Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-16

and the timely action of the messenger
saved the company thousands of doll
lars. 1t is not known how much was
in the small safe, as the express agent
did not know himself He does not
even know the combination of the safes
in his car, as they are kept secret at
both ends of the route. He knew, how
ever, that it contained valuable prop
erty. 1t may be that the loss will not
be as great as at first reported, as the
greater part of the money may have
been in the small safe.
Two conductors who were passengers
on the robbed train live in Toledo.
They are Conductor G. II. Covert and
Conductor w. A. Brown. Covert got on
at EllShart. Brown and l had turned
in the sleeper and had fixed the seats
together for nap" he said About
IL o'clock one of my brakemen woke
me up and said that men were holding
the train up. We went forward to the
baggage car. il was filed with train
men and passengers. They were TAX
ing turns at peeping through the door
into the darkness. Every few minutes
a shot was fired in the direction of the
opening by the guards outside. No
one could do anything.
"The baggage car was next to the
express car, which was in charge of
the robbers. They had blown the bot
tom of the car out with dynamite, com
pletely stunning the two express mes
sengers. Then they covered them with
revolvers and rified the safe No one
could tell how much they got. Three
men were in the express car and L
should Judge there might have been
between five and ten men holding up
the train. The stop was made in a
lonely part of the country in a cut west
of Kendallville.
"The robbers threw the switch open
in front of the engine. James Knapp,
the engineer, was shot through the
right shoulder by one of them There
must have been 800 people on the train.
A great many of them got off here.
There was considerable excitement.
Women were. awake and frightened
half to death. One of them tainted.
The train was unmolested with the ex-
ception of the express car. We were
held up just one hour"
The New York & Boston express was
following closely and the rear brake
man of the "held up" train at once
started back to flag the express. He
had gone about three miles when he
met the express, which was stopped.
The news that the train ahead had
been held up spread through the train
like wildfire and the utmost excitement
prevailed for while. All manner OF
stories were told of the small army ot
robbers who We're going through the
train ahead and the passengers on the
express expected to find themselves sur
rounded at any moment. Finally
when the train started ahead the pas
, sengers begged the conductor to loci
the doors until they had passed the
scene of the robbery.
General Superintendent Crosby, o
the United States Express Company
declared late yesterday afternoon tina
the total loss by the robbery is below
$50, 600 He said the robbers though
! they were carrying away national banl
, notes, but secured mostly paper
worthless to them, and that they over
looked SIS, 900 worth of gold bullion
! Mr.. Crosby emphatically denied the re
, ports that 1915, 900 had been taken
| There was not one-tenth that amour
+ on the whole train, he says In tn
safe blown open was sealed bag ful
of packages done up about the size ant
{ shape of packages of bank notes.
, These packages We're marked 81, OOC
,. 81, 900 and SO on. These figures indi
a Gated the value the packages wer
listed at, but practically they wert
| -.
. they contained. Their contents cor
: sisted of settlements with agents, re
! ceipts for monies, legal papers, etc
. which can all be duplicated, after
), time. 1t was load of this nature an
= very little actual money which the rot
bers secured.
PERU, Ind, Sept. ia man givin
: the name of C. A. Buldon, of Pocl
- hontas, Idaho, arrived here Tuesda
afternoon and was arrested on suspiC
' ion of being one of he Lake Shor
: train robbers. He came in over tn
" Wabash railway during the night on
: freight, and from general indication
. and careful search the police are conf
dent they have one of the men or dt
= coy sent this way by the robbers.
INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 13.-The official
:, of the United States Express Compan
: have requested Gov. Matthews to otfe
= a reward for the capture of the rol
!, bers who held up the Lake Shore
i Michigan Southern train at Kessle
, Ind. Gov. Matthews has instructe
. the sheriff of Noble county to organic
u a posse and search for the robbers.
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