Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-09-16
ARRIVED AT CLEVELAND.
Eye Witnesses Tell tho Story of the
Train Robbery.

AE3slt I'D Az GLE Y ELiND.
Eye Witnesses Tell the Story of the
Train Robbery.
(LEvELAsD, Sept. 13.-An excited
crowd OF several hundred people was at
the Union depot when Lake Shore train
gate,nen had trouble in keeping them
off the track when the engine ceased
putting. and the long line OF mail, ex-
press and sleeping cars came to stop.
The train was crowded with pas
sengers and they all seemed relieved
when they were safely On the depot
platform. c. H. Wood, porter on the
sleeping car Riga, was singled by a
United States man, and he told an in
t.liigent and interesting story:
Saw the Whole Thing.
Il saw the whole thing" said Wood,
"and / don't mind saying that was
pretty badly scared. We were running
at q pretty lively rate Of speed near
Kendal!svilIe. when the train came to
sudden stop. was in tAe vessibule
ct the time and Immediately opened
the Gco: and looked out. have made
the run hundreds Of times and never
knew the train to stop at that point
l:e:o:e, 50 you can imagine my surprise.
Before the train came to full stop the
conductor rushed up to NE and said in
sln urdertone, lower your lights little
and doil'5 make any noise; the train is
held up aill the devil is to pay. Don't
alarm Ike pas engers, AMI keep the
doors locked and we may be able 10
keep them out of this part Of the train.
He had scarcely stopped speaking when
there were
Half a Dozen Pistol Shots,
followed few moments later by two
loud ex EXPLOSIONS. I afterwards learned
that the safe had been blown. There
must have been at least 25 men and
they ool1 complete possession OF the
train. We conld hear them running
over The top Of the train an! fitting
past the windows. l tried my best to
Keep the people in their bert?'s but the
news SOON spread and everyone, men
anl women, We're rushing about. hid
ing their valuables and losing their
heads. There was not shooting iron
in our car and if any Of the robbers had
got in we would have been completely
thor mercy. An elderly lady in 80
r GA, by The name Of Thompson,
fai11 ed.
G. Il. Green of Pittebur5, was one of
The assenyers in the front coach, just
back Of the mail and express cars. He
the ,.umbe OF the robbers. 1T was
one Of the most exciting times | ever
exne::enced" he said. 1T came so sud
denly that we could scarcely realize
what was happening until we heard the
shooting. The train1nen all behaved
silendilly and did eve rything possible
to quiet the passengers. AS soon as the
tram stopped one Of the brakemen
Jumped from the train and hurried back
through the dark to "torpedo" the track
for the next train. Several shots were
fired at him, but as far as could learn
he was not hurt.
The robbers were in such numbers
that armed resistance on the part OF
either the passengers or tlain1nen was
impossible, even had We been armed.
The Messengers Story.
Milton NJ. Weiss, the express messen-
ger who was in charge Of the express
car at the time of the attack, said:
s.The first / knew Of the attack was
after the train had stopped, when
heard two shots outside fired in rapid
succession. My helper, B. B. Hamlin,
i then yelled to me that one Of the shots
came through the door. It came near
hitting him. A moment later the cal
was almost lifted from the track by a
terrific explosion and at the same time
both Hamiin and myself were knocked
violently to the floor on our backs.
was stunned for the moment and could
hardly realize what had happened.
| When I regainel my senses | found
myself under large heap Of baggage
and shattered woodwork, and two men
wearing masks close by, one having a
Winchester Aimed at Ny Head,
snd the other fellow covered my helper
| in a similar manner. One Of the men
spoke telling US not to move or they
would blow the brains out Of Us. Thai
! IS about all I can remember Of what
was said. There was not much talking
done. Que of the robbers at once pro-
reeded TO drill the safe. It took him
over half an hour to do The job. Dur
ing the time that the fellow was work
| ing at the safe there were several of hls
| pals oatside, at the door Of the car, alst
armed with Winchesters. Some o1
them kept their guns pointed at US
while Others kept shooting occasionally
When the safe was finally barsted open
the robbers at once began riaing it O
its contents and arranging the pack
ages Of money near the door where h'
handed it ont to his pals.
Cot OF With the Plumber.
mo lelp arrived on the scene unit
the robbers had made their escape.
could not see whether they had horse
or not, but I suppose they did. III
explosion that knocked US down blew
the door off the car and would ha7:
undoubtedly killed Us only for all th'
baggage and case which were piled jus
inside. AS it was we were knocked
down very heavily and | can scarcel.
hear now. The robbers used dynamite
in forcing the doo.. The glass wa
broken in all the windows of the ca
and as you can see for yourself what
hole it blew in the floor under the door
One side of the express car was badl.
shattered By the force of the expl os.on
The bottom Of the door was splintered