The evening world., 1894-10-13
DID BANDITS
Get $4,000?
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engine loose, piled their plumber into the
CAB, and then the whole crowd got In
on top of I. They turned on steam
= and started for Quantico station as fas,
as the engine could carry them. 81
course, that left us stalled In the middle
OF the road. The conductor and engineer
pursued the engine on foot as fast as
they could run for six or seven miles
When they reached Quantico station
they found that the desperadoes mao
turned the engine loose; that II was run
ming wild, and that, through the clever
ness Of the operator, 1t had been side
tracked and dltched just In time. to pre-,
vent a collision with south-bound
Everything seemed to come . their
we'll planned and well executed. They
had a boat In readiness near ouant,co
Maryland shore with their plumber.
Secured F15O,OOO.
ct was told that they overlooked one
pouch in the car in their hurry. l don I
know Just how much they got away
with, but some of the trainmen thought
It must amount 10 at least $4,000 or
possibly $500. 900. The express messengers
did the best they could to prevent me
fSe eyna an1 snd he REVIEWERS Of the
gang were enough to make any man
weaken. They threatened to kill the
messengers on the spot II they refused
.The messengers refused to yield TO
d their demands until the captain or the
gang said: IN give you Just thirty rH . seSe
in. I don't blame them for that. II the
railroad people had had lot OF WIN
chester rifles hanging up along the Side
So 6 the so% esT hs 20 ssip them
was It would have been foolhardy TO at
tempt to resist the demands OF the tram
robbers ,,,
The Adams Express Company itself
IL not informed as to the amount OF
money secured by the robbers Presi.
dent l.. C. Weir said this morning that
r The no Tay d Ss VET wef cf fss e
PACKAGES received south of the point OF
robbery were gone, and II Will take some
Pinkertcn detectives have been sent
from New York. Philadelphia and Wash
ington to gather clues. Express mess en-
general offices here this morning, left
with the Pinkerton detectives from New
York. to help them In their work.
Express Company. according to the nd
vices received by him up to o'clock TINS
afternoon, was OF the opinion that the
amount of money. lost would not exceed
$4,000, although he admitted II might
The money was shipped from many
points, some of which may have con,
signed greater amounts than usual, and
this element of uncertainty. together
with the destruction OF the way bills.
made II difficult for him TO ascertain
the exact amount lie ,b saia non raS' cone one
tanned in the express car but had over
looked two packages OF bonds worth
$4,000 and also failed to secure guam,
tity of 1ewelry, which arrived SAFE IN
New York this morning.
He had no hesitation In eNoneratlng
Messenger Crutchfield and his helper
the robbery. crutchheld, he said. was
wreck to give ala to the Companys de
tectives In ferreting out the perpetra-
~ WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct; l3;-The
train was the through special. No. e.
from Jacksonville for New YORK e. Only MY
s sTaa esfs 5hs i hs story
the hold-up was obtained from one OF
H "It Is customary for all trains to
stop at Aqua Creek, several miles be-
low Quantico, for water. The train WAS
creek er at tn US to,nisSt when the engineer
got n signal to stop: The porter went
forward to see what had caused the sig
nal, and was confronted by the robbers
There were seven or eight of them. and
az soon as the engine stopped they
walked back towards the train and com
menced to fire their weapons, at the
same time warning everybody to Keep
INSIDE the cars.
Passengers TerrOrixed.
"a number of shots were fired but by
the greatest chance no one was hurt. Tor
by this time the passengers had become
excited by the fusillade, and some OF the
dows to learn the cause Of the alarm.
Upon seeing the masked robbers, how
ever, they became aware that the train
had been held up by desperate men and
quickly sought cover.
''The robbers by their bold course thus
. intimidated the passengers and train
crew. and thereupon quickly elam6ersd
door tightly barred, and were unable
TO force an entrance by persuasion or
threats. Their time was precious. and
rapidly. The robbers were supplied with
dynamite. and by Its use the door OF
the express, car was shattered and an
The messenger was told that he would
be blown up II he did not open the door
OF the safe. He appreciated that he was
in the hands OF desperate men, and after
demurring he obeyed their demands and
opened the safe. The men got every
cent of money that was In the car. No
one knows just how much the safes con
taIned, but one OF the employees said he
.s snSSSe' 1t "0o'a p'0O4O's amount ''
1.-The safes are brought from various
places along the road and frequently
three or four are taken aboard at Rich
mond. After footing the car of all the
money, the robbers uncoupled the engine
from the train and ran 1t several miles
up the road into coal chute. where II
was wrecked.
'"rhe train was left standing until ar
engine could be sent to bring 1t on &c
Quantico. We remained at the scene OF
the robbery for fully two hours and d
half, and reached here at l.l9 A. NJ"
II lie thought that the men escaped
across the Potomac River to the Mary
land side Of the river.
Details OF the hold-up add to Its daring
character, and also tend to show tina
several of the robber gang were men o
experience In the railroad business
Seven men composed the gang and thei
demand for the waybill when the ex
press messenger declared that one SAT
was empty. and a remark they made L
the fireman, cautioning him about dis
connecting the air-brake tubes when h
uncpupled the engine on their demand
show that some members OF the gan
had been railroad hands at some time o
other.
~ Messenger CrutchheId's story.
Besides, after the engine was uncouple
Il was boarded by the robbers and run b
them until near Wide Water station,
short distance from the scene of III
hold-up, where they abandoned II, an
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