New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-13

Io,v ken, Woist covered in the same way. lhey
searched Welst and me for keys 10 the SAFE, put
conld not find anv, and they seemed TO believe Us
when we told them that the safe was openeu W
mer from the Office at the end OF the run
Then they set to work to open the safe WIN
a seage they Knocked the knob of the door anu
then they began TO drill holes in 1t. They taiheo
but little. \ small stout man, who seemed 10 oe
the leader directed the work. Finally they go'
through drilling and opened the door Inc man
who seemed to be the leader oil the gang tooh the
money packages and handed them out TO feho"
who stood outside Of the car ana VINO ran ih'o
the woods when he got the money linen 'he
follows who had charge Of us told not 10 move,
and they backed TO the door and leaped OUT Inc
rest Of the gang that Lad been around the engine
and hack by the passenger coaches also ran away,
firing their guns rs they went | saw probably
twenty men altogether, but | do not know that
they all belonged to the gang. The explosion
smashed the car door to bits and almost tore the
bottom out of the
BOXES FULL OF GOLD OVERLOOKED.
"Thc robbers missed the most valuable article
on the car Behind a coffin, which was IN the
car and covered M ny a lot Of express matter
wcra two strong boxes which are in reality small
safes, which lad been transferred at Chicago from
/ somc Western road. These boxes were Tiled with
cold. being shipped East, and while DO nov
know inst how much WAS IN them, 1t must nave
been large sum The men did not look ike
| farmers neither did they seem TO be worKlnGn'h
They were rourhoolIint fellows, nut, although
did not see their faces. because they wore masks
wond take them by their clothes to be- ilIechah-
les"
Toledo. Sept. l2-Enginccr James Knapp, VINO
was shot by the Lake Shore train rooDefS' WIS
taken TO his home, on Colllng'woou-
ave. in thi, city, upon tn" arrival oil th' 'r'in
! here and physicians were called IL was ioul'"
that the bullet penetrated his right SIDE near 'ne
shoulder He had a very clos" call ana tle 'r'i"
robbcr evidently shot to Kill Inc pnysic'aS
-av that Knapp is not in danger, ana VIII p' "ii
rieht in few days
Story OF THE REAR BRAKEMAN
Tho conductor and most OF the crew I'VE III
! Toledo and left the train IT're. Asa McIh'u''
the r,ar brakeman, told this story OF the ah'r
The gang numbered about twelve men, ''''
.,,re tb.rc were not more than that number,
| although the constant fusillade they kept up VIII"
tbcir Winche.tors would have led one to believe
that there were great many more. ih'N h'
turned the switch, -hown; the rel danger slg-
nal. and Engineer Knapp, Of course, came u Il
/ -top on seeing tine red light exposed. The swltch
WAS turned lust before the train was due there, 50
that any Of the enlpOyrs of the rOal at tlat sta
! tion VINO miaht have been about would not nave
/ noticed ANYTHING strange. Two men boarded the
| enoinc and order II Engineer Knapp and Fireman
| lanes Rutl.r 20 hold up their hands. Inc engineer
/ di.ol,y,d :hc order and reached for the, wllstl"
rome 70 warn the rest Of the train, but the move
mcnt wa, a signal for the desp"radoes 70 s''oo''
| Part Of the gang stationed themselves along tn'
train and kept up constant hrug To Keep 'he
crew AID passengers frightened. that they might
not rush ont and overpower them. As soon as
q, head showed itself down the train a shot whizzen
by as a warning 10 keep inside. Three men
Jumped into the express car, two held up the mes
,.ngcr. NJ w Weist, while the other blew the
safe opcn with dynamite. started pacK "itn
nv lantern ~ the telegraph station two miles
back. but | was dr>e back into the tram ny
.hots finally put my light under my coat and
-noazcd away and walked TO the station, where
,elcgraphcd the train following to step anu
! Informed the officials ny wire.
The railroad and express officials here say that
| last nieht w,ls a leht the express car
Several NIGHTS ago S5,OOO0o0 was sent through
ard il l., thought that the robbers were organized
for the purpose of getting that pile
Cleveland. Sept. l2-An excited crowd Of sew
cral hundred people was at the Union Depot
when Lake Shore train No. Ii pulled in at 0 10,
an hour late this morning. The gatemen hal
trouble in keeping them of the track when the
engine ceased putting and the long line OF mall
| cyprcss and sleeping ears came to a stop. The
| train WIS crowded with passengers, and they all
| .nr,ncd relieved when they safely on the
platform of the depot. C. II. Wood, a porter on
the sleeping ear Riga, told an intelligent and IN
trrcstlng story
| NARRATIVE OF SLEEPING CAR PORTER.
Il SAW the whole thing" said Wood, and |
don't mind saying that was pretty badly scared.
We were running at pretty lively rate of speed
near Kcndallytlle when the train came to a sudden
stop. | was in the vestibulc al the time, ana
| I Immediately opened the door and looked out.
have made the run hundreds OF times and never
knew the train TO stop at that point before. 50 you
can imagine NV surprise. Before the train came
| to a full stop the conductor rushed up TO me and
said in an undertone: Lower your lights IA little
| and don't make any noise. The train is held up
| and the devils TO pay. Don't alarm the passen-
e,rs and keep the doors locked and we may be able
| 10 keep them out of this part of the train.
| He had scarcely quit speaking when there were
| halt dozen pistol shots, followed few minutes
| Later bv two loud explosions | afterward learned
| ,h,t the safe had been blown. There must have
b,.n AZ least twenty five OF the men, and they took
| r,mpletr possession Of the train We could near
them running over the tops of the cars and nltuh9
| bv the windows | tried my best to Keep the
pcorlc in their hunks, but the news soon Spread
and every one, men and women, were running anoaf
hiding their vauables and losing their heads.
| Their. was not IL shootng-iron in our car. ana II
any of the robbers had got in we would nave peeh
completely at their mercy. An elderly lady IN the
car RIGA, by the name OF thompson iaih'tu
c. II. Green, of Pittsburg, was one OF the pas
and eNpress cars He verified Woods story re-
carding the number of the robbers. III was one
If tho most exciting times | experienced >
no said 1t came so suddenly that we could
scarcely realize what was happening until we
| a. ,.s Tho trainmen all behaved splen-