The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-20

ulQ not KNOW himself. ne uooo 49,
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 1t 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. Fl. Covert and
Conductor W. A. Brown. Covert got on
nt Elkhart. Brown and had turned
in the sleeper and had fixed the seats
together for a nap" he said. About
10 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. 1t was filed with train
men and passengers. They were tax
ing turns at peeping through the door
into the darkness Every few minutes
shot was fred 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 ana 1
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 cut west
| Of Kendallville. .
1.-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 of here
There was considerable excitement
Women were awake and frightened
half 10 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. lie
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 trair
like wildfire and the utmost excitement
prevailed for while. All manner OF
stories were told of the small army o.
robbers who were going through th'
train ahead and the passengers on tho
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 tn
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 beloy
$4,000. He said the robbers though
Z ,.-.,---'s 8 a4ssti---.si ban
notes, but secured mostly paper
worthless TO them, and that they over
looked $4,000 worth of gold bullion
, /, Mr.. Crosby emphatically denied the re
ports that s275,OOO had been taker
!, 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 an
|, shape of packages of bank notes.
These packages were marked 81, oOI
$1,000 and so on. These figures ind
Gated the value the packages wer
listed at, but practically they wer
worth nothing more than the pape
S they contained. Their contents col
Q sisted of settlements with agents, r,
s eeipts for monies, legal papers, etc
1 which can all be duplicated, after
!. time. 1t was load OF this nature an
d very little actual money which the rol
Q bers secured
> PERU, Ind, Sept. ia man givin
S the name OF c. A. Buldon, of Poe
d hontas, Idaho, arrived here Tuesda
afternoon and was arrested on suspi
v ion Of being one Of the Lake Shor
}. train robbers. He came in over tn
|: Wabash railway during the night on
G freight, and from general indication
e and careful search the police are con-
i dent they have one of the men or d
r coy sent this way by the robbers.
= INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 19.-The officia
}. OF the United States Express Compar
3 have requested Gov. Matthews TO off
r reward for the capture Of the 70
: bers who held up the Lake Shore
h Michigan Southern train at Kessle
5 Ind. Gov. Matthews has iRstructt
IS the sheriff of Noble county TO organii
n a ..o,.a II oaa rol fn,. tba rnIlNara