Huntsville gazette., 1893-09-16

was committed by exnert blowers
who knew the use of dynamite aad
, just how to get at the vulnerable
spots in the safe. This, ia tRafr opin-
ION ought to make the chase more GER
tam to end in the capture of the rob-
oers and the recovery of the money
than would otherwise be the case.
General Agent Wygant, George D.
Lang and ABOUT dozen men went out
from Chicago in the interest of the ex.
press company. Detective Mulnnev.
chlef OF the secret service men of the
Lake Shore road, believes that the rob-
hers are congregated in the swamns Of
northern Indiana, and has several
sherlffs posses securing the counties
on all sides of the scene of the rob-
cery, Capt. Hartnett, of the Harrison.
street station, sent out twenty men to
search incoming trains on the Lake
Shore road, as far as Thirty.frst street.
the boundary of his district. The ma
Jor1ty OF these men axe in citizens, at
tire.
Il should noe be surprised bit if
wnen these rAen are arrested it is found
.hae every ore of them belong here
~ Chlcage," said Capt Harnett. Dis
tricos south of Thirty-frst street are
$50 being closely watched and all in
coming trains from the vicinity Of
Kendallville receive the attention Of
the police.
Lieut.. Barrett of the Twenty-second
street police station has eighteen men
patroling the territory from Sixteenth
street south.
| Capt. Powers, of the South Chicago
police, made preparat tions to intercept
any Of the robbers who might come
to the city. Officers in citizens clothes
were sent to the bridges across the
| Calumet river at Seventy-second,
Ninety-fifth and One Hundred and
Sixth streets, with instructions to
carefully watch all incoming trains at
these points.
| President Newall, about noon, or
dered that about 10000 posters be
printed offering a reward of $4,000 for
the capture and conviction of the rob-
bers, and that they be scattered broad
cast over the country. He also ordered
that advertisements offering the same
reward be published in all local news
papers along the line of the Lake Shore
road between Elkhart, Ind, and To-
| ledo, o.
| The only witness of the scene who
reached Chicago yesterday was Byron
Il. Hamblin, Just as he alighted from
the train in Chicago, Mr.. Hamblin told
the following story;
"M. NJ. Weiss, the express messenger
on the run, and myself had just about
| finished checking up our way bills. 1t
was nearly midnight, and we had just
! passed the little station of Kessler,
when we felt the Grain first slow up
and then stop. just then there came
heavy pounding on the door of our car,
which was closed. Thinking some
thing had happened about which the
conductor wished to inform US,
opened the door. AS / did so /
saw two men standing on the
ground beside the car. One of them
yelled: Throw up your hands, and
before | could move he pointed
a rifle at me and fired. I saw the mo-
ton of the gun and threw myself to
one side and the flash from the gun
almost blinded me. l managed to
slam the doors shut and bolted them.
Then some one on the outside com
menced smashing the doors with a
sledge. They kept this up for min
ute or two and then stopped. Sud
denly there came an explosion that
seemed to us inside as if bomb
had been thrown against the door.
A moment later there was an
other explosion that blew the
door open and almost blew the
car from the track. Before we could
extricate ourselves from under the
baggage, several men had climbed
into the train. One fellow covered me
with Winchester rifle and told me If
| moved he would blow my head off.
Another fellow kept Weiss covered in
the same way. They searched Weiss'and
for keys to the safe, but could not find
any, and they commenced to believe
us when we told them that the safe
was opened by men in the Office at the
end of the run.
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safe. They knocked off the knob Of
the door and then they began to drill
holes in 1t. 1t took them what seemed
hours to do this, while Weiss and /
were compelled to sit with the muzzles
of the rifles at our heads. The drilling
seemed slow work for the fellows.
They talked but little. small, stout
man, who seemed to be the leader, di-
rected the work. Finally they got
through drilling and forced the door
open. The man who seemed to be the
leader of the gang took the money
packages and handed them out to a
fellow who stood outside of the car,
and who ran into the woods when he
got the money"
Forest and Marsh Fires In Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 13.-Railroad Off