The evening world., 1894-10-13
last EDITION.
over S|5O,0OO
Was TAKEN.
Quantico Train Robbery More
Extensive Than at
First Reported,
WAS IT A BAND OF COXENTES ?
The Seven Robbers Merely
Chatted with Passengers,
Offering No Violence.
EXPRESS CAR ALONE ROBBED.
Badly Shattered by Dynamite, u
Rolls Into Jersey City Early
This Morning.
EXPRESS CAR ALONE ROBBED

Train No. Is, north bound, which was
held up last night on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
reached the Pennsylvania Depot at Jer-
sey City at sos this morning, bringing
with 1t badly shattered express car,
No. PA.
The Adams Express Company's mes
sengers left the train and proceeded at
once to the Companys Office in this city
They reported that all of, their safes
were rifled by the robbers. 1t is sup
posed that the bandits obtained between
$4,000 and 100000.
When the express car, which is one
belonging to the Atlantic Coast Di-
vision, was side-tracked, passengers
passers-by and trainmen gathered
around to examine a spectacle unique
In the history of railroading in this To-
cality.
The heavy oak door Of the car had
been splintered by the dynamite used
by the robbers. and. in addition, the
marks left by the revolver bullets as
they ploughed their way through the
~-vfeotiwork of the car were plainly WIS.,
ible. =
Every pane of glass in the windows
of the car had been fractured by the
ioTCt VI tne explosion, ana small rag
ments were still scattered over the
hoor OF the car.
The officials of the Adams Express
Company In charge of the car at the de-
pot claimed that only the pouches and
safes had been ransacked, the other
packages In the car remaining intact.
ne Msny ,6e the Ieff who wit
Washington and Philadelphia, but a
few. completed the journey to New
York City.
Passenger ShakIeford's Story.
Trainmen were, as usual, reticent
a1bout DISCUSSING the AFFAIR. But Col.
who vas on board the train at the
me, gave a graphic account of the
manner In which the robbers secured
of the Newark IN. j. Journal, and is
now connected with The Times Enter
Z Prise OF Ihomasville. Ga. He told the
About seven or eight miles the other
SIDE or Quantico station, ! should say,
Quantico station, you know, is located
on the Potomac River on the Virginia
s,de; When the train stopped. the con-
dressed by one of the masked robbers,
evidently the captain of the gang:
, IhroW up your hands, or we'll blow
From the manner in which they ar
ranged the signals for stopping the
train. as well as the manner in which
they afterwards made their escape. 1t
me gang were experienced railroad men.
Ihat they We're desperate men was
and the fireman lost no time in obeyng
guess. a
unSuish them all in the clear moonlight
OF the early evening; In fact. so near did
they come to me that N spite Of their
recognize some OF Them f ! could see
Them again, from certain little peculiar
itles OF dress and spee.h Wktt the
alarmed passengers crowded out OF the
cars to see what was the matter the
robbers fired a perfect fusillade of shots
70 intimidate them as well as to frighien
the railroad men.
Blew Open the Car with Dynamite
- The robbers. rihed the express car
sticks of dynamite under the door OF
the express car and blew 1t optn.
the engineer Is a man named Frank
gallagher, he was an old employee or
the road and as brave as could be, the
railroad men tell me. but two or three
OF the villains attended to the engineer
tended to the express messengers ant
another one or two kept guard on pas
sengers and train.
Some Of the desperadoes even went Sc
fashion with the passengers and tn,
trainmen. This made US all the more
Indignant. but we could do nothing t.
help ourselves. Most OF the pass snSers
were cool and collected after the frs
nush Of the excitement was over. / re
member II struck me as being a humor
Gus thing when we found out after ar
examination of all our pockets, that we
had only one pistol to the entire crowd
and that little bit of a one and the
mischief of 1t was that II wouldn't work
az all when the owner of 1t tried to dis
charge II at the robbers as they disap
peared In the darkness.
but that wasn't half so laughable al
was the incident OF one woman who haC
a little diamond-studded watch. Sh,
tried to get her husband to swallow 1t IL
the excitement. but he declined to at
that fashion.
The most novel thing in the entir,
proceeding was the way in which tn,
robbers made their escape. They cut tn,
engine loose, piled their plumber into thu
cab, and then the whole crowd got II
on top OF I. They turned on steam
and started for Quantico station as fas
as the engine could carry them. o.
course, that left us stalled In the middl,
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