The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-09-20


bctray her husband. In the hour Of
victory she remembered mercy, and ais
a guardian angel interposed in behalf
Of her inhuman enemies. Throughout
the Revolution she encouraged the
Wings to fight on to the end Honor
and gratitude to the woman who prov
ed herself so faithful wife, so firm a
friend to liberty. .'-Fanny Moore IN
YorkriVe Enquirer.
Robbers Secure $4,000.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Twenty mask
ed men held up Lake Shore train l2O
miles from Chicago, near midnight,
and after wounding the Engineer, blew
open the safe in the express cor and
stole its contents.
The train was the one which drew
out of the Twelfth street depot Of the
Illinois Central Railroad at 7.45 last
evening. It reached Kendalville, a
small station in Indiana; little short
of four hours late. 1t vent past the
town, and had hardly gone a mile
through stretch of timber land when
the engineer slowed up near curve.
AS the engine ratified around the turn
the engineer saw a red light ahead.
When the train came to, stop dozen
men sprang into the cab, shot the en-
gineer, seriously wounding him. and
then blew open the express car with
dynamite and drilled open one Of the
safes, getting safely away with their
booty.
The car dynamited belonged to the
United States Extress Company, and
General Superintendent Crosby Of that
company declared this afternoon that
the total loss by the robbers is way
below 100000. He says the robbers
thought they were carrying away ma
tional bank notes, but secured mostly
papers worthless to them, and they
overlooked SIS, 200 Of gold bullion, In
the safe blown open was d sealed bag
full of packages done up about the
size and shape Of package of bank
notes. These packages were marked
1000, $4,000, and so on. These fig
ures indicate the value that the packet
was listed at, but practically they
were worth nothing more to the rob-
bers than the paper they contained.
Their contents consisted OF settle
ments with agents, receipts for money,
legal papers, etc., which can all be au-
plicated after time. 1t was load
Of this nature and very little actual
money which the robbers secured.
Only FIVE OF six men, he says, were
concerned in the robbery.
The rumor that the safe contained a
shipment of $500 from Chicago
to a New York bank could not be con-
frmed, the only fact lending any ere
dence to the story being the recent
rise In the value Of New York ex-
change. None Of the bank officials
admitted having made shipment, and
the express eompany's officers denied
that there was any such amount on the
traiti. :.
President Newell, Of the Lake Shore
road, this afternoon offered a reward Of
81, 900 for the capture and conviction
of the robbers.
LATER-A tramp who was stealing
ride on the train claims to have seen
the whole occurrence. He says there
were at least twenty men IN the gang,
and some of the train men put the
number as high as twenty-five. The
dynamite having wrecked only the ex-
press car, the robbers contented them.
selves with letting this alone, and
made no effort to force an entrance to
other cars.
The passenger cars we're not molest-
| ed. When the robbers climbed on the
engine, Engineer Knapp had one hand
on the throttle, and he attempted to
start the train. One of the despera-
does pushed big revolver against his
shoulder and fired. The bullet passed
through, tearing a hole in which a
lead pencil could be laid.
The noise caused by the crashing Of
the express door when the dynamite
bomb was hurled against it was the
first intimation the passengers mad
that the train was in the hands OF
robbers. There was lively scramble
among the passengers to crawl under
seats and secrete yaluables they had
in sight, but their precautions were
not necessary.
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-1ne amount
stolen by the train robbers is SIS, 400.
Within two hours Of the commission
of the crime, Capt. Byrne was on his
way to the scene with detachment OF
detectives from his Buffalo district.
The first trains out of Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Toledo, Detroit, Indianapolis,
Chicago and St. Louis carried squads
Of detectives in the employ Of the
United States Express Company and
the confedcrated companies. Ih
Lake Shore threw force of men on
work from it's Cleveland office; so
that, in the opinion of Secretary Hen
ry. not less than 100 trained detectives
are already on the track Of the rob.
bers. He did not believe any gang Of
crooks could escape the force put after
them.
The express company's officers are
perfectly we'll satisfied that the rob-
berry was committed by expert safe
blowers, who know the use or dyna-
mite and just how to get at the vul-
nerablc spots in the safe. This, in
their opinion, ought to make the chase
more certain to end in the capture OF
the robbers and the recovery OF Che
money than otherwise would have
been the case. Detective Molanney,
chief Of the secret service men OF the
Lake Shore, believes the robbers are
concealed in the swamps Of Northern
Indiana, and has several sherlifs
posses securing the country on all sides
Of the scene Of the robbery.
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