The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-09-28
RECOVERED THE BOOTY.
Short Work Made OF tn. Ne>aba Range
Robbers,

Robbers.
Tho whole Cf the >1u.Wo taken by the
Ne-ah;s Range. Mich. train robbers
has been recovered When the rob-
b.rs had secured their booty they
were mart enough 10 know that it WAS
impossible successfully to secretc tho
gold anywhere on the kcwecnaw PEN
lnstla. i was equally dangerous to
keep it on their persons. One OF tho
gang went II Houghton. dressed as
miner. and for a consideration OF 30
cents. il is said. induced :: hagga geman
TO check his trunk through. II Is not
known that the baggagenlan was aware
Of the contents of the trunk. bat a spe-
cial train soon followed with officers,
and the booty Was ovcrtahen On the
"oad quite Il distance from Houghton.
Liberty. Il fireman II the Duluth Read,
was arrested on suspicion OF being u
party - the conspiracy. He made
every effort TO pet away. tut with III:
avail. Another fireman on the road is
also in custody.
The other men now under arrest for
the daring train robbery are John
King. the Cornish wrestler: Jack Chel-
lew, said to be the keeper Of u dis
reputable place in Ishlcming: John
kchoe. a Red Jacket saloon-keepcr;
John Quinlan, and Il stranger named
Butler from Marquette. \ stron.
clcW is that some women saw a horse
tied near the scene of the robbery that
tailed with the description of a horse
hired by King earlier III the day. In
addition. Chcllcw. King. and kehoo
left Hancock early in the morning ard
returned to town from the direction Of
the = 'bhcr: shortly after it Was corl'
mitted.
The robbery was one o. the slickest
Jobs in the annals Of criminal hist rry.
The robbers, knew that $4,000 far
niShed by the Superio" Savings Tank,
Of Hancock. and Sio.U'o Furnished by
che First National Bank. o. Houghton.
VA, Oh the express ear. designed for
$40 payment Of Calumet ami Hecla
miners. If they had been still wiser
they could have obtained $4,000 more.
which Il messenger from the First
National at Hancock. carried in
nailu-sachc!.
Boston is about five miles south Of
Calumet. 1t is Il fla station. When
the engineer. Nick s,chulcr. saw Il man
vigorously signaling from the depot
platform. he stopped the train as =
matter of course Scarcely had he
done 50 when the supposed agent went
inside. donned Il mask and in Il iitfy
Jump Il into the cab. drawing his re-
rolvcr and firing Il shot in the air.
Then lie told the engineer TO stand
aside. He would run the id ma
chine.
The fireman. thinking an escaped
lullatic was on beard. ran along the
side Of the lgc D,nOtivt. hut three shots
IN uncomfortable proximity to his head
led him to stop i'll his mad career and
return to the cab.
! All this time Messenger ID. w. HO-
gan sat III the express ca making ont
| bills. The door was suddenly broken
| down by a S,edgc. falling with 4 crash,
and when the startled man tGluc MINI
| self :Ns,kinT into The barrels Of an ugly
| bulldog ,cyol..r he didn't stop 70
argue. His hands soon pointed heaven
ward. while Il man extracted his re-
produce his key.
Hogan made a fcin:. This didn't go.
The ky was pro;iuced instantcr. and
| tn. robbers departed with the sway.
! Meanwhile the ba-gagcElan. who sat
! IL anot her part Of the ear. was dlscOn-
soiately study ing the barrels Of another
gun.
Two shots We're fred by the robbers
when they LEFT the car. This was a
signal to start the train again. Tho
nigh wayman with the Doodle waved his
aands deri>ively at the now frightened
,,..sos. myers as the train moved away.
50 little time was taken up with the
work that the train was but ti"-'
! minutes late when it reached Calumet.
The robbers threw away their masks
ana also tn" express messengers re-
volver. These were afterwards found.
! The men probably were anxious to
leave nothing on their persons to in.
! criminatc thtm.
1t now transpircs that the robbers
| had prepared to deral the train. but
hadn't time to complete the job or were
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