St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-25
LAKE SHORE BANDITS TERRI
FLED THE TRAIN HANDS
INTO SUBMISSION.
SMALL AMOUNT OF BOOTY.
THE LARGE SAFE RESISTED At
TEMPTS TO BLOW 1T
OPEN.
BADLY SCARED.
Robbers Threatened to Dynamite
the Express Car Unless 1t
Was Opened.


after midnight train No. AZ on the
Lake Shore road, to which was at
tached an express car which runs
between Buffalo and Chicago, was
stopped at Recess switch, midway
between Archbold and Stryker
forty-four miles west of this city
When some distance from the switch
the engineer saw the switch was
turned, displaying the red light, and
as he turned on the air brakes sew
eral shots were fired at the cab.
One of the shots put out the head
light. When the train stopped, four
robbers went to the express car, in
Buffalo, and ordered him to open
the door and come out. Nettleman
refused and the robbers threatened
to blow UP the car. He then came
out. When the door was opened the
four men entered. They secured the
contents of the local safe, amount
ing to about $50, and then went at
the big safe, which contained con-
siderable money. Since the Kendall
vile robbery the express company
has supplied it's car with dynamite
proof safes, and this safe stood the
test of the four dynamite cartridges
fired by the robbers. This discour-
aged them and they jumped from
the train and disappeared. James
P. Stark, a clerk in superintendent
JohnSon's office of the Lake Shore
road, was on the train at the time
of the robbery. He was seen at his
home this morning and gave the
following account of the robbery:
''I think it must have been about 1
o'clock this morning when it happened.
1 was sleeping in the smoking car at
the time and was awakened by hearing
several shots as the train came to a
standstill. The conductor said the
train was being held up. did not go
outside to investigate, being satisfied
from what heard that something was
going on. Shortly after hearing the
shots heard four explosions of dyna-
mite, and then all was still and soon
the train pulled out for Stryker, where
we arrived at 1920. I went to the eX-
press car afterward and the messenger
said he saw only four men. The in
terror of. the car did not appear to be
damaged, except that the windows had
been shot full Of holes. The only evil
dence about the through safe was q
small dent in the door. The robbers
did not make an attempt to get into
the passenger coaches. When the rob-
bers left the express car one of them
shook hands with the messenger and
apologized for putting him to so much
trouble t-ls
THEY JARED POORLY.
CHICAGO, July 24-United States
Express officials here declare that but
$3.50 was secured by the train robbers
who held up the Lake Shore express at
Reece siding early this morning. The
train reached here today and after re-
ceiving the messengers report the ex-
press company officials stated that the
story that a large amount had been
stolen was incorrect. They declared
that the books show that not over $3.50
in all is missing.
The passengers story is that the
train was nearing Reece siding, lone
ly spot in the woods near Wauseon,
Ohio, when the engineer saw the red
light showing at the switch. He re-
versed his engine and as the train
came to a standstill a volley of re-
volver shots ratified around the loco
motive cab and express car. Engineer
Herman was ordered to stand out on
the tender in full view, and when Con-
ductor Deering appeared he was sent
back inside his coach with a half-doZen
bullets as pacemakerS. While one
man covered the engineer the other
three poured few rounds of shot into
the express car as an eye-opener for
the messenger, and ordering him to
open the door, threatened to blow the
whole train over into Indiana. Mess
enger c. B. Nettleton fired one shot at
the robbers and then slowly opened the
door. Two of the men Sprang into
the car, pitched Nettleton in a heap
out of the door and began operations
on the big safe. Several attempts to
blow it open were made, but the big
steel doors stood fast, and with an
| oath the dynamiters finally gave it up.
They then turned their attention to
| the small way safe" Meanwhile the
robbers outside kept up an irreg-
| ular fire to prevent an attack from the
| passengers. Finding the small safe
| securely locked two of the men picked
up Messenger Nettleton and dumped
| him back into his car with an order
| to unlock the safe doors. With the
cold muzzle of a, revolver at the back
| of his neck the messenger promptly
| complied and the robbers quickly
| cleared out the compartments. After
a few uncomplimentary remarks re-
garding the construction of the large
safe, the men backed into the woods
lining the road, and with a parting
volley disappeared. The trainmen be
| lieve that the deSperadoeS were old
railroad men, but as all were masked
| with handkerchiefs none were recog-
| nized. The large safe which resisted
| the attacks of the robbers contained a
large amount of money, how much the
| officials refuse to say, but had the safe
| been opened the loss would have been
| very large.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
| WAUSEON, O., July 24.-Five men
are under arrest here on suspicion OF
being connected with the hold-up OF
the Lake Shore train at Reese sta
! ton last night. The detectives refuse
to state what evidence there is against
them. Two tramps who were on the
train jumped off when the shooting
began and ran back to Archibald and
notified the Lake Shore people there,
| and in less than three hours a special
train carrying the sheriff of the county
and a posse, with Lake Shore officials
and detectives. arrived at the scene
| of the hoid-up. The sheriff and his
men, as well as the detectives, i'm
mediately started to scour the adj
jacent country.
DRUNK IN THE STREET.
| CITY of Meyso0 Stirred tn IFS