Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-21
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
BOLD Robbery Of Mineral Range ~
road Train in Northern Michigan-Hooty
to the Extent Of Seventy Five In0u. -.
Dollars III Currency. Intended e
tho Calumet and Hula Miners, SccuEsu
/ by Four Daring Men.
| CALUMET, Mich, Sept. 16.--At s:So -
| m. the passenger train on the Mlner"1
Range railroad coming to CalumeI was
held up by four highwaymen at hlgn'
| way, about halfway between Calumet
and Hancock. The engineer and nre-
man were covered with revolvers Oy
| two of the robbers, while the otner
| two ordered the express messenger 70
| put the contents Of his safe into Dag
which one of the robbers carried. Inc
| messenger Immediately complied ana
! handed out some s75,O 900 consigned TO
| the Calumet and Hecla mine and wnicn
was part of the money to be Palo Dy
the mine on its payroll.
After securing the booty, the rob
| bers fred a shot and ordered the en-
gineer to go ahead-quick," which he'
did
Tho Messengers Story-Four suspects Ar
rested.
HouGHroN, Sept. 15.-Ex press Mes
senger Hogan, tells the following story
of the robbery:
81 was sitting in my chair with my
feet on box, singing, when heard q
crash, and looking that way saw
masked man covering me with
two revolvers and ordering: Hands
up!' There was another man just
behind him. 1 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 T.
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 rail pulled up about three miles
ahead
THE engineer pulled the throttle
wide open and flew for the Osceola tell
egraph Office, when the news of the
robbery was at once telegraphe ed to
Houghton.
Jack King, the wrestler; John Ke-
hoe, a 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 a man ramed German were
thereupon arrested and the case against.
them seems to be a very strong one.
The conductor of the train, who saw
the robbers walk away, thinks their
gait and general appearance corre-
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 hearing at .
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 ghborhood,
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-
element 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 q
sledge-hammer which was secured at
the Peninsula mine, situated close by.
After securing the booty and or der
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
tiona1 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.