The herald., 1894-11-13
THE COOK DESPERADOES.
Two More Crimes Charged
Up to Them.
A Successful Train Robbery in
Missouri.
Six Men Did the Job without Any
Violence.
A Bank Held Up In Kansss-One OF
tho RobberA Wounded by the
Cashier and Then Killed
by His Pals.

By the Associated Press.
MoNETT, Mo-, Nov. 12.-The st. Louis
and San Francisco passenger train due
here at z 80 pm. was held up and the
express car robbed five miles east OF this
city this evening. Your correspondent
was passenger on the train and an eye
witness to the bold and successful rob-
berry, which was committed in q deep
and lonely cut.
At Avona two masked men board cd
the tender of the engine and concealed d
themselves until q heavy grade and
deep cut was reached, when they eprang
from their hiding place, covered the en-
gineer and fireman with winchesters
and commanded them to atop the train.
The order was promptly obeyed.
Climbing over the tender into the cab,
the bandits marched the engineer and
fireman to the baggage car and COM
manded them to open the door. Mes
senger Chapman by this time was aware
OF the robbery and refused to comply,
when, in a loud tone OF voice the ban.
dts, now six in number, threatened to
blow up the car with dynamite, and with
true determination and in regular Bill
Cook style, produced q stick OF dynamite
and were just in the act OF putting it to
use, when Engineer Stevenson called to
the messenger and i'm mplored him to open
the door, which he did.
The bandits entered the car, plundered
it, and, in full view of the terrified pas
sengers. clambered up the hill and made
their escape. 1t was successfully
planned holdup, which occupied just ID
minutes.
When the train came to sudden stop
the clear report from q winchester rang
out upon the air, and every passenger on
the train knew what it meant. A Sec
ond later four bandits, who wore red
bandana handkerchiefs over their faces.
joined their pals at the express car and
the Job was done.
mo shooting goes" exclaimed the
| leader. "Heads back, there" he con.
tinued, and those who dared to look out
of the car windows obeyed without q
second warning.
Conductor Wiahtman hastily passed
through the train and warned the pas
sengers to conceal their valuablee.
Women and children were panic
stricken and men hastily concealed
their watches and money. Passengers
took refuge under seats, behind doors,
and some retired to the Pullman Sleep
ers at the rear end of the train.
After 10 minutes of terrible suspense
at the muzzle of gun, the engineer
and fireman were marched to the cab
OF the engine and commanded to back
the train quarter of mile from the
scene OF the robbery. A second report
from a winchester was signal for the
engineer to pull out his train. and the
robbery was at an end.
Messenger Chapman succeeded in
hiding all the money save 5000 in cur
rency, which he handed over to the
robbers. Two of the gang climbed the
steep hillside and joined the gang in
waiting in the woods. As they sscended
the rocky hillside the cleaning barrels
of their guns were plainly visible.
The train pulled on to Monet, 20
minutes late, and the news spread like
wildfre. A posse WAS formed, but for
want OF leader failed to pursue the
bandits, who are supposed to be none
other than Bill Cook and his notorious
gang,