Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-25
ROBBERS CAPTURED.
4 Huriagous Gang Attacking a WIol5
Train T0is I.mA
A FURIOUS rushLAnE ESsUEs.
Two Bandits Killed Instantly aud
others Caught by Officers
In she Cars.

en ,ho Kansas cry, St. JOE and Coun'
gli Bluna railroad was held up al
hnaEonia, No., by xix maskod men
1T one O'Clock this morning. Ihe
.-iipmen resisted tho robbers and ~
the fght two robbers were killed Anu
three were captured.
Tho robbers stopped the dummy
traiu that was preceding the regular
train. The dummy wns lladeu WIN
hluecoats, they having been per'ei
nud expected tho hold up. They Were
lust rounding Dig hill Ia n cut auou,
Z milo north Of 81. Joseph to"ntu
AniezoniR, when the robbcfe haggou
the tain, two OF them covering lne
engineer aud fireman, while ulheIs
made rush for what they supposed
was nu express car, but were met Ny
tuuad OF officers, who poured uesuIy
mo into the bandits. Two OF thrm
foil, one moTtnlly wounded anu Tue
0thus dead. The remaining iouT were
surrounded, but one broke through the
line aud escaped Ia the dnThntssi
though II Is supposed he too rs wound
ed. Three Of them were captured hnu
taken back 10 ~. Joseph.
. The nniuers Of the kansas CITY, 81.
Joseph q Council Bluns roai had got
Wind OF an attempt to rob tue noIlh'
bound passenger train No. ., leaving
81. Josoph NJ 1850 pm. ut Il place uat
north Of Francis street depot Ia tho
cut known M Dug Hin. The road runs
under the biuI There. A tIeciai
train OF two baggage cars anu MA
coaches was made up nj st. Joseph
aud flied with city anu county oilicuIs
aud also the superintendent anu gem
eml mnnsgcr, ana lett Francis street
on tho time OF the train No. 3, No. 3
being held at Union depot. The
dummy No. was stopped o. expected
aud the robbers boarded n, got Into
the baggage cat and the Oricoru opened
IRE on them, ana sillci two outright
hnd captured three. There was sald
10 be- xix IN the gang, but one got
away.
THE NAMES Oh KILLED ARE
Fred Kohler aud Hugo CleilI,
Captured. n. A. Hurtt, Henry
Carver and Charles FTedcfioks.
John Glcniiz escaped. Carver and
FTedeficka gave II away last week
that the attempt was to be- made. IL
was expected last Friday, TUT they
uisiook the traiu for freight nnd The
express got by them. Train NJ. ~
the regular last express from 81. Louis
and Kansas CITY. The robbers are all
residents OF 81. J0ieph.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Rr. JosEpH, No., Sept. ga bold
attempt NJ rain robbery was ciuyerly
frustrated just after midnight this
morning. Az Atcsult two wOuld-be
train Tobbers are dead hud three are
now behind the bars iu jail. q. tue
fix men who attempted the robbery,
only one escaped.
Inc train which the bandits had
attempted 10 rob, was paHouger train
No. on the Kansas CITY, IT, Joseph,
Council Bluffs railroad, which Lett
Kansas CITY Mt 0;1b .. m. SUNDAY
night and which arrived hero at 1880
Sunday morning. The officials oi the
ROAD had been notified that robbery
" the road had been planned and they
notified the police. When the train
arrived here, "A dummy train was MADE
up aud sixteen police officers under
command Of the chief oil police were
put aboard. In order 10 thoroughly de-
cuivo the robbers, the train was
mAdo an exact duplicate OF train No. 2
aud consisted OF tho engine anu
tender, an Express anu baggage car and
the usual coaches and Pullman. When
the deuOy reached point two miles
north Of ~. Joseph, the engineers NJ.
tention WINS aroused by lighted
lantern moving 10 aud iro between the
rails. He Obvyed this signal and soon
xix masked men surrounded the en-
gine and presented "a revolver ~ tho
engineers head and another at thH
hTuman'a, keeping them IN subsection
while the other i've men haslened on
% rob the tXprets car. Ihry ordered
the molsungcr 10 open tho door, which
lac diu forthwith. Three baniits
entered the car, leaving two with.
out 70 guard. Tho policemen
who were guarding the ,Toln were dis-
trlbuted in various cars, the majority
oil them being In the express car.
A LIVELY FusILLADE.
Immediately lho three bandits who
had undertaken the work Of roObing
tine car entered tho door tho policemen
ordered them 10 surrender. The rob.
bors were tAkon completely by Gur-
pfisF,hut they opened FIRE at once upon
iae Dol CO. Tie police returned Tue
nre aud II general fusiliado followed.
About twenty-five shots were fired on
h0th sldUi. When the smoke hRd
cleared away the liieluss bodies OF
lSohlor aud GleitEe were lying on the
il0orOi The car. They had been shot
thrgughi the head. The bullet which
pierced KOhlef's head, produced in
slant death. HeneyCr stirred after be
WuB nit. Gleilze WAS sill breathing,
but no died shortly after lao was
brought here. Ffo1eTlC6e, tho third
Tobbur engaged In lhe Fight was MOI
injured and was placed uuier arrest.
None OF the Jiiicula were Injured.
Rniie the tght Was goiug ON In the
car, those Of the police not ongnged Ia
II were looking after the two robbers
VINO had been lett outside 10 Keep
watch. The police quickly took them
"a and placed them under arrest Tho
bandit VINO had been detailed 10 guard
the engineer anu fireman quickly real
lied tile situation when no heard tue
battle going on m tho express car aud
promptly maze hie escape. A detail
OF officers WAS put ON his track AM
quickly took up The pursuit Win every
prospect Of capturing the fugitive
before dawn. A remarkable
feature OF the fight In the express car
was tho escape Of all the officers from
injury. The three robbers In the cal
were each armed with brace OF re-