People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-29

car, says Kohler was concealed behind
some bushes near the track when the
.raln stopped. AS the train slowed
down he walked towards it with his
gun co ked. cursing and ordering
the supposed passengers to keep
inside. When he was about
fifty feet from the train the
shooting in the baggage car began,
and Kohler then commenced firing.
Mr.. Brown says he could see very
| plainly in the moonlight as he walked
toward the cars After he had fred
two or three shots he was seen to fall.
He crawled behind some bushes and
continued to shoot. He was being
fred upon by Sheriff Carson's men
and the officers in the other cars
When the flash from his gun was seen
the officers would pour a broadside
into him. Finally he stopped shoot
ing and Officers Hayes walked toward
him. While he was within ten feet of
Kohler the dying desperate raised up
on his arm and tried to shoot Hayes
but dropped back dead.
Engle fell soon after Kohler was
killed, and, when picked up, was
found to be mortally wounded. He
was shot twice in the back of the
head and his brains were oozing out.
The men were placed on the train,
which returned to the Francis street
depot at 1885, and the regular pas
senger train went on its way. The
passengers did not know what had
happened. 1t was quick work, the
train bearing the officers being back
at the Francis street depot in just
forty-fve minutes from the time it
left.
,ENGLE's MOTHER OVERCOME.
The body of Kohler was sent to
Sidenfaden's undertaking shop and
Engle was taken to the baggage room
at the Francis street depot. In a
shori time his mother was informed
and ran down to the depot. When
she returned to the baggage room in
company with two men she threw
herself upon her sons body and
shrieked his name time and again.
She clasped his bloody head in her
arms and moaned over him for some
minutes. She was finally induced to
go home, and her sons body was sent
to the Occidental hotel about 3 o'clock.
He died just after he arrived, having
never regained consciousness from the
moment he was shot
Hugo Gleitze was the son Of a widow
named Engle. who married Henry
Gleitze, proprietor of the Occidental
hotel. He was known as Plug"
Engle or Gleitze, and was considered
to be generally tough, but 1t was not
believed that he had nerve enough to
attempt job of train robbing. He
was heavy, dark complexioned man
about % years old.
Henry Gleitze or Engle, who es-
capped is an ex-convict. He was con-
victed of highway robbery about
three years ago and was sent to the
penitentiary for two years. He has
been out of rrison about a year. He
is known to be dangerous man and
ambitious to engage in more danger
Gus crimes than highway robbery. 1t
is believed that he was the leader of
the gang, although he did not plan
the robbery.
NOT THE FIRST PLOT OF THE MEN.
Chief of Police Broder said this
morning: Some time ago was noti-
fed that an attempt would be made
to rob Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Council Bluffs passenger train some
where near Dug Hill and
l gained all the information
l could concerning it from
the person who informed me and my
officers who had been taken into the
secret l said nothing until thought
matters were coming to focus when
l told the railroad officials of what
was expected to happen They re-
sponded that they, too, had received
such information. but from an
other source. We then worked
together until Friday uight,
the time set for robbing the Burling.
ton and Missouri river west bound
train at Rose Branch. Believing
that the robbers would make an at
tempt to rob the train that night we
prepared ourselves. Sheriff Carson,
myself and twelve policemen went
out on the train but nothing was
done. The next morning we learned
that the reason the attempt
had rot been made was because the
passenger train was not preceded
by "a freight train, as the robbers had
counted on, and after they had made
the discovery that tine passenger train
was coming it was too late for action
They then resolved to make another
attempt either Saturday or Sunday
night, we learned, and after consider
ing the matter they selected Sun
day night, supposing the train
would carry more cash on that
night than on any other.
AS they laid all plans on FIJI
day night we were satisfied that
the attempt would surely be made on
Sunday night, The robbers learned
from some source that we were after
them Friday night but supposed we
thought the whole thing fake and
were not looking for US after that
night. Last night we went to the
Kansas City, 81. Joseph and Council
Bluffs round house and were pro-
yided with a dummy train. The