The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-25
BOLD BANDITS IN A BUGGY
HOLD UP AN EXPRESS TRAIN
Near Their Favored Missouri Town.
Doodle from $500 TO $4,000.

Once more have robbers in Missouri held
NJ an express train. and II is believed the
ates, Job was done by the same parties who
robbed the Eli" on the Hannibal railroad,
week ago. Shortly after Friday midnight
five masked men halted a passenger train
on the Kansas City, -. Joseph and Council
Bluffs railroad, only mile north of st.
Joseph, Mo at Roy's Landing, The means
adopted by the bandits were track torpedo
and red lantern.
Oncers who visited the scene ofthe rob
berry found tba; the robbers had spring
wagon or buggy hitched near where the
tram was stopped and as soon as the job
was finished all Of them returned to 81. Jo-
seph IN the conveyance, The vehicle was
tracked to iha, city. but the trail was lost
at the head OF sixth street. where the
throughfare sraved.
officers Of the Express Company refuse
10 say how much was secured, bnt 1t is
generally believed to be large. The train
robbed carried all the through matter
for Omaha. -. Paul, Minneapolis and the
Northwest and it is thought the train had
quite a sum aboard, some people placing
the amount obtained as high as $50 900 or
SGOOOJ.
The train ran past the place where the
robber' intended 1t should stop and the
men were left behind the engine. Shortly
after the stop had been made, however. a
man came running out of the brush along
side the track ana covering the engineer
and fireman with II revolver shouted:
Throw up your hands" Then he ordered
engineer Davis and fireman Baxter TO get
down from the cab and as tn were cover
cd with re- Oliver In each hand OF the
masked mar they readily complied.
While this was occurring four other men
came running up from the rear of the train
toward the engine, all the time firing Their
revolyers In the ayr and shouting at the top
OF their voices othe passengers telling them
"a keep their heads inside the car or they
would get hurt.
The hive robbers then marched the engi-
neer aud fireman back to the express car,
and one of the eans pounded on the door
OF the Car ana told the messenger to open
it This was done As soon as the mes.
.enger showed his head he was covered
with revolvers and told TO stand back from
the door Then three oi the robbers forced
tue engineer ana fireman in ahead of them
and enteredtbe car. Inside the car, besides
the express messenger was the baggage
man. All of the men were ordered to stand
against the wall with their hands above
their heads. A short man took all the
packages from the safe and dropped them
into a SAGE which he carried.
When the safe had been emptied the
tranmen were compelled TO leave the car
and the robbers followed them. They were
marched ahead OF the bandits down half the
length of the train and stood in q row at the
west side OF the track.
When the trainmen had been stood up IN
n line about midway OF the train on the
west side the robbers called 10 the men on
the east side of the train and they climbed
over the platform and Joined them. they
then walked away westward, going out OF
sight in the willows few feet from the
right Of way.