The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-03
THREE MEN HOLD UP A TRAIN.
THEY GO THROUGH 1T FROM END
TO END IN SEARCH OF BOOTY.

rvery Passenger Who Didn't Look
like a WOrkinEmaa Compelled to
Give Up All His Money and VaIua-
tIes-The women Not MOIested.
NothinG Obtained From the En-
nress Car as There Was no Treas
ure on Board.
Grants Pass, Ore, July 2.-The Southern
pseinc overland north bound train was
.-opped last night at 1O:15 o'clock by three
b.ehwaymen near Riddles, about thirty
miles south of Roseburg, and thoroughly
-obbed. Sticks of dynamite were placed
IN the rail- which disabled the engine by
b,oving the fianges off the pony trucks
and brought the train to a stop.
Tak!ng the fireman two of the highway
men proceeded TO go through the train.
and every car from the express to the
rear Pullman was searched.
Nothing was obtained from the ex-
press car, for there was no treasure on
board.
on the mail car better success was met
With and the Portland, Tacoma. Seattle,
and Victoria, B. c., registered sacks
we're rihed.
The passengers were also searched
pretty thoroughly. but what success was
met with is not known.
one highwayman took hasty shot at
Conductor Kearney. who was in charge
of the train, but no damage resulted.
supt. Fields of the Southern Pacific, in
an hour after learning of the hold-up, had
TWO parties on the way to the scene Of the
robbery. A posse of officers was hastily
made up in Roseburg, and with several
mountaineers. started on the trail. Every
effort will be made to capture the robbers.
The men Of the party. starting from here,
are thoroughly familiar with every foot of
ground around the robbery.
The train was delayed several hours,
having been compelled TO turn the engine
around and go into Roseburg backwards.
The robbers, in going through the train,
passed all who had the appearance OF be
ing workingmen, but made others hold
I'D their hands while they went through
their pockets. The sheriff of Klamanth
county was on board with a prisoner.
The robbers appropriated the sheriff S
pistol.
None of the ladies in the car were mo-
Tested during the time the train was
held up, one hour and forty minutes being
consumed.
The robbers outside kept firing sticks
of dynamite to intimidate the passengers.
After the chief robber had secured his
booty he ordered the engineer to proceed
north for. ans sIlaNnsssIIe then shot out
the headlight, and firing five additional
shots. which were signals to his COM
panions, disappeared in the darkness.
Il cannot be determined yet how mucn
the robbers secured, but it is thought the
amount is small.
F. p. Lotner, a Western Union lineman,
had $50 or $50 in his pocket, but talked
the robber out of searching him. lie
describes the robber who went through the
car as a slender man about six feet tall.
He wore a white silk handkerchief mask,
blue overalls and jumper. He had large
bag slung over his shoulders and carried
a common grain sack in his hand. His
hands were rough and cracked He had a
deep. coarse voice, which could easily be
recognized if heard again. It was too
dark to see the other robbers.
The engine was so badly damaged that
It took three hours to reach Riddles, four
miles distant Upon the arrival of the
train here the sheriff and a posse left for
the scene of the robbery.