Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-28
ARE BAFFLED
Train on the Great Northern
Road Held Up.
DESPERATE WORK AND 10 Returns

DESGEhAIE NORh AND Nj REIt rms
The Robbers Detach the Express Car from
the Rest of the Train and Compel the
Engineer to Go Ahead-They Fan 10
Open the Safes and Give 1t Up for Bad
Job-Hunt for the Desperadoes- "Details
Of the Hold-Up.
ST CLOUD, Min, Nov. I0-Great
Northern train No. 3, crowded with pas
sengers, was held up at 1915 o'clock at
night four miles west Of Clear Lake and
eight miles from st. Cloud Fireman
William Carley had just turned to get
shovelful of coal when revolver was
flashed before his eyes and a masked man
commanded him to tell the engineer to
stop the train and not fail to help him TO
30 so.
The engineer saw the robber almost as
soon as his fireman did, heard the com
mand, and lost no time in bringing the
train TO standstill. At the same mo-
ment another robber appeared alongside
the locomotive, leveled rifle at the head
of the engineer, and ordered him to go
back and uncouple the express car. The
second robber attended the engineer in
the performance of this task, but the
bandits did not know there were two ex-
press cars attached TO the train. The EN-
gineer knew this fact, but he unccupled
only one-the first.
Go to the Express Car.
BY this time the first robber had Joined
his pal with the fireman under guard, and
the two ordered the train hands to proceed
To- the door of the detached car and tell
the express messenger to make a clear way
for them. The messenger threw back the
door and the two robbers entered where
he kept the express money. The express
man knew what was going on before the
car was uncoupled, and had thrown away
the keys of the two safes The robbers,
he said, could get nothing valuable unless
they blew the large safe open.
The small, local sfe. he said, contained
nothing of value and the combination of
the large one was known only to the ex-
press sagent at Fargo, \. ID. While the
parleying in the express car was going ON
the passengers, believing the train had
been held up and fearing the bandits
would attack them, were greatly terrified
and were not loath to obey the command
of several other bandits, who appeared at
the side of the track and ordered them to
keep their heads inside the cars The rob-
bers then ordered the fireman and engin-
Ger TO get on the engine and run the ex-
press car toward st. Cloud. They started
of.
Warned the Passengers.
Meantime tine conductor had heard the
shots and started through the train and
notified the passengers that the train was
being held up. The conductor tried to get
q revolver, and finally got one from a
man in the sleeper He also found a de
festive and w. ; Breslen and II II.
Stone Of Glasgow Mont. These three
started up the track a. the engineer
started Off with the express car. At this
point the Great Northern aud Northern
Pa life tracks run side by side
The men had gone about a mile when
they saw u Northern Pacific freight train
approaching. The conductor signaled the
freight train To stop The three men got
aboard and told the freight conductor to
run past the express train, paying no at
tention to signals and get to ST Cloud if
he possibly could The robbers signalled
the train rs it approached the passenger
ears, but the freight engineer paid no at
tention To their signals. After they got
past and about mile and half away
they the engine and express car
standing on the other track. The conduc-
tor told the freight men To stop when they
got short distance further and this was
on foot to the spot where the robbers were
attempting To loot the express car
Gave Up the Job.
The desperatioes saw them coming and
concluded 80 give upa bad job. Telling
the engineer 10 whose engine the first ex-
press was still attacked to pull out for st.
Cloud. they remained on the car aud We're
soon speeding away At the outskirts of
st. Cloud the robbtr RS jumped from the
car and disappeared in the darkness The
engine and express car arrived at ST Cloud
shortly after midnight.
The Northern Pacific freight proceeded
on its journey and rs soon as it reached
the town gave the alarm. and posse of
men from that place joined the Others
who had already set out from st. Cloud in
pursuit of the robbers. Within half an
hour fully loo men on horseback aud in
wagons from various points We're securing
every acre of country around st. Cloud
The highwaymen secured absolutely
nothing. They failed to board the car that
contained most Of the express money