, and they
drove rapidly away.
The police think they have clew to
the robbers, and have offered a reward
of 81, 900 for the capture of j. &. Smith
and Joe Dunn, formerly employees of
the Judson company, but who left some
time ago of their own accord. The
police refuse to give their reasons for
suspecting these men. The rob-
bers have been traced 81 to the
foothills of Mount Diablo, Is miles
from Oakland, where it is thought they
buried the money, and one remained
there to guard the treasure while the
others returned to Oakland with the
horse and buggy. Another man sus-
pected is a discharged employe named
Girard, who is also known as Frank
Queen, an eX-criminal. ~