Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-07
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Extraordfnarv Freak of : Gang Of bold
RobboEr-The vlctlms Robbed and Placed
Under Guard-A Cautious Conducsor
with DetcrminetiOn and Courage xof -
Emergency. and : Traln-LOad o. Badly
Scared Passengers.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Dec. 4.-About -
o'clock Saturday night three men en-
tered the depot Of the Chicago q North
western at Luzrene, q little town west
Of here, and at the point OF revolver
commanded the agent to deliver the
money he had. He quickly gave up
the express and railroad money, when
the bandits opened the door 70 the.
freight room and pushed him in, tell
ing him not to make any noise, and
that If he attempted to escape no
would be shot. In a few minutes the
night operator came down to relieve
the day man, and the robbers went.
through his pockets and pushed him.
also into the freight room.
After a few minutes more OF waiting
the conductor of special train went
into the depot, and the robbers had
hardly time to dispose Of him before IN
walked the train crew. "Hold up.
your hands!' shouted the largest OF the
highwaymen, and his confederates.
quickly went through their pockets
and relieved them of their money and
watches. The men were sent to join
the gang in the freight room. 1t was
getting to be near train time, a
stranger went into the station, and.
was about to ask for a ticket to Chi
cago. He Joined his fellow-unfortu--
mates, and the door opened to allow the
postmaster to enter. He was treated
as had been the others.
It was now nearing the time for pas
senger No. from the west to arrive
The instrument in the Office was click
ing away. but there was no one -theres
to answer it, and those who had been.
robbed were standing huddled up in.
the little room shaking with fear, Won
dering what would happen next
But they were not the only ones.
wondering. No. 8 had arrived at Belle
Plain, the next station west, and was.
waiting to hear from Luzrene before.
proceeding on. No amount of calling
could get an answer from there, how
ever, and after waiting half an hour
over time, Conductor Ward in despera-
ton took one7of the operators from the
Office at Belle Plaine and started out
on slow run for Luzrene.
When his train pulled into the depot,
Conductor Ward jumped off and started
for the depot. AS he did so, the rob-
bers came out of the depot and passed
him. The tallest of them stepped in
front of him and closely peered into
his face. The conductor took no no.
tice of this at the time, but,
ran into the building. But no one.
was there. He called out and wanted
to know what was the matter. An
answer came from the freight room,
and opening the door, he saw the men
all huddled up in a corner. After re-
cital of the story of the last few hours
and the conductor remembering the
men he had passed, hastily hurried to-
his train. He opened the door and
shouted: Every man who has gun.
get it ready. think the train is GO
ing to be held up" He went all
through the train, telling the passen-.
gers what was about to happen.
The greatest excitement prevailed,
the women screaming, and proceeding
to secret their valuables. The men
who possessed revolvers hastily in
spected them and awaited the threat
ened attack. But it never came. After
waiting some time the train pulled
out and reached here at 1:1O o'clock
yesterday morning, nearly three hours,
late, when the first news of the rob-
berry became known. Descriptions of
the men have been telegraphed to all
points within a radius of 100 miles, and
their capture is probable