The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-09-28
ALL ARE DEAD OR TN JAIL
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE AT
TEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY.
Not One of tho Six Bandits Escape,
Two Being Killed in the Fight
With the Officers and the Other
Four Captured. &.s; .as,. .

I St. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 26.-The bold at
tempt at train robbery which was clever
Iy.- frustrated here just after midnight
yesterday morning, c: Used great excite
ment here. Of six men who attempted
the robbery only one escaped. The rob-
bers who We're killed are Fred kohler
and Hugo Gleitz. The three men capt
ured are n. A. Hurst, Henry Carver
and Charles Fredericks.~ john Gleitz es-
capcd The train Wick the bandits hal
attempted to rob was passenger train No.
:; on the Kcnsas City, ST. Joseph &
Council Bluffs railroad. which left Kan
sas City at sos p. IN. Sunday night, and
which arrived here at 1890 Monday
morning. Tho officials of the road had
been notified that the robbery Of the
rad had been planned, and they notified
the police. When the train arrived here
a dummy train was made up and sixteen
police officers, under command of Chief
of Police Smith We're put aboard. In
order to thoroughly deceive the robbers
the train vas made an exact duplicate of
train No. 3, and consisted of an engine
and tender, an express and baggage CAR,
and the usual coaches and Pullmans
When the decoy; reached 4 point two
miles north of St. Joseph the engineers
attention was arrested by a lighted
lantern moving to and fro between the
rails He obeyed the signal and soon
six masked II en- surrounded the engine.
One of the bardits mounted the train
and presented one revolver at the engi-
rcer's head, another at the fireman's,
keeping them in subsection while the 9TH
or five men FASTENED to rob the express
car They ordered the messenger to
open the door, which he did forthwith.
The bandits entered the car leaving two
without to su;1d. The policemen who
were guarding the train were distribut I'd
in the various cars, the majority of them
being concealed in the express car. I'm
mediately the three bandits who had
undertaken the work of robbins the Car
entered the door the police within ordered
them to surrender. Tho robbers were
taken completely by surprise, but they
CpeLed fire a. oLct' on the police. Thu,
police return cd tic fire. and general
fusilladc followed. About twenty-five
shots were fired en- both sides. When
the smoke cleared sway the lifeless bodies
of kohler arc Gleitz We're lying On ths
floor of the car They had been shot
through the head. The bullet which
pierced Kohler's head produced instnr,
death. He never stirred after he was
hit. Gleitz was still breathing. but he
died soon after he was brought here
Frcdericks. the third rrhbel engaged iE
the fight was not iLjul ed and was placed
Under arrest. None Ct the officers were
| injured. While the fight was going on il,
tn" car those of the police not engaged in
| it We're looking after the two rtbber:
| who had been left outside to keep wa;cll
| The police quickly took them in ant
! placed them under arrest. The baudl
| who had been detailed t0 gu?rl the en-
| gineer and fireman quickly realized tn,
situation whcr he heard the battle. goi:.:
on in the express car ard promptly mad
his escape. A detail Of officers was pu
o. Lis track and quickly took up tn
| pursuit with every prospect of capturin:
the fugitive. All tn, robbers lived hero.
Henry Geitze, the sixth and last mem
Der of the garg, was captured ut s 81
this morning. Officers tracked him frol
the scene Of the hold-up to the house 0
Mary Elsner in South ST. Joe. Hi
pockets were full of ammunition AM
three fingers of his left hand had ,eel
shot off. He denied that he had takei
any part in the attempted robbery, brl
refused doggedly to talk further. III
police are confident that he is the ma
and have locked him up at police head
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