The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-16
AFTER THE KENDALLvLLE ROBBERS
The Famous Bill Dalton May Have Been
Their Leader.

Indianapolis, September 15.-About 2
O'clock yesterday afternoon Chief of
Police Colbert received message from
the Lake Shore Railroad officials stating
that one of their detectives had come
upon "Bill'' Dalton, the noted Western
bandit, and 10 of his train-robbing gang,
at small station called Romona, about
43 miles from here, on the indianapolis
and Vincennes road. The chief was
asked to watch out for the appearance of
the robbers in the neighborhood of this
city. The name of the detective was not
given. Last evening a dispatch was re-
ceived from Spences, which is five miles
ON the other side of Romona, that Sber-
iff johnson of Owen county had sur
rounded freight train arriving there at
4 o'clock. expecting to corral the Dalton
gang, but that the men had made their
escape. The sheriff had received tele-
gram from stSam'' L. Sanders, who is
one of the regular detectives ofthe road,
stating that the freight was the train on
which the robbers were bound to Spenc-
er. The sheriff had a posse of several
hundred men lined on each side of the
track when the train came in, and every
man was armed to the teeth, but there
were no Daltons.
Chief Colbert's information is that the
detective was looking for tramps who
had been robbing freight cars, and while
at Romona he put his head in a car
where there were number of tramps.
Much to his surprise he saw the face of
SsBilP' Dalton, whom he had seen be-
fore. He jerked his head out of the car
quickly and ran for the telegraph sta
ton. It is beliyed that the gang, after
the detective saw them, made for the
hills south of the railroad.
Romona is but a short distance from
the wilds of Brown county, and if the
robbers get down there it will be difficult
to capture them Ifit is the same gang
that robbed the Lake Shore express at
Kendallville, they must have passed
through Indianapolis to have gotten to
Romona. 1t is said that Dalton original
ly came from Southern Indiana and has
relatives there now. 1t may be that he
is trying to make his way to them.
Nobody Hurt This Time.
Calumet, Mich, September 15.-At
920 o'clock this morning, the passenger
train on the Mineral Range railroad com
ing to Calumet, was held up by four
highwaymen about half way between Cal
firemen were covered by revolvers by
two of the robbers, while the other two
ordered the express messenger to put the
contents of his safe in bag which one
of the robbers carried. The messenger
Immediately complied, and handed out
some $4,000 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
robbers fired a shot and ordered the en-
gineer to quickly go ahead, which he did.
The whole affair was such surprise
tnat the passengers knew nothing of the
trouble until after the train had started
again. Light guards and sheriffs are out
securing the country 1t is thought that
the robbers had horses conveniently near
and boat ready at the lake, from which
place they would make for northern Can
ada.
Two Men Arrested on Suspicion.
Hancock, Mich, September 15-Jack
King, wrestler, and Jack Kehoe,
sport, have been arrested on suspicion of
being implicated in the hold-up of the
Mineral Range train.