Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-25

A Missouri Pacific Train Held Up Near
Cofeyvflle, Kan.

The south bound passenger train No. Il.
on the Iron Mountain division of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, which left Coffeyville.
Kan. at $50 o'clock last evening. was held
up and thoroughly robbed by five masked
men, at Seminole station. In the Indian ter
ritory, five miles south OF Coffeyyille. The
switch lock was broken and the train ran
into the siding, on which a box car was
standing, on which was q red lantern. The
point of the robbery is a small station on
the open prairie.
The engineer, James Harris. was care
fully guarded by one of the men with q
Winchester. while the rest proceeded to rob
the mail and express cars and every pas
songer on the train, from the smoker I'd
the sleeper.
The leader was a tall man. who went
through the cars and relieved the frighten-
ed passengers OF their money and valuab,es
while the party kept up fusilade with
their Winchesters and revolvers. They eva
IDENTIFY secured a large amount of booty.
A party of young people from Coffey-
Vile, who were driving. sat In their con-
veyance close TO the scene and Witnessed
the affair. They We're the first to bring the
news Of the robbery to town. Several gen.
tlemen of Coffeyville. who do business in
the territory, were on the train, and were
victims OF the brigands. Fortunately no
one was injured by the shooting. which was
all done by the robbers. One young man,
who was in the smoker. got up as the rob-
beers came in and walked ahead of them
through the different cars in the hope OF
avoiding them. When they got TO the rear
Of the last car, they caught him, took his
watch and 81. and made him jump on.
He walked back to Coffeyville, but was too
badly ratified to describe the affair.
They held the train about an hour and q
half, and the rear lights on the car could
be seen from the Missouri Pacific yards
here while the train was being gone through.
Conductor Brownel, the engineer, the fire.
man and the porters were relieved OF every
thing they had, even to their pocket knives.
The train continued on toward Fort Smith
after being relieved, and the desperadoes
mounted their horses and left in a westerly
direction. They were dressed In COW boy
outfit, and were all young men. They are q
remnant Of the Starr gang, and from the
description given by Conductor Brownel the
leader is Jim Wooten, the fellow who led
the raid on the Mound Valley Bank.
Held Up the Southern Pacific.
At about midnight Saturday night the Los
Angeles-San Francisco express train on the
Southern Pacific railroad was stopped by
two masked men about twelve miles north
of Los Angeles, near Burbank. a small sta
ton. After the train pulled out of Burbank
the robbers climbed forward over the ten
der TO the engine. and, with six shooters.
forced the engineer to stop the train They
then uncoupled the express car and pulled
ahead 200 yards. where they stopped and
called on the express messenger to open the
door,
He refused until they applied dynamite
and blew the car open. The messenger sur
rendered. one OF the men kept the conduc-
tor and a few venturesome passengers at a
safe distance. while his confederate attempt
ed to blow open the treasure safe. This he
failed to accomplish, and the robbers. after
relieving the engineer. fireman and express
M Cf NA-h1
possession, mounted horses. which had been
left near the scene Of the robbery. and made
their escape.
Good descriptions of the men were OBJ
tanned, and officers are in pursuit. In addi-
ton to the usual reward offered by Wells.
Fargo & Co. the Southern Pacific Company
have offered $1,000 for their capture. Wells.
Fargo < Co.'S agent will not say how mucn
was in the express car. but admitted that
an unusually large sum OF coin was being
shipped.