The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-14
ROBBERS GOT $4,000
Big Haul Made by the Lake
Shore Bandits.
THE BRAVE ENGINEER PRAISED.

He Ran HIS Train TO ISendalvilIe. Although
Severely wounded--The Gang Composed
of About go Men--NIesscngor Deaf From
the DynamIting.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.--The United States
express safe in the train held up and dy-
namited by robbers on the Lake Shore
road is believed TO have contained
about $4,000, including q shipment
from Chicago to New York bank.
The passengers and trainmen praise
the engineer for his bravery and tell Of
how he ran the train into Kendalville,
though seriously wounded. Arriving
at Toledo, he was taken to his residence
and given professional attendance. The
only passenger who showed DISPOSE
ton to fight the robbers was an old man
in one of the sleeping cars. He rolled
up his sleeves, pulled revolver out of
his hip pocket and said: Come on,
men; I'll head a party to go forward
and stop these id cowards." No
body was willing to join him in the
hazardous undertaking and he gave
it up.
The train had left Chicago at 7:45 D.
M, and consisted of two express cars,
a baggage car and 10 coaches. About
1916, at Kessler Station, near Kendall
vile, Ind, the train was tagged and
when the engineer brought the train to
a stop, he and the other trainmen were
covered by Winchesters in the hands of
about 90 men. The engineer tried to
start his train again and was shot in the
shoulder for his trouble. AS the train
stopped terrific explosion was heard.
The robbers had put dynamite under
the train, and as the stiffness of the
lonely place was broken the express car
cracked and split and showed huge
cash in its side. Shot after shot was
fred at the car, but the robbers soon
saw they could gain no entrance by in
timidation, and developments showed
that they were prepared for the resist
ance.
The messenger sent shot after shot at
the robbers through the opening, but
was soon disarmed, and blow ON the
head knocked him to the floor senseless.
The robbers then deliberately went to
work to blow open the safe. One dyna-
mite cartridge after another was used.
The first had no apparent effect on the
safe, but after four had been discharged
it was seen that the safe was giving
away, and as the report from the fifth
died away the robbers could help them
selves to anything the iron box had pre-
viously contained, which they proceeded
to do, leaving nothing behind them in
the way of cash or valuables.
The guards who had been placed at
the doors of the passenger coaches
were called off, few parting shots
were fired, perhaps in the air to warn
those ON the train that pursuit meant
death, and the band Of robbers disap-
peared in the wooded stretch of land
that skirts the railroad.
The sheriff Of the county, aroused
from bed, called on all near him for
help and soon a posse of residents from
Kendalvine We're speeding along tho
highway to the scene of the robbery.
They secured the vicinity, beat through
the brush and travelled miles through
the woods, but they could find nothing.
Surmising that the robbers had como
from Chicago, the sheriff routed out
telegraph operator and wired 10 tho
Chicago police the story of the robbery.
The police here Immediately began
watch for the robbers.
So far as learned none Of the passen-
gers were molested or robbed. The
noise caused by the crashing of the ex-
press door when the dynamite bomb
was hurled against it was the first init
nation the passengers had that the train
was in the hands Of robbers. There
was lively scramble among the pas
sengers to crawl under seats and secreta
what valuables they had in sight, such
as watches and other jewelry.
The express messenger was rendered
entirely deaf by the noise of the dyuar
mite explosion,