Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-25
JESSE JAMES METHODS.
Five Masked Men Rob a Kansas City Z St.
llsanh PASSENGER Train.

sale III the express car was secured
The robbers could not all be described
but are supposed to be the same GAM
that held up and robbed the Chicago
| fast train, the ELI" on the Hannibal &
St. Joe road just a week ago tonight
| The scene Of the robbery this morning
was on what is known as Roy's branch,
two miles north Of this city, and is the
place where the attempt was made to
hold UP train on September % last,
when two men We're killed and four
| captured.
| The train left the Francis Street depot
at 1890 O'Clock in charge of Conductor
William Haywood and Engineer Ed.
Davis. When the train reached Rov's
branch torpedo exploded under the
wheels of the engine and a red lantern
was swung across the track. The en-
gineer put on the air brakes and
the train slowed up, coming to q
standstill at almost exactly tt G
train stood on the night of
September %. A man ran out Of the
brush alongside the track, and covering
the engineer and fireman with q re-
volver shouted, Throw up your handsw
Then he ordered Engineer Davis and
Fireman Baxter to step down from the
cab, and as they were covered with Il
revolver in each hand of the masked
men, they readily complied.
While this was occurring four other
men came running up from the rear Of
the train toward the engine, firing their
revolvers in the air and shouting at he
| top Of their voices to the passengers,
telling them to keep their heads inside
the cars or they would be hurt The
five men then marched the engineer
and fireman back to the express car,
and one of the robbers pounded on
the door and told the messenger
to open it. This was done. AS soon as
the messenger showed his head he was
covered with revolvers and told to stand
! back away from the door. Then three
of the robbers forced the engineer and
fireman in ahead Of them and entered
| the car. On the inside of the car, be-
sides the express messenger, was the
baggageman. He was ordered to hold
up his hands and with the two men
from the engine, was stood against the
wall with his hands above his head.
A tall man with black mask over his
face, wearing duck coat and dark
pantaloons, stood in the car with a re-
volver in each hand. He pointed his
weapons first at one man and then at
another and kept close watch on their
movements. The engineer complained
that he was getting tired of holding up
his hands, and the robber said: "Well,
take them down then, but don't make
any kind of move or there will be
trouble" and all the men lowered their
hands at the same time. He never
took his eyes from them, and saw that
the men with their hands at their sides
made no attempt to draw q weapon.
The other two robbers in the car we're
busy with the packages in the safe. A
short man who was DIR. sseL in black Or
brown clothes took all the packages
from the safe and dropped them into 3
sack which he carried. The third man,
whose description could not be given by
the trainmen, was we'll armed. He had
two revolvers strapped at his side and
carried shotgun in his hands.
When the safe had been emptied Of
it's contents the trainmen were com
PEELED to leave the car and the robbers
followed them. They were marched
ahead Of the bandits half the length Of
the train and stood in a row at the west
side of the track. When the looting of
the express car was going on the re-
side of the track, occasionally firing
their revolvers to prevent the passen
gers from interfering with their
work. All Of the occupants of the
| coaches had been aroused by
the shooting and began to hide their
valuables, expecting the coaches would
! be entered, and some of the people
craWled down between the seats and
lay fiat on the floor A stray shot from
pistol of one of the robbers struck the
car, tearing hole in the side. The
| clerks in the mail car had heard the fir
| ing and barricaded the door and then
cray led under the mail sacks SO as to be
out Of the way of any stray bullets. No
attempt was made to enter the mail car,
| however.
| When the trainmeD had been stood
up in line about midway Of the train
on the west side, the robbers called to
the men on the east side Of the train
and they climbed over the platform and
joined them. Then they walked away
westward, going out of sight in the
willows few feet from the light of way.
The train backed down to the Francis
Street depot and did not go out again
for more than an hour.
The news of the robbery spread rap
idly over the city. The sheriff and po
lice were on the spot IN less than an
hour after the robbery occurred. No
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robbers can be obtained yet. Express
Messenger Baxter said early this morn
ing that he thought that the amount
was small. ''The robbers did not get
enough to pay their livery bill this trip.
I think" said Baggageman Skinner.
Il do not know the amount Of money
and valuables in the safe, but the
amount was small"
The superintendent of the Adams
Express Company said this afternoon
that the amount secured by the outlaws
would not exceed $500. An official of
the railroad said the amount was near
er $4,000, as the train robbed always
left here with full safe.
WILL BE SOLD FOR TAXES.