The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-19
THEY GOT $4,000.
xraiu Robbers on the lake shore Went Tor
Zig Game bat Missed II.

Big Game BAT Missed H.
Cbicago September l2.-TWenty masked
men held no a Lake shore train. 40 miles
from Chicago near midnight, and after
V,-o,tudiner HE engineer blew open the safe
i, thc ,xnfgS~ ear and stole It's contents
The train was the one which drew en- 81
the Twelfth street depot OF TIE HiiH"lS
Cau+r.,! r,,ad at I - O'Clock last evening.
n reached NendallyIle a small station in
Indiana o liDle short of tour hours iatfr
II went mast the town and had hardly gone
a mile through Il stretch al lunhcF llld
whom tn, engineer slowed UP near curve.
As the engine won't around a turn the en-
cinepr saw red light ahead. W hen the
train came 10 u stop dozen men Spran&
INTO The. nh. shot the engineer. seriously
vvounding him, and then blew open the eN-
press car with dynamite and drilled open
one Of the safes. getting safely away VIth
their booty. whatever II was. e. thar
there is no certain information. "ru all
sorts Of wild stories ar" a'folt plA"'h2 ne
amount all the way from NH.~o 20 sob
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The car dynamitod belonged TO the
Tinted StatcS EXPRESS Company. and Gen
cral Superintendent Crosby. "f that com
Iaur declared this afternoon that the t"tHl
los hy the robbery is Hav below S2n.ObD.
lie saws the robbers Thought they were
carving away national bank notes hnt 50
cnrei mostly pa1e7S W"r.hIf@S ~ 'h'Ai' ma
that they overlooked $15@0 of gold bul-
lion.
They Got "a Lot OF Papers.
Mr. Crosby 4mphatically denied the re-
unrts that %l1tlAt had been taken. ihrrc
was not ore-tynth Of that amount on the
whole. 1rain. he says. In the safe blown
omen was "a scaled bag full OF packages,
done. M about tue size AMI shape of pack
ages of bank noes These PACKAGES We're
marked $1,000 5000 and 50 on. These
FIGURES Indicated the value that the pack
~, was listed ~, out practically they were
worth nothing more tuan the paper they
..-tain.5 Their contents consisted OF
settlements win agents. receipt Tor mon
cvs legal papers. etc. winch can ali De dn.
,,N.lfpi a. tcr Il lime. II was Il load "i
ibis nature ana very ljttle actual money
which the robbers secured. Only I'VE or
SjA men, he says, We're concerned III me
TN. r,Inor that the safe contained i ship
p.,ut nf S2I0.0N0 from a Chicago firm 10 4
New York bank could not be confirmed, the
only fact lending any credenre l" tlr S,"'E
H,iug the recent rise in the NaHe "i Nc"
York cNrE9uGr- NoN' "l tn" 'ti'N w ~
admitted having made such shipment ana
fin. avrrpS- .ompauy'S officers G"}I"d th1t
fhcrc was amy such amount on the IRAN.
President Newell. of the LAX" shore
~o3d ll~ arteraoun offered a reward 81
81 n1 for the capture and c"nYirt"h oi me
rohbrrs.
detectives on the Trait
r5f.,.., September 13.-'rlIe amount
stolen By the train robbers })I''...,,,;l Is
s194lo. Within TWO hours u the comniiS-
sion aft the crime Captain kyrne was on
his uaE tu th, scene Win 'hr H't''H'r ~
Irrcciiycs from lis Buffalo distinct Inc
-i,st trains 1ui of iitt~burg. tnc!nnatl, 10
I.l, Brroft. ludauau.iS. tMcago ami 81
In-,is carried suu4t!~ - detectives III the
en.pI., of 5h. United States Express ON
many .sni tLr rout,deraIed companies. me
Iak. Shore throw force 81 men ON WORK
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