The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-24
Six Midnight Marauders
Make a Haul.
Express Messenger Delivered the
Money at Point Of RevoIvers.
Robbers Supposed to BE I'm Close
Touch With the Employees.

TOLEDO, o., July 24.-Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern train, No. 81, going
West in charge of conductor Darling,
and engineer Tiernan, was held up and
robbed at Reese, a small station 80 miles
west of here, at II 40 this morning. They
had pulled into blind siding To allow a
special TO pass, when the train was
boarded by six masked men who at the
point of revolyers, compelled the express
messenger TO unlock the safe and deliver
the money. The amount taken from the
car is not known, but II Is estimated by
the express officials here at sS000 Super
intendent Blodgett and manager Caniff,
who were in the city at the time, left at
once on special train for the scene OF
the robbery, notifying the police officials
at all adjacent towns to be on the lookout
for robbers The officials are OF the
opinion that the robbery was committed
by persons IN close touch with the en-
ployes of the road, as they had positive
information as TO the train waiting on the
siding, and also of the unusually heavy
express run. The train was composed OF
day coach, baggage and express car
and three sleepers. AS usual thing,
the money carried on this train does not
amount to much, but for some reason, ii
was heavy last night. The passengers
in the coach were not molested, and inn
mediately after completing their work.
the robbers took To the woods and dis,
appeared. The detective force of the city
started on a SPECIAL train, and the country
is being closely watched for suspicious
persons.
LATEST FROM THE ROBBERY.
The robbers fired several shots at the
cab. One of the shots put out the head
light. hen the train stopped, four
robbers went TO the express car, in charge
OF messenger c. b. Nettleton OF 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. While one
man covered the engineer the other three
| poured few rounds OF shot into the
| express car and ordered the messenger to
| open the door. Messenger G. B. Nettleton
| fired one shot at the robbers, and then
| opened the door. Two of them sprang
| into the car and pitched Nettleton out
| of the door, and began operations on the
| big safe. Several attempts to blow 1t
| open were made, but the big steel doors
| stood fast and with an oath the dyna-
miters finally gave 1t up. They then
| turned their attention to the small way
| safe. Meanwhile, the robbers outside
| kept up an irregular fire to prevent an
attack from the passengers.
| Finding the small safe securely locked,
| two of the men picked up the messenger,
| Nettleton and dumped him back into his
car with an imperative order to unlock
1 the Sd lt uOOrS. Win TIC nuLLlc VI ic-
| volver at the back Of his neck, the mes
senger promptly complied and the rob-
bers quickly cleaned out the compart-
ments. After few remarks regarding
/, the construction of the large sale, the
men backed into the woods lining the
road and with parting volley disap-
| peared in the woods. The trainmen be-
| iieve that the desperate were old railroad
| men, but as all were masked, with hand
| kerchiefs, none was recognized. The large
safe which resisted the attacks of the rob-
| bers 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 heavy.
| FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
WAUsEoN, Ohio, July "a. Five men are
under arrest here on suspicion OF being
connected with the hold-up OF the Lake
Shore rain at Reece station last night
The detectives refuse TO state what EVIL
dence there is against them.