The Irish standard., 1893-09-30
LEAD FOR BANDITS.
How Would-Be Missouri Train
Robbers Met Defeat.
They Attacked Decoy Train SwarminP
with Armed Men-Two of the Gang
Are Dead and All of the
Rest Captured.
FOOLED AND Fooled.

| FOOLED AND Fooled.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept 26.-The mel
who tried to rob the Kansas City, st
! Joseph & Council Bluffs express trail
Sunday night were residents of thi
city, and the two killed were Fred Kohl
er, aged 10, who lived with his younf
wife at 1915 South Tenth street. ant
Hugo Engel, stepson of Henry Gleitze
proprietor of the Occidental hotel
Four other men, John Gleitze. N. A
Hearst. Charles Fredericks and Will
Carver, were captured.
TURNED TRAITOR.
Friday night was fixed for the deed
but owing to the fact that the robbers
got the trains mixed up the train es
capped. Sunday the officials of the rail
road company were notified by Hearst
who turned traitor, that another at
tempt would be made at o'clock this
morning at the same place. The Off.
Gals quietly sidetracked the regular
train, and with dummy train made
mp like the regular one, with the two
rear coaches darkened to add to the de-
ception, started for the place. In the
baggage-car were fifteen armed police,
commanded by Chief Broden, with
Sheriff Carson and four deputies, all
heavily armed. General Manager
Brown and Superintendent Hohl were
also in the party. Engineer Callicotte
was pressed into service as an express
man. He wore overalls and an empty
safe and some empty boxes were put in
his car to give it the appearance of do.
ing an express business In the first
coaches were w. G. Brown, Mr.. ..Hohl
and Mr.. Sanford, superintendent of the
Adams Express company.
STOPPED BY RED LIGHT.
When the train reached Schutzen
park, short distance this side of the
water works, a man stepped out on
the track and swung a red lantern.
Engineer Wright stopped his engine
and he and the fireman were at once
covered by masked man with shot
gun. They were ordered to go
back to the express car. When they
reached the car two of the robbers
pounded with their guns on the door
and ordered the messenger to open it..
After a short parley Callicotte threw
open the door: Chief Broler and his
men were concealed behind the safe and
the empty boxes. When the robbers or
dered the express messenger to open
the door they threatened to blow up
the car with dynamite, of which they
had two large sticks. 1t was known
to the officers that dynamite might be
FNL, @<,~,
was, therefore, instructed to open the
door of his car before the robbers had
a chance to explode the stuff.
THE BATTLE BEGINS
When the men entered the car the
officers on duty were ready for them,
and ordered them to throw up their
hands The robbers began the firing.
and at the first fire Hearst, Fredericks
and Carver, the decoys, dropped to
the ground and laid down to prevent
being shot. Engle leaped from the car
and ran for the brush on the east side
of the train, from where he continued
to shoot till discovered. Kohler, whose
job was to stand outside and keep pas
sengers from coming out of the cars, was
on the east side of the train also, and
he poured fire into the express car
and coach. Henry Gleitze, who was on
the west side Of the train, fred several
shots at the officers in the express and
mail cars, and then ran.
TWO WERE KILLED.
Kohler proved himself to be most
desperate man. His body was pierced
by forty-three bullets. yet, while he lay
on the ground. he managed to fire four
shots before he died. Engel was shot
by fourteen bullets and lived short
time. Henry Gelitze escaped, but was
captured later The coaches were rid
died with bullets and all the windows
shot out. The officers escaped un-
harmed. Kohler married a most es-
timable young lady three weeks ago
The three captured men and the
bodies of the two dead bandits were
placed on the train which they had at
tackled The train then returned to
the Francis street depot at 1886 and
the regular train went on it's way. The
did not know what had
1t was quick work and the
train bearing the officers was back at
the Francis street depot in just forty
five minutes from the time it left.