The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-13
CHARGED UPTO BILL
BOLD HOLD-UP OF j FRISCO TRAIN
IN MISSOURI.
Masked Men Board the Tender and
Cover the Engineer When They
Get to the Gaug-Ciean Out the
Messenger and Get Away in Fiji
teen Minutes-No Pursuit.

MoSETr, Nc, Nov. l2-The ST. Louis
aud San Francisco passenger train No. /,
| due here at 1:51 p. m, was held up and the
| express car robbed three miles east of this
! city a. 7:30 this eyenin. Your CORE
spondent WAS passenger on the train and
| an eye witness TO the bold aud successful
robbery, which was committed in deep
| lonely cut. At Veroca two masked men
boarded the tender of the engine and con-
cealed themselves until the heavy grade
and deep cut was re ach-d, when they
sprang from their hiding place. COW
cred the engineer and fireman
with Winchesters and commln led them
10 stop the train. The order
was promptly obeyed. Climbing over
the tender into tine cab, the bandits
marched the engineer and fireman to the
baggage Car and commanded them to ope n
the door. Messenger Chapman, by this
time aware of the robbery. refused to CON-
ply. when in a loud tone o. vJic. the ban
dts. now SIX Ia number, Threatened to
blow up the car with dynamite and with
true determination and in regular Bill
Cook style produced 4 stick of dynamite
and were Just in the act of putting 1t to
use when Engineer Stevenson called TO the
messenger and imp ored him to open the
door, which was done. The bandits
entered the car, plund-red it and in
full view Of the terrified passengers
ciamhered up the hill and made their es-
cape. 1t was successfully planned hold-up
which required just fifte-u minutes
W hen the train came TO a sudden stop the
clear report from Ii Winchester rang out
upon the air and every passenger on the
train knew what IL IN ant A second later
1our bandits, who wore red baniana hand
kerchiefs over theis faces, joined their pals
AT the express Car and the job was done
NO shooting goes" exclaimed the leader.
'neads back there, heals back, heads back
there" continued the leader and those
who dared to look out of the car windows
obeyed without secoud warning.
Conductor Nighfman hastily passed
through the train and warned the passsn-
gers TO conceal their valuzbles, women
and children were panic-stricken and men
hastily concealed watches and money.
Passengers took refuge under seats be-
hind doors snd some retired to the Pull.
man sleepers to the rear of the train. After
fifteen minutes of terrible suspense AT the
muZZle Of gun, the engineer and fireman
Were marched to the cab of the engine and
commanded 10 back the train q quarter of
mile from the scsne of the robbery
y second report from "a Winches-
ter was signal for the en-
gineer to pull ont his train
and the robbery was at an end. Messen-
ger Chapman succeeded in hiding all the
money save 500 in currency watch he
handed over 70 the robbers Two of the
gang climbed the steep hillside and Joined
the gang Ia waiting in the woods A. they
assembled the rocky hillside the cleaning
barrels o. their gurs were plAinly visible
The train pulled into Monett twenty min
uies late and the news spread ike Wild
fire. a posse was formed but for want of
n leader failed To pursue the bandits who
are supposed TO be none other than Bill
Cook and his notorious gang.