The Helena independent., 1893-09-26
READY. FOR THE ROBBERS.
Railroad Ottloials Informed Of a
Plan to Rob an Express
Train,
They Send Out u Dummy Train
Loaded With Offloers Heav-
ily Armed.
TAs Nuss sucossatus. for shs nAndtts Ar.
pear aud Are KILLED Or Capturod-
OaltsoraiA Crime.

HT. jessrH, No., Sept, 2h-A bold attempt
a train robbery Vas clevsrly irusttatsd
just aisss midniaht this morning. Al a
result two would-be. train sobbsss are dead,
aud three are now behind the bars In the
jail. Ut ths six men who attempted the
robbery only one escaped. The robbers
who wsts killed are Fred kohlsr and Hugo
Glsitxs. The tn % men captured are N. A.
Hurst Henry Carver and Charlie Fredss-
ioks. John Glsitzs escaped,
Tho train which the bandits had Al.
tempted to rob vas passenger train No. y
on shs Kansas City, 81. Joseph n Council
Blutfs railroad, which lsft Kansas City a
$50 r. IN. Sunday night and which arrived
here a. 1890 sunday morning, The officials
OF the road had been notified thata robbery
had been planned and thsy notified the
police. Whom ths train arrived here \
dummy train was made up and sixteen po-
lios officers, under the command Of the
chief Ut police. were put aboard. In order
10 thoroughly deceive the robbers the train
was made an exact duplicate of train No.
y aad CONSISTED of an engine and tender,
An express aud baggage Cur, aud the usual
coaches aud Pullmans.
When the deeoy reached point two miles
north Of 81. Joseph, the engineers atten-
tton was aroused BY lighted lantern nov
lag 10 and tro between the rails. lie
obsysd the signal and soon ak masked men
surrounded ths engine. One Of the bsndits
mounted the engine and resented re-
volvsr Al the eARineer's head, and another
At this fireman, keeping them in subsection,
while the other FIVE man haatensd TO rob
the express car. They ordered tho mcsaen-
ger 10 open the door, which no did forth.
with. The bandits entered the car, leaving
swo without to guard. The policemen who
were guarding the train we're dist ibuteA in
various ears. the majority of them being In
ths sxpreRs car.
Immediatsly the three bandits who had
undertaken the work of robbing this oar
them 10 surrender. The robbers were
taken completely by SUNRISE. but they
opened IRE a. once upon tho police, The
police returned tue a . and a general fusil-
lads followed. About twenty.hve sho.s
we,e fred on both aides. When the moks
cleared away the lifelsss bodies OF Kohlsr
aud Gleitxe we're lying on the floor of the
car. They had been shot through the
heads. The bullet which pierced Kohler's
head produced instant death. He never
stirred after hs was hit. Glsitxs was a.ill
brought here. Frsdericks, the third rob.
bSr snRaAsd IN the tRht was not injured,
aud was placed under arrest. None OF the
officers we're injured.
The bodies Of kohler and Gleitxe were
brought here on tho dummy train, which
| returned to the city soon after the enooun-
/ tsr. They were taken to an undertake, q.
Tbs prisoners Fredsrioks, Hurss aud Gar.
ver. we're brought here on tho same train
With thsi. dead comrades aud we're locked
~ a. the police station. All the robbers
lived here.
The police and railway officials had been
| kept informed Of the robbsrs' intent tions,
/ and were prepared TO meet them on each
occasion. Hearst Frsderioks and Carver,
the men placed under arrest, ID now up
| rsars we're not genuine robbers. hut decoyt
in the employ OF the autho ities.
Henry Gls,txs, saiu 10 bs the sixth and
last member Of the gang, was captured a,
$40 O'Clock this morning ut she house oi
Mary Elsnes, In South 81. Joe. His pocket,
we're full Of ammunition and three finger.
Of hts lett hand had been shot of. He de-
MED having taken any part In the ut
tempted robbery, but refused doagedly Il
talk fu ther.