Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-23
BANDITS IN MlcHIe AN.

Not Molcst tho Passengers-Escape of
the Thieves.
HoUeHToN, Mich, Sept, 16.-The ex-
press car of the Mineral Range passen-
ger train which left Hancock at o
o'clock Friday morning for Calumet
was "held up and robbed by bandits
half-mile from Boston station about
half an hour later. The robbers Sc
cured S7b, 900 in cash, money intended
for the employees of the Calumet e.
Hecla copper mine, for whom
to-day was payday. The money
was drawn Friday morning from the
First national bank of Houghton and
the Superior savings bank of Hancock.
The express car was in charge of ID. W.
Hogan and there was no special guard
That there were train robbers daring
enough to make raid in broad day
light apparently never entered the
minds either of the officials of the COM
pany or of the trainmen.
The train was going at the usual
speed and was within half mile of the
little station called Boston, miles
from here, when man stepped into the
middle of the track and tagged the
train. The engineer quickly applied
the brakes, no thought of train robbers
entering his mind. The man disappeared
behind the station house and as the train
stopped two women passengers got off
At that moment masked man
jumped on the locomotive and
pointed revolver at Engineer
Schuler and ordered him to stop.
The engineer thought he was fooling
or was lunatic, but the gun went off,
the ball whizzing past Schuler's ear
The fellow pushed the engineer into
the corner of the cab and grabbed the
air. brake lever to keep the engine
moving slowly. He opened the throt-
tie slightly, showing perfect familiarity
in handling an engine. Fireman
Sutherland jumped out of the cab
window and was met by another rob
ber, who came from in front of the en-
gine and fred at him, ordering him
back on the engine on pain of instant
death.
Two more robbers had in the mean
time got upon the front end of the eX-
press car and with n sledge smashed in
the car door.
They ordered the express messenger
to put the contents of his safe in bag
which one of the robbers carried. The
messenger Immediately complied and
handed out some $4,000 consigned tc
the Calumet e Hecla mine.
After securing the booty the robbers
fired volley, and the one who wa:
| guarding the engineer and fireman or
dered the former to "go ahead, quick,
| He did. The affair was a com
plete surprise and the passenger!
knew nothing about the robbery
for some little time. The ex
press messenger and the train crew
acted as though paralyzed with fear
and their cowardly conduct is alread,
subjecting them to considerable crit
cism. The train was crowded witt
men, and as people up in this section
of the country are determined lot. a
class, the robbers might have beel
defeated in their purpose if warning
had been given.
Among the passengers on the robbie,
train was messenger from the Firs
national bank at Hancock, who had il
his possession $4,000 for one of tn
banks at Red Jacket. No one knew h
had the money, which was carried in
hand bag, until his excited actions CAV
him away
The authorities at Hancock and Calu
met were notified of the robbery a
soon as the train could be pulled int
the town and pursuing parties wer
hastily organized. 1t was two or thre
llHy Il
BILE posses could be put on the trail,
sufficient time to enable the robbers t
get great start.
The place selected for the outrag
was short distance from this town, d
a wild spot. Indeed the whole cou1
try hereabouts is wild and broken, an
they could not have found place tina
was not adapted by nature for rol
berry. The men were only in sight
few minutes after they started ava
from the scene of their crime and Il
trace of them has since been found.
The Calumet e Hecla Mining con
pany is the richest copper mining co
poration in the world 1t is owne
principally in Boston by Prof. Agass
and others, though Jay Hubbell, Gel
Alger and other Michigan millionair,
are heavy stockholders 1t has paid $35
900, 900 in dividends and yields rev
nue. of "a, 600, 900 to IS, 900, 900 year.
can stand the loss of S75, 900 about
we'll as any company in the world.
is also in position to spend as much
any other company to run down al
punish the robbers, and will doubtle
be free-hauded in that regard, as futu
protection demands that crime of tn
sort be made very unpopular.
Jack King, the great Cornish wrestle
John Kehoe, sport, and Jack Challe'
were seen driving very fast into TOW
about 10 o'clock and persons near Il
Boston station saw horse correspon
ing in color to theirs tied up near Il
station. These men and man nam
German were thereupon arrest
and the clew against them seems to
very strong one. The prisoners we
+, +, put under $4,000 bonds, in default
which they were placed in Jail. TIL
will have "a hearing at . o'tloply tO-dn