The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-09-26
BOLD ROBBERS FOILED
The Polics We're Dead OHIO Them and
Sent Out a Dummy Train.
TWO KILLED IN THE FIGHT
Pitched Battle In the Express Car
Officers Have Been Camping
on the Bandits Trail Tor
Wseks-One Escapes.

ffSSfS sSSb SeNtessssS
on the Bandits Trail for
Wseks-one Escapes.
Sr.JosErR. Mo. Sept. a5.-A bold attempt
at train robbery was cleverly frustrated
just after midnight this morning. As o
result two of the would.be train robbers
are dead and thrce are now behind the
bars In Jail. or the six men who at
tempted the robbery only one escaped.
The robbers who were killed are Fred
Kohlcr and Hugo Gleitz. The three men
captured are n. A. Hurst. Henry Cover
and Charlie Fredericks. John GleitD es-
capped.
The train which the bandits had At.
tempted to rob was passenger No. 8 on
the Kansas City, ST. Joseph q Council
Bluffs railroad S1ghich left Kansas City at
e:o5 p. m. Sunday night and whicb ar
rived hero at 1890 Sunday morning.
The officials OF the road had been no.
titled that robbery of the road had been
planned and they notified The police.
When the train arrived here q dummy
train was made up and l6 police officers,
under command OF tho chief of police,
were put aboard. In order to thoroughly
deceive the robbers, the train was made
an exact duplicate OF train No. 3, and con-
sisted OF an engine and tender, an ex-
press and baggage car and the usu Al
coaches aud Puilmans. When the decoy
reached point two miles north of ST.
Joseph, the engineers attention was
aroused by o lighted lantern moving to
and fro between the tails. lie
obeyed the signal and soon six
masked men surrounded the engine.
One Of the bandits mounted the engine
and presented o revolver at the fireman,
and another revolver ut the engineer,
keeping them in subjec,ion while the
other five men hastened on to rob the OK.
press car. They ordered the messenger 10
open the door. which he did forthwith.
Three bandits entered the car, leaving
two without OH guard. The robbers who
were guarding the train were distributed
in the various cars. the ma jority Of them
being In the express car. Immediately
when the three bandits who had under
taken the work Of robbinR the car entered
the door, the policemen ordered them
to surrender. The robbers were
taken completely by surprise, but
they opened FIRE at once upon the
police. The police returned the fire and .
general fusllade followed. About 25 shots
were urc0 OH DOtn SIDES.
When the smoke cleared away tsso- ...fe-
less bodies Of Kohler and Glcitze were
lying on the foor Of tho car. They had
been shot through the head. A bullet
which pierced kohler's head produced In
slant death. He never stirred after lie
was hit. Gleitz was still breathing. but he
died shortly after he was brought here.
Fredericks. the third robber engaged In
the fight, was not injured and was placed
under arrest. None of the officers were
injured. While the fight was going on
in the car, those OF the police not
engaged in II were looking after
robbers who had been left outside to keep
watch. The police quickly took them in
and placed them under arrest. The BAN
engineer and firemsn quickly realized the
situation when he heard the battle going
on In the express car, and promptly made
his escape.
A detail Of officers was put on his track
and quickly took up the pursuit with
every prospect Of capturing the fugitive
before dawn. The remarkable feature OF
the fight In the express car was the escape
of all the officers from injury. The three
robbers in the car were each armed with q
brace Of revolvers and used them freely
but stiu they did no damage. The bodies
| of Kohler and Gleitze were brought here
on the dummy train, which returned to
| the city soon after the encounter. They
were taken to an undertaker's. The pris-
oners, Fredcricks, Hurst and Garvet, were
brought here on the same train with theiI
dead comrades. and were locked up at the
police station. All the robbers lived here
il appears that the gang who were sc
neatly foiled in the attempt to hold up the
Kansas City, ST. Joseph q Council Bluffs
train, has been plotting robberies since
early last August, but on two or three oc
casions their plans went awry owing to un
/ forseen circumstances. The police and
railway officials have been kett Informed
| OF the robbers intentions and were pro
pared TO meet them on each occasion
Hurst, Fredericks aud Carver. tho men
placed under arrest, II now appears. wers
not genuine robbers, but decoys. in the
employ of the authorities. As soon as the
| firing began they dropped to the ground
from tho car to avoid the flying bullets.
The robbers had dynamite enough with
them TO blow the car to pieces. The,
threatened to use II unless the door wal
opened. The sticks Of dynamite had fusei
with Illuminating caps attached. Fred
Kohler. one Of the dead robbers. was onl,
10 years OF age. He leavesa Q young wife
| Tho other one known as Hugo Gelits
is q stepson Of Henry Geli,x, tho proprie
tor OF the Occidental hotel. His real nam.
is Hugo Engel. Tho escaped man is sup
posed TO be son of Henry Gelitz.
| Henry Geitse. said TO be the sixth an,
last member OF the gang. was captured n
s:3O o'clock this morning at the house o
Mary Elsnes. in South St. Joseph. Hi
pockets were full Of ammunition. an,
three fingers of his left hand had beef
shot of. lie denied taking any part II
the attempted robbery, but refused dog
gedly to talk further.
| Adventures OF the Camperdown.
MALTA. Sept. 25.-Leaving port TO
England to undergo an overhauling tn
British battleship Camperdown's steerinl
gear broke down aud she ran aground