The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-13
EXPRESS CAR LOOTED.
TWENTY xRMED BANDITS HOLD UP
AND ROB A TRAIN.
A Eares Amount Of Currency ssoIen-The
Engineer of the Train Seriously
wounded In the ARRAY.

men held I'D Lake Shcre train Il" 'i"'''
frsm Chicago near midnight, and AFTER
worLding the engineer, blew open inc sa'e
in the ext ress car AMI stole Its eon'eh's'
rhe train was the one which drew out
~ The Twelfth-street depot Of the Hi
mods Central road at :A5 last evening
II reached KendaIviIle. small station IN
Indiana, a little short Of four hours later
IL went past the town and had haruy
zone a nile through stretch OF TIMBER
Land. when the engineer slowed UP hea'
n cplye. As the engice ratified rounu tne
urn the e. gineer saw a red light ahead'
Wien the train same 70 stop uV~ IN
men sprang into the cab, shot the engineer
oerioUfIy wounding him, ana then Prev
cren the eyI ress car with dynamite anu
h,iu.d oren one OF the safes, getling
safely away with their booty. whatever II
wes. OF that there Is no certain Hfor-
nation and all sorts CT Wild stories are
adtat placing the amount all the way
frtm 10000 20 quarter or a inlhlo'l
The car dynamited belonged TO the untrd
states ExI rtss Company, ana General
Sur erinfendent Grossly. OF TIA company.
declared this afternoon that the total ioss
~ the robbery Is way below s2o.0O lie
saws The robbers thought they were carry
fn- away national bank notes, but Sc
cured mostly papers worthless 10 uieni.
and that they overlooked sl5VW oil s"u
bt:iiicn. Crosby emphatcally denied me
- oort that 1890 had been taken. Ihere
a,ss ~, one-tenth OF that amol Mt on the
vhole train. ne said In the safe blown
fpen Was q sealed Tag full Of packages
dome I'm about the size and shape OF
,,nctages OF bank notes. These pacKas"s
vsre marked 1900. 5000 and so on.
These figures indicated the value that ,ne
r,acksge was listed at, but pracucauy
they were worth nothing more than the
naner they contained Their contents con-
sisted of settlements with agents re-
CENTS for moneys, legal papers, etc.
which can all be duplicated after tfne'
II was q load Of this nature and very niue
actual money which the robbers secured
only five or six men he says were con-
cerned In the robbery.
The rumor that the safe contained
sbinrnent of $4,000 from Chicago to New
york could not be confirmed. the only
fact lending any credence to the story
being the recent rise in the value or New
YORK exchange. None of the bank OH
cials admitted having made such a SNIP
ment. and the express companys ofncers
denied that there was any sucn amount
on the train. President Newell OF the
Lake Shore road this afternoon offered
a reward OF $1,000 for the capture ana
conviction Of the robbers.
A tramp who was stealing a rae on
the train and claims to have seen the
whole occurrence, says there were at
least twenty men in the gang, ana some
of the trainmen put the number as hish
as twenty-five. The dynamite having
wrecked only the express car. the ROD
hers contented themselves with footing
this alone, and made no effort to force
an entrance to other cars The passenger
cars were not molested. When the ROD
he's climbed on the engine. Engineer
Knapp had one hand on the throttle, ana
ne attempted to start the train. One OF
the desperadoes pushed big revolver
against his shoulder and fired. The Dui-
LEI passed through. tearing hole In
which n lead pencil could be laid. The
noise caused by the crashing OF the ex-
oress door when the dynamite bomb was
hurled against II was the first intimation
that the passengers had that the tram
was in the hands OF robbers. There was
a lively scramble among the passengers
10 crawl under seats and secrete what
valuables they had in sight. but their
precautions were not necessary.
Another Account of the Affair.
KENDAtLVILLE. IND, Sept r.
Train No. IA. on Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern, which left Chicago at 7:i5
last evening, was held UP and robbed by
twenty men armed with Winchesters at
Kester. Ave miles west Of mere at
o'clock this morning. They blew open the
United States express car with dynamite,
dynamited the safe, shot the engineer and
escaped with the booty. Inc passengers
were not molested.
CHICAGO. ILL, Sept. 12.-1t Is said
that the safe of the United States Elk
press Company contained $4,000 in gold,
being shipped East by Chicago bank.
Engineer Knapp made a plucky fight.
When the robbers climbed into the cab
ne struck one with the coal pick and
knocked him senseless. Another opened
fire and shot the engineer in the chest,
seriously wounding him. The fireman saw
a chance 10 make his escape, and jumping
through the cab window, ran for his life.
ALBION, IND, Sept. 12.-The bandits
who dynamited and robbed the Lake
Shore express succeeded In getting at
least 5000 of the consignment being
shipped from Chicago At o'clock this
morning a telegram was sent TO Sheril
Shauck. Of this place, requesting him TO
report Immediately with an armed posse
and CAPTURE the robbers. lie is In hot
nursuit OF the thieves. The men who did
the work are members Of well organ
tied gang and have confederates through
out this section.
WATERLOO, IND. Sept. 2.-The
United States Express messenger, Nj. M
weist. OF the train which was held up
and robbed, was kept In his car at the
point of Winchesters while the safe was
blown open. The wrecking Of the car
rendered him totally deaf. 1t is asserted
that the bandits secured 100000. The
train was held thirty minutes while the
looting and firing was going on.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Mr. Wood.
vrreasurer of the United States Express
Company In this city, said Eve have just
received from the Vice-President state
ment showing that the loss to the COM
many viii not exceed $4,000 Two gold
bars valued at $4,000 were not taken by
the robbers"
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