St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-19
Particulars of the Attempted
Robbery From ST. Cloud.

Robbery From ST. Cloud.
Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Nov. 19.-The
overland train on the Great North
ern road, which is due to arrive here
at10:20 p. M, was stopped by masked
men four miles west of Clear Lake
and eight miles east of st. Cloud last
night. The train was crowded with
passengers, and was running along
at the usual gait. The first intima-
tion that anything Of the kind was
about to be attempted was received
by William Carley, the fireman. Car
ley was starting to shovel in some
coal, and as he turned to the coal
box a revolver in the hands of a
The robber ordered him to stop the
train or he would kill him, and told
him to tell the engineer the same
thing. The engineer turned and saw
the robber and instantly reversed
tine lever Just as the train came to
a Standsitill another masked man
came up alongside of the engine and,
presenting a rifle, ordered the en-
gfneer and fireman to get off and un-
couple the engine and baggage car
from the rest of the train. The engi-
neer did as he was ordered, and
walked back, with the robbers follow
ing him.
They uncoupled the engine and car
from the train, and were then ordered
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ask the messenger where he kept the
money. The robbers followed the engi-
neer and fireman into the car and the
messenger told them he thought that
something was wrong and that he had
thrown away the key to the local safe.
He did not know the combination of
the through safe; that was known only
at Fargo. By this time the passengers
began to stick their heads out of the
windows and the robbers began to
shoot. This had the effect of frighten.
ing the passengers into remaining in
the car. The engineer and fireman were
then ordered to get off the express car
into the engine and start down the
track, an order which they obeyed.
In the meantime the conductor and
brakeman had become aware of the
fact that the train was being held up.
and the former, whose name is C. H.
Craveson, began to look around among
the passengers for a revolver. He
finally found one and also discovered
that there was a special detective on
the train, In the person of W. F. Bres-
lin. These two, with H. H Stone, of
Glasgow, Mont, started along the side
Of the train toward the engine.
Before they got that far the engine
and express car started up the track
The three men then started back to-
ward the balance of the train which
they found
GUARDED BY ROBBERS,
and decided to go to Clear Lake for
assistance. When they had gone about
half a mile down the track they met
Northern Pacific freight. The two
lines run close together at this point.
The conductor signaled the freight and
the three men boarded the train and
told what had happened. They decided
to run through to ST. Cloud, the engi-
neer being instructed not to stop at the
scene of the hold-up even If the train was
signaled. When they had run past
by this time some distance from the
rest of the train, they stopped, and
the three men went over to the Great
Northern engine and express car. Be
fore they reached there, however, the
robbers had tired of their job and
had ordered their engineer and fire
man to run to ST. Cloud. The freight
started along after them and stopped
at Cable, the next station, where they
notified st. Paul. In the meantime
the held up engineer had reached the
outskirts of ST. Cloud, and was forced
to stop his engine long enough to allow
the robbers to jump off. He then
proceeded rapidly into St. Cloud
where he gave the alarm. A special
train started out for the scence of the
robbery, and brought the delayed and
frightened passengers to this place, ar
irving at 1 o'clock this. morning. 1t
was learned when the train reached
here that the robbers got absolutely
nothing. They overlooked the car in
which there was much registered mail