The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-13

might be bearing down upon the, express
n:pp Ne Ss'Tq S edn Ps S sas
burst into the little telegram office at Brim
field and almost brenthlessly Told the story o
h' II R Rsh at Of @
Whereabouts OF the train, the tardiness o
left on hi tme
w. Berhalter was aroused from, bed. and ther
Che alarm vas sounded through eat the slesp
the reliei p ths train: bit WIFI IS, ,SGy were
! press was seen preaching from tho west,
When 4 drew UP at che station shorty, alto,
Of the cab and told the story Of The, robbery
Honse. where he is now WINS; Ho is In no
danger q dying from his w?uisi, ,,, por,.rsr
Masor a Marcy. and The POSSE si"ftcd In car.
riages to Kessler; They, secured the dense
e%oss sn IN the Sna
trace Of the robbers could be found. Two
empty SHELF wsTa hn found near Snr the II
started in n southcrly .dircct'o on and that they
S ss%sss IN Of A SH' p GSnn on stfs" fs%
forces. which were later rem forced &C. by DGtec
Tho celebrity with which the bandits made
their ESCAPE is almost az sens ati3nai as INC
Would seem AZ though tho earth had swallowed
them up, Neither hoof print nor the track
and rolling farming, land over which Il Il be-
lived the red -masked men made their iliEht.
er esd rain az 'n storm Surst over this section
: Indiana late this afternoon. thus sorping tho
he soii ali ali evidence Of the manner in which
the bandits made such quick disnpnearnnce
The compan, has offered heavy reward = ,v 2r
send a formidab bio detail of officers upon the
blind Which il to f hs s TO
Mayor Marcy OF this city and his young son
on the Mnys s spnin 81 s aSenne there
never was more deliberate plot to Kill and
rob. The place the outlaws chose was we'll
SYstent 'G from mi Brimleld and kondalvllc. and
in a deep cut which runs for some distance
Local ofiicSrs. who have had a little expert.
ence with train robbers: have ~ SORTS OF
the opinion that the men are not a product Of
this part Of this country: tut ST S part to and
paeS G er l9G to in Missouri Iowa.
and Kansas. The skilul use OF dynamite ana ma
f SaDds ses abont ther work Of srrorzns
passengers and crew go far to ass",iato them
With ,hs raids fbrss raeTs IN
Instance the same. methods were adopted to
reach. capture. and loot the train, ara ,oro ~
them will be caught. They base this belief on
Wap iast roads sa we'll guarded for miles around
and the further fact that with SO many men
for al Of them to hold their tongues and Keep
from quarrellng
,asnas ssm has
Registered at the Kelly House. and then pys-
Susi Hu in town and were frequently away
from the hotel. Two Of the suspects registered
CHICAGO. Sept 12-All was excitement about
the Offices Of the United States Express Com
pany. Several hours before the time for open
manager Of the Chicago office. and 6. 4.
Delong general superintendent Of the w, Vest o
Viss-Presld snt Crosby said the loss would
Buffalo head q The sompHnys dstectlys force;
safe open as sandy hair, dark complexion.
medium height SnE Weight The other
s s. T ths effH shea
men out to find what they can; the description
81 little value Advise by wire ~ Thns are
n,Another message which itch, was KS ssnt to M;
bns Ssa ST. 5an Of ss
to- general cashier; one sealed y bag:
one ono sealed eS Dur ba nsne S5755. Tor our gen:
s5sl agent NeT bag ss2l5G
ins 3 tss others holding sums ranging
As the four bags are missing. the amount |
lost is; according to the express company.
ny The United Pres.
The number Of highwaymen was estimated
by some OF tn trainmen at twenty. but there ,
were probably not half so many. After the
done. The train proceeded on its way. The
The police in ali cities from Chicago to cleve-
II was found after the robbery rob. that the
The Tobbery + considered the, the most daring
men held the engine crew while three others
attended to the express car.
of wild excitement Women tainted. and men
hid their valuables under this car seats and in
their shoes and In any place suggesting safety
Within two hours of the commission of the
with a detachment Of detectives, from lis
Bufialo district The rst trains out 81 Pitts
lis. Chicago and St louis carried SQUADS of
detectives in the employ Of the United States
panies The Lake Shore ct threw force Of men men
on the work from is Cleveland office. SO that
hunting for the trail of the robbers.
The express companies officers are we'll sat
issd that Ia the robbery vas e9mmitted by eS
mite and Just how to get at the vulnerable
Detective Mullaney chief of the secret ser.
vice men Of the Lake Shore road. believes that
the robbers are concealed in the Swampsof
posses securing the counties on all sides Of
the scene of the robbery. President Newell
ordered that 1000 .po tiers he printed Offering
u reward OF ST 900 for the capture and convic-
ton Of the robbers. and that they be scattered
broadcast over the country.
Byron b. Hamblin. who was in the robbed
express car. says;
"Weist. the express messenger. and had
lust bout finished checking up our way bills
We felt tho train first slow up and then stop.
Just then there came heavy pounding, on the
door which |
something had happened about which
the conductor desired to- inform us.
j opened the door. As did 40 | saw two men
standing on the. ground beside the ear One
Of thcm yelled Throw up your handsr and
and Tired. / saw the motion OF the gun and
brew myself to one side and tho flash from
the gun almost blinded me, ! managed to
slam the doors shut and boltad them. Then
some one on the outside commenced smashing
the doors with a sledge; They kept this up
"SuddenlY tlare camn n Nnlnsinn TINT |