The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-11-14
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II ropk Them just Fifteen Minutes TO
Rob Frisco tram Ncar Monett.

It Took Them just Fifteen Minutes 20
Rob q Frisco tram Scar Monett
NloNErr. Mo, Nov. Ia The st.
Louis and san Francisco train No. 1,
due here at 1850 p. m, was held up
and the express ear robbed three
miles east of this cits at 5:30 o'clock
last evening Your correspondent
was a passenger on the train aud an
eve witness TO the bold and success
ful robbery, which was committed in
deep and lonely cut
At Verona two masked men boarded
the tender OF She engine and con
prade aud deep cut was reached.
'rhen they sprang from their hiding
placc. covered the engineer and fire.
man with Wincbesters and command
| ed them 10 stop the train The COM
mand was promptly obcyed. Climbing
over the tender into the cab the
band Is marched the engineer and
fireman to th baggage car and COM
maudcd them 90 open the door.
! Messenger Chapman by this time
aware of the robbery. refused TO com
plv. when i'm loud tone of voice. the
/ bandits. threatened 90 blow up the
car with dynamite, and, with true de-
termination ana In regular Bin Cook
/ stvle. produced q stick Of dynam,tc
and were just iu Che act of putting {
to use when Engineer Stevenson
called TO thc messenger and implOred
/ him to opcn the door which was done.
The bandits entered the car plum
Lcred it ana. i'm full view of the pas
senvcrs, clambercd mp the hill and
made their escape IL was a success
fully planned hold-uD which required
just fifteen minutes.
When the train came Go sudden
stop the clear report from a Win
chester rang ont upon the air and
every passenger on the train knew
what ID meant A second later four
baudits who wore red baudaua hand
kcrchiefs over their faces joined the
comrades at the express car.aud theiI
Job was b gun. mo shooting goes"
exclaimed The leader Heads bac k,
there, heads back, there he contiu.
ued. and those who dared to look out
OF the car window obcycd without q
second warning Conductor Wight
man hastily passed through the tram
and warmed the passengers TO conceal
their yalutbles. Women and chill
drcn were panic stricken, anl men
hastily concealed watches end money.
Passengers took refuge under seats,
! beh n doors and some retire to the
Pullman slcepers 20 the rear Of the
train.
After fifteen minutes of terrible
suspense at the mulzle of gun the
engineer and fireman were marched
TO the cab of the engine and com
manded TO back the train q quarter
of a mile from th scene of the rob
berry. second report from "A Win
chester was "A signal for the engineer
TO pull out his train and the robbery
was al an end.
Messenger Chapman succeeded u
hiding all the money save $500 ia
currency, which he handed over tC
the robbers. Two Of the gang
climbed the steep hillside and ioineC
the gang IN waiting in the woods Al
they ascendod the rocky hillside tn,
cleaning barrels OF their guns were
plainly visible to the terrorizcd pas,
sengers The train pulled to Monett
twenty minutes late aud tho new
/ spread like wildhre. posse wa
formed, but for want Of "a leadel
, failed to purfue the brndits, who ar,
supposed TO be none other than Bil
!, Cooks notorious gang.