Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-09-30
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ST.. JOSEPH, Mo, Sept 26.-The men
who tried to rob the Kansas City, st.
Joseph Il Council Bluffs express train
Sunday night We're residents of this
city, and the two killed were Fred Kohl
er, aged 10. who lived with his young
wife at 1915 South Tenth street. and
Hugo Engel, stepso. 2: Henry Gleitze,
proprietor of the Occidental hotel.
FoNr other men, John Gleitze, N. A.
h.. st. Charles Fredericls and Will
Carver, were captured.
The officers of the Kansas City, St.
JosephIS Council Bluffs Ry, have known
for some time that an attempt would
be made to rob one of their trains, and
preparations were madeito capture the
robbers. Detective p. L. Locke first re-
ceivec information about the proposed
| robbery August IL, and he has since
| been in constant communication with
| the railway officials concerning it.
Friday night was fixed for the deed,
but owing to the fact that the robbers
got the trains mixed up the train es-
capped. Sunday the officials of the rail
road company were notified by Hearst,
who turned traitor, that another at
tempt would be madeuat / o'clock this
|
cials quietly sidetraclled the regular
train, and with dummy train made
up like the regular one, with the two
rear coaches darkened to add to the de-
ception, started for the place. In the
baggage-car were fifteen armed police,
commanded by Chief Broden, with
Sheriff Carson and four deputies, all
heavily armed. General Manager
| pro,yr and Hohl 1yare>
also in the party. Engineer Callicotte
was pressed into service as an express
man. He wore overalls and an empty
safe and some empty boxes were put in
his car to give it the appearance of do
ing an express business. In the first
coaches were w. c. Brown, Mr.. Hohl
and Mr.. Sanford, superintendent of the
Adams Express company.
When the train reached Schutzen
park, short distance this side of the
water works, a man stepped out on
the track and swung a red lantern.
Engineer Wright stopped his engine
and he and the fireman were at once
covered by masked man with shot
, gun. They were ordered to go
} back to the express car. When they
reached the car two of the robbers
} pounded with their guns on the door
and ordered the messenger to open it.
After short parley Callicotte threw
open the door, Chief Broler and his
men were concealed behind the safe and
the empty boxes When the robbers or
dered the express messenger to open
the door they threatened to blow up
the car with dynamite, of which they
had two large sticks. 1t was known
to the officers that dynamite might be
7 used The express messenger pro tenn
was, therefore, instructed to open the
3 door of his car before the robbers had
a chance to explode the stuff:
, When the men entered the car the
i officers on duty were ready for them,
y and ordered them to throw up their
: hands. The robbers began the firing,
and at the first fire Hearst, Fredericks
and Carver, the decoys, dropped to
e the ground and laid down to prevent
n being shot Engle leaped from the car
y and ran for the brush on the east side
) of the train, from where he continued
y to shoot till discovered. Kohler, whose
e job was to stand outside and keep pas
sengers from coming out of the cars, was
y on the east side of the train also, and
I he poured fire into the express car
o and coach Henry Gleitze, who was on
l. the west side of the train, fired several
s. shots at the officers in the express and
: mail cars, and then ran.
Kohler proved himself to be most
desperate man. His body was pierced
by forty-three bullets, yet, while he lay
on the ground he managed to fire four
'' shots before he died Engel was shot
by fourteen bullets and lived a short
Il time Henry Gelitze escaped, but was
captured later The coaches we're rid
~ died with bullets and all the windows
u shot out. The officers escaped un-
le harmed. Kohler married a most es-
Unable young lady three weeks ago.
'e The three captured men and the
IL bodies of the two dead bandits were
placed on the train which they had at
IL tackled. The train then returned to
II the Francis street depot at 12:35 and
ie the regular train went on its way. The
passengers did not know what hao
10 happened. 1t was quick work and tbs
train bearing the officers was back a
y the Francis street depot in just forty
!, five minutes from the time it left.
III Henry Gleitze, the sixth and las
~ member of the band, was caught a
80 $50 a. m. Officers tracked him from
40 the scene of the hold-up to the hous,
III of Mary Elsmer in South st. Joseph
ct His pockets were full of ammunition
and three fingers of his left hand wer,
g. shot off. He denied strenuously tina
ed he had taken any part in the attempted
Ip robbery but refused to talk further
40 The bodies of the dead bandits a
of they lay in the undertalSer's rooms
th Monday afternoon were viewed bl
hundreds. At the inquest strong at
| 10 hu fri ,Of a 1,aA
robbers to show that the railroad com
m pany had evidence enough before th'
'e- attempted robbery to convict the mel
lis and endeavored to prove that the rail
lis way officials were guilty of murder
he The attempt failed as the verdict wa
,a simply that the men were killed whil
y, attempting to rob the tram. Publ