The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-13
TWO TRAINS HELD Up.
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bouna passenger traan o. tie kacanona.
Yrsder.cksb1rg Potomac railroad szs
held up near Q1gntsco. The engineer a. .
fireman we're fercsd frozn tsssr engine
as1 the engias w3 CT loose sno
sent aasaA- The express car Was thsn
entered. the messengers covered via
pzsfoss, and tbs ssts then oE~sea sAa
Yob1sd- TIE runswsy locomotive SIS
stoSpsd ~ Qaznsleo By oDstrrcE1ons on '1as
track. Ii - sisted bsre tbss there vas -
unusually large srncrnt Of monsy 10 lns
train. probably So. 90. The roossrs. seven
Sc number. we're masked AID did nss hs0~
the safe of.ea rs ~ FIRST reporte1- Isey
foreed the messenger 20 open Il Ine co1s-
pany has offered $1,000 fer the arrest o.
any cf the robDerE
The express messenger, z. H. Cruseh-
6eld. and bis helper. II. Z. A1rray, hsrrs-
ez1sd the doors. bat tney xsre blown open
With Dynamite After the robbery the
thieves made Of with their booty in The
direction Of the Potomac river.
where IL 10 supposed they had
ho4t IN waiting 20 take them 20 TIE
MARYLAND SIDE None Of the robbers
sntersd tbs passenger coaches The
operator a. Brooks. tsn miles from
Qaantseo. sax the engine ss II passed his
station and teler~aphed 20 Qzantico. where
eswfsch vas shrown 20 IL was bronges
ante esllisson wash loaded freight cars and
wrecked Had this not been Gone tie
snrsns would hare coEiids3 With the
eoutb-bourd passenger train
wAsHsweros ClTx. Oct i2-The train
whscA was held Ep use = through specaai
Fran Jackson vile for New York On3y
lev passengers stopped o. waer the train
reached this city. the remainder going
north. The following facts in regard 20
tie hold-np we're ebtaiae5 from tie bag
gsrenan Of the train:
.sIt is customary i0sr au trains to stop 81
Auuaf crsek. several miles bsio~ CASA
tiro. for waite. Tue tran was @e
or 500 yards this SIDE Of the creek 81
81 tonight when the engineer got
. sigma 10 stop he porter went
farnava 10 see shsf Ia. caused she 1gnsl
sna sas confronted By the robbers, xho.
A. was leaned hzd given the sigma. There
were seven or eight Of them. and IS soon
Is she aassns stopped they walked back
toward the train and commenced TO Ere
their guns 81 the same tine warning every-
b0dY So kssp inside tas cars 4 number OF
shots ssre fired. bat by the greatest chance
no one was hzrf for by thls time the
messengers lad become excited and soEns
laa thrown open tie windows 10 ascertain
fke cause But upon seeing the masked men
ehey became nw are that tie train had teen
held up by desperate men. The rokbefs
by their bold course shrs tatimsdat@d tie
passengers and train crew and thsreupon
ear. They found the asors tightly
barricadea, and we're unsble 10
force aB entrance by persuasion
or threats@ Their time vas precious. and
they we're well Axed 10 do their work
rays6iy. They we're supplied With uyns-
uii~ and By iis use the door ofthe express
car vas shattered and an entrance gained.
and they tod him.tnsy would blow him
up IL hs did not opea the doors Of the
safe. The msssenger appreciated that he
vas ia the hands Of Desperate m-n and
AFTER asmurrsng he opened the ssfe."
The robbers got every cent Of abe
snoney that Was in the car. No
oas knows last how much the safe
contained. bat one Of the employees
said he thought 10 would probably
amount 70 3i5a,ooo The cafes were
tfonght from various places along the
read. and frequently three or four are
taken from Richmond. After loot
sng the car Of all the money,
the robbers uneouplsd The sngioe
from the train snd ran il several
miles up The road Until coal
chute vas reached. where IL vas wrecked.
Tie train xas Jeff standing until an en-
rine vas broughi from QaAntioo. The
trgse remained 80 the scene OF the robbery
awo and half hours, and arrived here az
s:ip q m.
The door Of the express car showed evil
espee Of the dynamite. and al the
glass paaes in is were shattered
j. Was. however, allowed 90 PRO-
eeed TO New York. and the ex-
press messenger. cratchfeld. who Was
H. charge accompanied H. The robbers
asesped with their booty, and up to this
hear they Aavs not teea spprehsnded. In
fact. ths ros4ce of this city ST
o'clock 4. IA. have not been no
tiled Of tbs hola~np. Ii 10 thought
TIE Bsa escaped across tie Potomac 10 the
MARYLAND slsia OF ths river. Within the
sale we're sir registered packages. and each
Of these Vas opened by the rebhers. ard
thssr contents looted. The fwo men ~ho
entersd the car showed soaae familiarity
wita shipping psscttSes. ss one 81 them
dsfnaaaea the production of the way
kils sAsn tod n safe wAs enpty. II Is
faougat tAs estimate Of money secured a.
risea ~ an saplaye at $50. 600 ~ much
Too great