The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-13
WAS IT A BAND OF C0XENTEs?
The Seven Robbers Merely
Chatted with Passengers,
Offering No Violence.
EXPRESS CAR ALONE R0BBED.
Badly Shattered by Dynamite, It
Rolls Into Jersey City Early
This Morning.

Train No. IS, north-bound. which was
held up last night on the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
reached the Pennsylvania Depot at Jef-
sey City at sos this morning. bringing
with 1t n badly shattered express car,
No. IA
The Adams Express Company's mes
sengers left the train and proceeded at
once to the Company's ONCE In this city.
They reported that all of their safes
were rified by the robbers. 1t is sup
posed that the bandits obtained between
$780, 900 and $4,000
When the express car, which Is one
belonging to the Atlantic Coast d.
| vision. was side-tracked, passengers.
passe>s-by and trainmen gathered
around to examine a spectacle unique
In the history OF railroading In this To-
| cality.
The heavy oak door Of the car had
been splintered by the dynamite used
by the robbers, and. In addition, the
marks left by the revolver bullets as
they pioughed their way through the
woodwork Of the car were plainly WIS.,
ible
Every pane Of glass in the windows
of the car had been fractured by the
force OF the explosion. and small frag-
ments were still scattered over the
floor Of the car.
The officials of the Adams Express
Company in charge OF the car at the de-
pot claimed that only the pouches and
safes had been ransaoked the other
Many OF the passengers who witt
messed the hold-up ieft the train at
! Washington and PHILADELPHIA, but q
few. completed the journey to New
York City.
Passenger shnkIeford's Story.
about discussing the AFFAIR. But Col.
j.. NJ. shakleford. a newspaper man.
who was on board the train at the
Faxs ah fSap the seSSers SECURE. Of ss
their plunder and made their escape.
Mt. shskelford was formerly an editor
OF OF the e, Newark On; u Journal. and Is
prise OF Townsville. Ga. He told the
following story:
side of Quantico station, / should say.
| the train came to sudden standstill.
Quantico station, you know, Is located
on the Potomac River on the Virginia
ductor. NJ. A. Birdsong. was thus adj
dressed by one of the masked robbers.
evidently the captain of the gang:
Throw up your hands. or wen blow
From the manner In which they ar
ranged the signals for stopping the
they Afterwards made their escape, il
was evident that several members of
the gang were experienced railroad men.
That they were desperate men was
and the fireman lost no time in obeyinE
their instructions. and wisely. too. l
| guess.
masked men and could plainly dis
tinguish them all In the clear moonlight
Of the early evening; In fact. so near did
masks l am almost sure that l could
them again, from certain little yecul!ar-
alarmed eS t passenger gers crowded. out &c Of the
| cars to see what was tue matter the
robbers fired a perfect fusillade OF shots
TO intimidate them as well as to frigh,en
the railroad men.
New Open the Car with Dynamite.
The robbers rined the express car
without loss Of time, 'rhsy Dr.. their
the express car and blew II open,
The engineer Is man named Frank
Gallagher. he was an old employee on
the road and as brave as could be. the
railroad men tell me. but two or three
OF the villains attended to the engineer.
while two or three more OF them at:
|
another one or two kept guard on pas
| sengers and tDain.
Some OF the desperadoes even went. so
far as 10 converse In clever, daring
fashion with the passengers and the
trainmen. This made US all the more
indignant, but we could do nothing to
help ourselves. Most of the pass sngers
were cool and collected after the hrst
hush OF the excitement was over. i re-
member Il struck me as being a hUmor-
Gus thing when We found out after an
examination of all our pockets, that We
| had only one pistol TO the entire crowd,
and that a little bit OF one. AMI the
mischief OF 1t was that II wouldn't work
| ar all when the owner OF IL tried to dis
charge IL at the robbers as they disap-
peared in the darkness.
but that wasn't half so laughable as
was the Incident OF one woman who had
a little diamond-studded watch. She
| tried 10 get her husband 20 swallow Il In
the excitement, but he declined to at
Tempt the preservation OF the watch In
| that fashion.
| proceeding was the way IN which the