The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-09-28
BANDITS KILLED.
Train Robbers Attack 8 Dummy
 Sent on Ahead.
THE CARS FILLED WITH POLICE.
The Robbers Nevertheless Commence Hos tilities-Two of Them Killed and Three Captured One Makes
 His Escape.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept. 25.-A bold attempt at train robbery was cleverly frustrated here just after midnight this morning. As result two would-be train robbers are dead and three are behind the bars in the jail. Of six men who attempted the robbery only one escaped
 The robbers who were killed are Ed ward Kohler and Hugo Indall. The three men captured are named Freder- icll, Hirsch and Harvey.
 The train which the bandits had at tempted to rob was passenger train No. 8, on the Kansas City, St Joseph S Council Bluffs railroad, which left Kansas City at 9:05 p, m. Sunday night, and which arrived here at 12:30 this morning.
 The officials of the road had been warned that the robbery of the road had been planned and they notified the police. When the train arrived here dummy train was made up and sixteen police officers under command of the chief of police were put aboard. In or der to thoroughly deceive the robbers the train was made an exact duplicate of train No. and consisted of an en- zine and tender and express and bag gage car and the usual coaches and PullmanS
 When the dummy reached point two miles north of St. Joseph the en- gineers attention was arrested by lighted lantern moving two and fro between the rails. He obeyed the sig nal and soon six masked men surround ed the engine. One of the bandits mounted the engine, and, presenting one revolver at the engineers head and another at the fireman's held them in subjection while the other five men hastened to rob the express car
 They ordered the messenger to open the door, which he did forthwith. Three of the bandits at once entered the car, leaving two without to keep guard. The policemen who guarding the train were distributed in the various cars, the majority of them being concealed |, in the express car.
 Immediately the three bandits who had undertaken the work of robbing the car entered the door the police within 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 a general fusilade followed. About twenty-five shots were fired on both e;l lo a1a tl.-a EfalaSs h-ll:~s of Kohls-.7 ~-.a Ir,- dall were lying on the floor of the car. Both had been shot through the head. head produced instant death. He never stirred after he was hit. Indall was still breathing, but he died shortly after he was brought here. None of the officers were injured.
 While the fight was going on in the car those of the police not engaged in it were looking after the two robbers who had been left outside to keep watch. The police quickly took them in and placed them under arrest. The bandit who had been detailed to guard the engineer and fireman quick ly realized the situation when he heard the battle going on in the express car and promptly made his escape. A de- tail of officers was put on his track and quickly took up the pursuit with every prospect of capturing the fugitive be- fore dawn.
 A remarkable feature of the fight in the express car was the escape of all the officers from injury. The three rob bers in the ear were each armed with a brace of revolvers and used them freely, but still they did no damage.
 The bodies of Kohler and Indall were brought here on the dummy train, which returned to the city soon after the encounter.
 They were taken to an undertaker's. The prisoners, Frederick, Hirsch and Harvey, were brought here on the same train with their dead comrades and were locked up at the police station.