The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-16
It WAS NEAT AND QUICK.
A Daring and Successful Train
Robbery.
sEyENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.
This Was the Amount Secured by the
HOld-Ups.
1t Was All in Currency, and Was to Have
Been Paid to the Workmen of
Calumet and Hecla Min
ing Company.

HANCOCK, Mich, Sept. ia train on
the Mineral Range railroad was held no
between here and Calumet by three
masked men this morning and robbed OF
S75, 900 in Calumet and Hecla mine money.
Everything was in turmoil but no blood
was shed.
The Mineral Range road is a narrow
gauge running between Houghton and
Calumet, with several branches. The
Calumet and Hecla mine employs 1000
men and pays them on the 18th of
the month. The money was sent
today from eastern banks. The rob-
bers were evidently acquainted
with the circumstances. There were
four highwaymen.
The xpress car was in charge of Mes
senger d. Hogan, and there were no
special guards. The train was going along
at It's usual speed and was within half a
mile OF the little station called Boston,
FIVE miles from here, when man stepped
into the middle of the track and tagged
the train. The engineer quickly applied
the brakes, no thought of train robbers
entering his mind. The man disappeared
behind the station house, and as the train
stopped two women passengers got off.
At that moment masked man jumped
on the locomotive and pointed a revolver
at Engineer Schuyler, and ordered him to
stop. The engineer thought he was fool
ing or lunatic, but the gun went off and
the engineer knew he was at the mercy of
desperate man. The fellow pushed the
engineer into a corner of the cab and
grabbed the lever to keep the engine NOV
ing slowly, showing perfect familiarity
in handling the engine. Fireman Suth-
erland jumped out and was met by two
more of the robbers, who fired at him or
deriug him back. He had no alternative
but to obey. Two more OF the robbers
in the meantime got on the front of the
express, and with a sledge smashed in the
door.
Express Messenger Hogan tells this
story: ~ was sitting in my CHAIR he
said, with my feet on box, singing,
when l heard crash and looking up
saw masked man covering me with two
reyolvers and ordering hands up
There was another man Just behind
him. | threw up my hands
mighty quick, and the robbers took my
gun away. Then they demanded the
keys of the safe. pretended to be look
ing for the right key when they threatened
TO kill me. l then opened the safe and
took out four packages of currency and
one of the robbers scooped them into
bag he carried. Backing out OF the car
door they fred two shots evidently as
signal to the robbeF on the train, who
ordered the engineer go on, saying you
will find rail pulled up about
three miles ahead The engineer
pulled the throttle wide open and
flew for Osceola, the telegraph
Office, where the news OF the robbery was
at once telegraphed here. The robbers on
leaving the train disappeared in the woods,
the one who had the treasure waving his
hands at the passengers, who were igno-
rant OF what had taken place, SO quickly
was the robbery made. -
Among the passengers was Teller Fish
of the First National Bank of Hancock,
with $40, 600 in currency in his pockets,
but the robbers did not know it. AS soon
as the train arrived at Calumet the
Calumet & Hecla company sent
nearly 100 deputy sheriffs in every
direction in the chase. Sheriff Dunn also
sent deputies out from Houghton and tug
boats were sent along the Lake Shore to
cut off escape by water. Every road is
closely guarded.
Jack. King, the Cornish Wrestler, John
Kehoe, a sport, and Jack Challew were
seed driving very fast into town about 10
o clock and persons near the Boston
station saw a horse corresponding in
color to theirs tied up near the station.
These men and a man named German
have sbeen arrested and the case against
them seems to be very strong
one.
The conductor OF the train who saw the
robbers walk away thinks their gait and
general appearance corresponds to these
men. Jack Challew's wife attempted to
leave by the noon train but she was
brought back. The prisoners were put
under $40, 600 bonds, in default of which
they were placed in Jail. They will have
hearing at o'clock tomorrow.
A man named Butler, from Marquette,
was also arrested this evening and will
have an examination with the others to-
morrow.
The robbery does not interfere with
paying off the miners at the Calumet and
Hecla, as the banks in the county loaned
the company all the funds it needs for
that purpose. The loss by the robbery
falls on the American Express company,
which has ordered the best detectives
from Chicago.
Tonight the widest excitement prevails
throughout the country, as this is the
first train robbery in the history of the.
copper region.
VERV DARING 1T TRTTE