St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-29
LITTLE BOOTY BAGGED.
SMALL YIELD TO THE R0s8E8S or
the NOR TRERK PACIFIC T8AiN.
ONE ExrREss SAFE orENED.

Passengers Relieved of About
Three Hundred Dollars ia1
Money, Their Watches and,
Jeweiry-A Daring Exploit-Ta
Narratives OF Conductor Ran7s
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Conductor Eugene E Randall, who
had charge OF the Northern Pacific
train whicli was held up by five masked
men at Gray Cliff. Mont, Saturday
night, an account of whice was pubs
iisned in the GLOBE On Sunday, arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Randall and two colored porters were
the only ones OF the train crew who
came through to st. Paul, the balance
| of the trainmen changing at Bismarck.
| Mr.. Randall did not care to say much
about the affair when he first arrived in :,
| st. Paul, very properly stating that his
report would first have to be made to
the company. Last evening he was
found at his home at 32O West Third
street. and gave the following account
/ of the robbery. At Gray Cliff. fifteen
miles west of Livingstone, he said, two
men got on the engine. and. with loaded
reyolverS compelled the engineer to
stop at point about three miles from
| the station. At this point three others
of the gang boarded the train, their adj
vent being heraided by flsilade of
| firearms. If. said Mr.. Randall the in
tentlon was to frlghten the passengers,
the gang succeeded admirably, and at
the same time gave the passengers
warming so that many secreted their
valuables before the robbers appeared
i'll the sleepers. The gang first tackled
the express car, and, pounding on the
door, commanded the messenger to
open up, at the same time Informing
him that they had dynamite bombs in
case he kept them waiting. Reaiiz-
ing that they meant business. the
messenger, Harry De Camp, opened the
door and admitted them. Pointing guns
at his head the robbers commanded him
to open the safes. There were two safes
III the car, one used for local business
and the other containing through pack
ages. The local safe was opened by
the messenger, and some $50 was Sc
cured. but the combination of the other
safe he did not have, and SO informed
the men.
Went Through the SEeepers.
This being all they could secure from
the express car, the messenger and the
other trainmtn were marched through
the cars uuti! the sleepers were reached.
Here Conductor Randall was told to
throw up his hands, and as one of the
robbers placed the barrel of a revolver
against his head hs complied with the
request and accompanied them through
the cars.
AT tie time the robbers made their
appearance Randall had about sos in
his hand. and TINS he dropped behind a
curtain as they came in the car. Each
| OF the passengers was called on to hand
over their valuables, but the robbers did
not stop to argue the, matter with AMI.
of the parties relieved. If a passenger
handed them sum of money and said
that was all he had, the men would say
"All right" and pass on to the next one.
In the two Pullman cars there were
about forty passengers. the majority of
them being ladies, and all were pretty
well scared, The forced collection re-
suited in about $500, number of
, watches being taken, after which the
men left the train. When the express
messenger returned to his car, he found
on the floor two dynamite bombs which
, the robbers had left in the car.h Mn.
|; Randall could give no accurate descrip-
| ton of the men, whose faces were con-
,, cealed by masks wh icf covered even
their hair. From the manner in which
the men did their work Mr.. Randall was
of the opinion they were professionals.
The Passengers'Story.
Among the passengers in one of the
sleepers were Il. J. Forsythe, Ill. L.
Wood and Mrs. Ii. Ill. Hutchlns, child
t ! and maid, party of tourists from Bos-
ton. They were seen by reporter al
the West hotel in Minneapolis yesterday
afternoon, and Mr.. FOrsythe narrated
the affair substantially as follows: BE
: tween and 10 O'Clock Saturday night a
man entered our car and said that the
:, train had been held up, and that we
had better hide our valuables, which we
did, holding out enough so as not to
arouse the suspicion of the bandits. 1t
appears that some of the men got on al
a station, and they ran the train on a
: side track, where they were joined by
confederates. They fired three shots
S into our car, but no one was hit. There
D were from four to eight men i'm the
= party, aud counted four myself. The J
s did not make very thorough search OF
e the cars, or they would have gotter
: great deal more. On taking
:. possession of the train they
fhn frai If
t them. and our conductor on the Pull
f man threw some of his money into a
u berth as lie went along. While being
q searched one of the men said that they
!, had better shoot again, as we were moi
: shelling out fast enough, but this
: proposition was sat down upon by the
II others, who said that there had beer
s shooting enough. They we're very gal.
y liant, and did not modest the ladies. only
il robbing the men. AS they entered ths
i car one of them began to curse, when
n another spoke up and told him to bt
n quiet as there were ladies in the car
: One man with wife gave him 81. rs
S saying it was all the money he had
when the robber gave him back dol
lar. During the process one lady stucE
her head out of window, when shs
, | was fred at but not hit. The mex
morning this bullet was found in tht
porter's pocket. He was standing by {
partition where it struck, and it glanced
off and went into his pocket. There
: was United States marshal and hi
n deputy or the train and they hid thei
$ guns and gave up their money. Th,
A robbers obtained only S25 from ou
If party, ard about $500 in all.
y j. 8. PILLsBURY A VICTIM.
'r He Tells the story in Graphic
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