The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-10-15
ANOTHER BIG HOLD-UP
An Express Train Robbed
of Nearly S2,OOO,OOO.
THIS TIME ON AN EASTERN ROAD
Attempt to KIN San Francisco Law
yer--A French Vessel Sunk Dur
ing a Fog.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Seven men
composed the gang that held up the
north-bound express train on the Rich
mond, fredericksburg & Potomac rail-
road at Quinatoc last night. Their de-
mand for the waybill when the express
messenger declared one safe was empty,
and the caution they gave the fireman
about disconnecting the air-brake t1bes
when he uncoupled the engine on their
demand, showed some members of the
gang were railroad hands. Besides,
after the engine was uncoupled, it was
boarded by the robbers and run by them
to a point near Whitewater station, a
short distance from the scene of the
hold-up, where they abandoned it and
sent it ahead running wild. Express
Messenger Crutchfield thinks the booty
secured was $3.50, 900 or more. He gave
this account of the robbery; "But one
robber entered the car. He was heavy
built and dressed like farmer, although
he seemed to thoroughly understand the
express business. He had red hand
kerchief over the lower part of his face.
When the train was stopped opened
the door of my car. The robber fred at
me. fred back and closed the door.
He called, open the door, did not
do it. open that door or I'll blow the
whole car to pieces with dynamite, he
yelled. Then he threw stick of dyna-
mite at the door and shattered it and
the casing. The force knocked me off
my feet. I then opened the door. One
of the robbers came in and made me
open the safe. He took everything.
There was one package which he must
have thought contained only papers,
for he threw it into box. It contained
$4,000. Then he said, open that other
safe.' That is simply adead-head safe,'
saidg The hell it is he roared; show
me your waybills for it, 1 started to
get the bill and he said, y Your hands
up; show me the paper; I'll get it.
He looked at the bill and was satisfied
the second safe contained nothing,
which was true. The man was very
cool all the time. He had seven or eight
through express pouches, each contain
ing packages of money; how much 1
cannot guess. The man cut small slit
in each pouch and took every PACKAGE"
New YORK, Oct. 13.-The train held
up last night on the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg & Potomac railroad reached
Pennsylvania depot, Jersey City, at :o5
this morning, with badly shattered
express car. Adams Express Com
pany's messengers reported all the safes
had been rifed. It is supposed the ban
dts obtained between $3.50, 600 and $780,
600. The heavy oak doors of the car
had been splintered by dynamite, and
in addition the marks of revolver bullets
were visible. Every pane of glass in
the windows of the car had been shat
tered by dynamite, and fragments OF
glass were still scattered over the floor
of the car. Officials of the Adams Ex-
press Company, in charge of the car al
the depot, claimed only the pouches and
safes had been ransacked.
Reward oRered.
RIeHMoND, Va, Oct. 13.-Three po.
lieemen left today for the scene of the
train robbery near Quantico; $40, 900 was
the amount sent from this city by train
and most of it was In bonds. The gov.
ernor has offered 81 900 reward and tele
graphed the governor of Maryland ask.
ing cooperation.