The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-22
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 Pacific Train and Blow Open the Express
 Car-Loss Believed to be Large-A Train
 in Indiana Stopped and the Fireman
 Shot.
 Gothenberg. Neb,. Aug, 2l,-Union Pa- cific train No, was held up by masked men near Brady Island at about 1 o'clock this morning, The train was slgnalled, and the engineer and fire men held up with revolvers,
 The train was delayed about two hours. The robbers Jagged the train, and when 1t stopped, they cut off the engine and ordered the engineer to accompany them to the express ear. He was ordered to open the car with a crowbar but he failed.
 The robbers then exploded several dynamite cartridges against the car door, blowing 1t open and reducing the express messenger to submission. The safe was also blown open and it's con- tents taken. It is not known what booty was secured. The robbers, when they took the engineer from his engine, left the fireman on board unguarded.
 He took advantage of his liberty to pull open the throttle and started for this place as fast as the engine would go, When the bandits saw the locomo- tive disappearing they realized that assistance would soon be at hand, and they hurried along with their work, which was not so thorough as it would otherwise have been.
 They undoubtedly overlooked much valuable express matter. Upon the arrival of the fireman with the engine at this point a posse wasShastily or ganized to go to the scene Of the rob- bery.
 The road agents had disappeared, however, and the train was brought into Gothenburg.
 Aside from soaring the passengers by volleys of pistol shots no one on the train was hurt or molested.
 The passengers were not disturbed. The officers who left this place, dozen in number, are in pursuit of the rob- bers, and the bandits having but a short start, it is probable that they will be overtaken. The robbers were undoubtedly working shorthanded, otherwise they would not have left the engine unguarded.
 The train was delayed three and a half hours.
 The express messenger refused to make any statement as to the extent of robbery. The posse which is in pur- suit of the robbers is well armed and thoroughly acquainted with the coun- try and it is considered certain that the bandits will be captured or killed within the next twenty-four hours. The train proceeded eastward at 4 o'clock and will arrive at Omaha be- tween noon and 1 o'clock.
 Grand Rapids, Mich. Aug 21,-The Chicago and West Michigan passenger train, which left Chicago at o'clock last night, was held up by four rob- bers a mile and a half south of New Richmond, Ind, at $40 o'clock last evening. When the train reached a curve alt this point it slowed up as usual and as it did a signal was swung for the train to stop. Engineer George ztbbel reversed the lever, applied the brakes and brought the train to a standstill.
 moment later he and Fireman Michael Driscoll were covered with re- volvers by two men, and two other robbers proceeded to the express car. Expressman Bernard Van Often was ordered to open the door. This he re- fused to do, and the robbers began firing at the train, breaking all the windows in the express car. Finding Van Otten not easily scared, one of the robbers forced the door. The two robbers went in, Land while one covered the expresslrlan the other put dynamite to the safe, blowing the door off. They got nothing, as it was an empty safe being taken from Chicago to the company's offices in this city. The robbers then proceeded to the passenger car, firing as they went Entering the car they held up Conduc- tor E. E. Rice, taking his watch and S in cash. While this was going on, the other two robbers went through Engineer Zibbel and got his watch. They also took one from Fireman Driscoll, The four men then jumped from the train, and as they did so they saw Fireman Timothy Murphy signall- ing, and shot him in the groin, in fiicting a serious wound. After firing more shots alt the train the robbers struck out into the woods.
 After the train was started it ran into an obstruction a short distance from the hold-up. The robbers had piled old ties on the track. and some time was spent clearing them away. The train was held twenty minutes.