The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-02-08
THE GLoBE-REPUBLIgAN.
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY.
anita Fe Train Held Up On The Kins.
ley Cut on, But Almost A
Water Haul.


train had passed Sylvia twentysix miles
west of Hutchinson. daring robbery
was accomplished. Conductor Joe Nc
Grath heard the alarm in front and went
through the train at the risk of his life
warning the passengers to hide their
valuables. He hid his own. including a
valuable watch, which thus escaped.
From the engineer the reporter learned
the following account:
Two men got on engine at Sylvia water
tank as train was pulling out. Both
pulled two guns apiece and told En-
gineer James Kearney and the fireman
to hold up their hands, which they did.
They then told the engineer to pull up
to the whistling post. While this order
was being obeyed the robber chief asked
the engineer if he had ever before had
any experience of being held up. One
of them had the engineer and fireman
covered with his guns while the other
stood in the gangway on the south side
on his knees looking for place to stop.
When they reached the whistling post
he told the engineer to stop and they
stopped. One of them got down and
told the fireman to get the coal pick aud
follow him. The engineer was also told
to follow. One rObber went ahead of
the two captives and the other followed
behind them. MIR. Sain, the brakeman,
came forward at this junction to see
why the train was stopped. When he
g,toppOsite the express car, he was
ordered to hold up his hands, which he
did with some hesitation. rs he did not
understand the situation. The rObber
asked which was the through express
car. The brakeman said he did not
know. The rObber retOrted. 1.-The -
you don't. You the conductor of this
train and not know the through car
The engineer then explained that Sain
was the brakeman. and knew nothing
about it. They then made the fireman
break open the rear side door of the for
ward express car. AT this stage of the
proceedings one rObber had The en-
gineer by the arm. with Il gun over his
shoulders, while the other was firing in
to the side of the express car. and
hurrying the fireman up. He made the
latter break the entire lower panel of
the door in, the upper part being glass
was by this means also demolished.
After finding no one in this car they
took the train crew to the Other express
car and ordered the brakeman to open
that with the coal pick. One of them
picked into the side of this car also.
while the other held the engineer in the
same position as before. Soon as the
door was broken in the rObber spokes-
man told every man inside and out to
throw up their hands or he would shoot.
The engineer and brakeman told the |
messenger not TO shoot, as the robbers
had the outside men covered They |
then got the messenger and his helper
out to the door and made the helper get |
down and stand by the cDgiue, fireman
and brakeman, while one of them got
inside of the car with The messenger
and went through al! they could
lind. The express messenger told the
rObber the big safe in the corner was the
through safe aud he could not open 1t.
The robber said '.H---ynu ought to be
shot for working for such company.
After going through this ear he took the
messenger into the first car and went
through that. He then got out aud told
the other robbeI he could not find any
thing. Then proceeded 70 mold up the
prisoners. They got about forty dollars
in good [. 5. money from engineer
karney and eighty cents from the
brakeman, but nothing from the others.
The man doing the shooting sheu told
the others 10 take the prisoners iuto the
express car and hold them there while
they went through the passenger cars,
but he would not do ii, +
saying he would take them all
through. He gave the helper Il sack and
told him To start through the train.
The crew and robbers then started to 90
through the train in the following order:
The helper first with the contribution
sack, the tiremaa next. the engineer
third, then came the messenger and
brakeman. with the two robbers follow
ing in lie rear. The one who did the
shooting followed throUvh The, SmOLinU
car and told everybody to put all they
had IN the sack. That if he searched
aud found anything he would knock
them on the head with the gun. While
they went through the car the other
robber stood NJ the car door. The car
was nearly full OF passengers. but they
were either very much stricken with
poverty or else had hid their valuables
while the shooting was going OH in front
for there WAS only about FIVE d.ilars