The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-19

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tteu 10 The regular psiss eassied - -
express ess On The train, was bog b.l9o
ef mensy 10 b used b. the Santa Bpo
settllne With soms smpioyss for Au0use
But rain came down early With tee moeo
vigse sven 10 permit start.
Dstective Kenny was Q badly eaassiue0
man whsn the train passsd The pclns -
which, aecoediug 70 programme, n shool9
have hssu hAegsd. He was On the eussney
clad In . suit os blue jumpers. and loeked
foe all the world like sn spprsntise to ~
Art Of airing IN engine. Snu9ly ensceooe0
IN skillfully constructed dugout II Q
hsaplng tender full a coal was anethee =
his men. lnside the empress oar, oehlnd
an innocent pile oe trunks and bunalse
of merchandise, which were In reality bar
rioadss of cotton. we're seven mea Win
lsadsd WinehsstsFs and . couple q hig
Colts.
Ths euunias oe The ''held up" crafts.
men wss shown In The selection q thio
spot for "surning the little trick" - ~
robbery was peoessslonally dssienatse.
For 10 miles there 10 NO night tslessApA
station until L. Plata b reached, an4
thsss b no stop thses. Hurdland, whieA
b Just 10 milss west Of the last namsd e1ae
tien, 10 switch on which the train runs
every morning and waits Soe The east.
bound express 10 pas.
The men who planned The robhsfy ne.
ursd that thsy had the train and its treas
urs In Q pocket and would have all The
time necessary, not only TO ride The %.
press car, but 70 relieve the passenger 81
their valuablss. u 10 evident thsy also
made Q careful study Of the Topography q
the country. For loo fest before The spot
81 which The rcd light was swung aeesss
the rails, The road winds O. ssveese
curve through Q cut with smbankmsats
from 10 10 % fset high. Thsn comes Q uts
tie hill followed b. strstsh of tsaee a.
most on . lsvea with the surrounding eeun-
~. On sithsr eide of the right-es.way ere
dsnss clumps of oak and hiekoey. II was In
the middle of the timber The hoesss wese
hidden, eeod. stronelimbsd animals, end
% was The calculatioas that after the
nights business bad bssn seoomplishsd
two hours Of hard riding would put every
man safs from pursuit.
Il u nearly thrss weeks since the Santa
70 and Wslls-Fargo ofaelals rscsived W.
tip that the raid vas contemplated. Slnee
thsn the express car hes bsen . regular
assenal. Every night st least half doeea
sseret service men have climbed aboard
at di6srsnt peints along The line sast a
Fort Madison and scattered themselves
In The day. In the reclining chair aud
smoking eass. Soon aftse that point vss
reached they would have worked forward
into tho smokes, not o man exchanging .
word With the othse, and bsfoee oesia
was passed half Of them had disappsassd
into tho express car. This was merely
precautionary.
Detective Ksnny's spy gave him -
hours' notice Ut the two prsmsditatsd
raids, spoiled BY rain. and then the full
fores was on hand. But the railroad and
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