The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-22
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

| Bold Robbery of a Mineral Range Rail-
road Train In Northern MIchigan-Booty
| TO the Extent of Seventy-Five Thousand
| Dollars I'm Currency, Intended to Pay
the Calumet and Hula Miners, Secured
by Four Daring Men.
CALUMET, Mich, Sept 16.-At $50 a.
| m. the passenger train on the Mineral
Range railroad coming to Calumet was
held up by four highwaymen at High
way, about halfway between Calumet
and Hancock. The engineer and fire.
man were covered with revolvers by
two of the robbers, while the other
two ordered the express messenger to
put the contents of his safe into bag
which one of the robbers carried. The
messenger Immediately complied and
handed out some SIS, 900 consigned to
the Calumet and Hecla mine and which
was part of the money to be paid by
the mine on its payroll.
After securing, the booty, the rob-
bers fired a shot and ordered the en-
gineer to go ahead--quick," which he
did.
The Messengers Story-Four> Suspects Ar
rested.
HoUGHToN, Sept 15.-Ex press Mes
of the robbery:
81 was sitting in my chair with my
feet on box, singing, when | heard
crash, and looking that way saw
masked man covering me with
two revolvers and ordering: Hands
upr There was another man just
behind him. threw up my
hands mighty quick, and the robbers
took my gun away. Then they
demanded the keys of the safe. ] pre-
tended to be looking for the right key
when they threatened to kill me if I
did not hurry. / then opened the safe
and took out the four packages of cur
rency, and oneof the robbers scooded
them into bag he carried. Backing
out of the car door again, they fired
two shots, evidently as signal to the
robbers on the engine, to tell the en-
gineer to go on, saying: You will
find a rail pulled up about three miles
ahead
THE engineer pulled the throttle
wide open and flew for the Osceola tel
egraph office, when the news of the
robbery was at once telegraphed to
Houghton.
Jack King, the wrestler: John Ke-
hoe, sport. and Jack Challew, were
seen driving very fast into town about
10 o'clock, and persons near the Boston
station saw a horse corresponding in
color tied up near the station. These
men and man pamed German were
thereupon arrested, and the case against
them seems to be very strong one.
The conductor of the train, who saw
the robbers walk away, thinks their
gait and general appearance CORE
spends to these men.
John Challew'S wife attempted to
leave by the noon train, but she was
stopped and brought back. The pris-
oners were put under $4,000 bonds, in
default of which they were placed in
jail. They will have a hearing at Q
o'clock tomorrow. A man named
Butler, from Marquette, was also ar
rested.
at the Scene of the Robbery-Further
Particulars.
HANCOCK, Mich, Sept. 16.-A United
Press representative went to the
scene of the robbery and interviewed
the people living in the hborhood,
but none of them had seen the men in
custody about the railroad track.
The passengers were not aware of |
the robbery until the conductor rushed |
through the train shouting: ''There |
are highwaymen on board" Much ex
citement ensued, but the robbers did |
not put in an appearance in the pas
senger coaches.
The robbers gained entrance to the |
express car by smashing it in with a
sledge-hammer which was secured at |
the Peninsula mine, situate close by. |
After securing the booty and order
ing the engineer to pull out, the ban
dts coolly walked down the track |
while the trainmen stood on the back
platform watching them until they dis
appeared from view.
If the money is not recovered, the
American Express Co. will be the
loser, as the money was shipped to the
Calumet and Hecla Co. to secure the
payroll tomorrow by the First ma
national bank of Hancock and the Ma
tional bank of Houghton.
Hundreds of men are still securing
the country in the hope of finding some
clew to the robbers. The general
opinion, however, is that the men ar
rested are the right ones.