The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26
ROBBED THE EXPRESS.

n West Hound Through Tratn on IN.
Texas Pacific Held Up by -Four ~
pert Robbers They secure wcnty Then
sand Dollars and Make s:ood Their -
cape. Leaving = Lake Amount In . Conn
binat ion- lacked safe.
FoET WORTH. Tex. Oct. 10 The
west-bound Texas 4 Pacific through
train for California. leaving here a,
1906 "A. m, was robbed about 1. o'clock
10 day. seventy miles west Of here
near Gordon. The robbers secured
about 10000 from the Pacific Express
Co, and but for their inability t. orA,n
the safe If the Texas a Pacific Goal
Co. containing s.o,ooo in gold. would
have made better haul. -Four men
did the work. They came upon section
gang about noon. covered them with
Ninchestcrs and forced them 10
spread the rails and flag the on.
coming train. The engineer and
fireman were then lined up with
the section gang and guarded
while two men entered the express ear
and covered the messenger befor. he
was aware Of their presence. Me>>-n-
ger Marshall was ordrred 10 open tn.
7-@'' 'thtothth< tht ittVu't VI TIE
Texas 4 Pacific Coal Co. Telling then.
he could not do this, they seized pick
and ruined the combination remark
ing: If we can't get that moncy
those - miners at rhurber shant
The robbers fed sout Inward and no
trace If them has yet been secured
Rewards aggrcgating 81. 900 have been
offered for their arrest. The money
secured was taken from the way safe
The train crew first saw there was
something wrong when they were four
miles east Of Gordon. Th, section
gang WAS tagging the train and il
was seen that "A rail had been removed.
After two ~ the robbers had covered
the engineer and fireman with rifle.
and walked them in front Of the "a.
ginc two more Of the gang made their
appearance. The whole gang then
forced the fireman and engineer 10
walk ahead ~ them 10 the express
ear and forced the messenger 10
open the door ~ the express ear.
After the door had been opened tn.
engineer and fireman were taken
back to their engine BY two of the rob
hers. The two who remained Ia loo,
the express car took every valuable.
package except those in the through
safe. The handle 10 the combination
of the through safe was smashed hy
the r"bhcr> in their efforts tn fore il.
hut all they could do was 70 batter the
safe badly The money which was n
the through safe belonging To The
Texas 4 Pacific Coal Co was going -
Thurhcr To pay of the large number If
men employed in the mines there one
package which j. known TO have been
taken contained 81. 600
The only time the robbers used their
revoiver> was when Baggage man AL
mera> became too inquisitive. He
pccrcd out of his car door to see what
the trouble was and not being quick
enough when one Of the robbers told
him 10 take his head in. he had mar
row escape from being struck with a
bullet. which imbedded itself in the
casing Of the door.
The crew say that the robbers did
not occupy more than thirty minutes
in the job. and acted "a If professionals
of long experience. The robbers kept
an eye on the mail clerks. but did not
bother the mail pouches or pas>en-
gers The work was done 50 quickly
and quietly tina; the passengers were
ignorant that anything Of the kind
was TRANSFERRING until the job was
nearly over. II j. supposed the rob
ber> had confederates in hiding near
by with horses to aid the gang i'm es-
Gaping. because there was no sign Of
horses near the railroad.
When the robbers disappeared the
train was run wide open to Gordon.
from which point the railway. express
and county officers were notified by
telegraph Of the crime Posses were
formed at once to pursue the
bandits When the train arrived
at Thurher an engine loaded with
a posse armed for business was
found waiting under full head Of
steam. and IL was hurried To the scene
Of the daring hold-up. Marshall. the
express messenger. refused to say any
thing about the robbery. except to ex-
press his thanks that the men had not
killed him.