Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-01
TRAIN ROBBERS In MISSOURI
Three Masked Men Successfully Held
Up and Robbed an Express
Near Lebanon.
POSSE WITH BLOOD-HOUNDS ON TRAIL
Reward Offered by Wells-Fargo Com
pany-Noted Desperate Killed in
Oklahoma - Mysterious Body
Identified-TexasO Outlaws

Lebanon, Mo-, April 1.-The east bound
cannon ball train on the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad was held mp three
miles east of this city at los a. m. to-day
by three masked men and the safe was
blown open and robbed.
The robbers boarded the train here at
1850 a. M, aud, after reaching the scene
of the robbery, overpowered the engi.
neer and fireman, stopped the train, aud
with the engineer in front marched to the
ex press car.
The messenger refused to open up, the
door was blown open with dynamite, the
safe was cracked and the contents re-
moved.
Several packages of valuable papers
we're found this morning beside the
track, aud in some was money overlooked
in the hurry of departure.
The passengers were not molested. The
engine WAS detached and run by the rob-
bers to Sleeper, where it was abandoned.
A brakeman hurried back to the city
and started Sheriff Jones and posse on
the track of the robbers.
THREE STRANGERS SUSPECTED.
Three strangers, supposed to be the
robbers, we're seen drinking in saloon
last night here, and they we're seen near
the depot by the night operator, Martin,
only a few minutes before the Cannon
ball arrived.
The brakeman furnished fair de-
scription of the men to the officers in
pursuit and the railway officials are con-
tident that they will be apprehended.
The amount of money secured by the
robbers is known to have been consider
able.
The Wells-Fargo Express company Of
fers $500 reward for the arrest of the rob-
bers aud furnishes the following descrip-
ton: First--a large man, sandy, long and
dropping mustache, black overcoat,
black slouch hat, wore belt with pistols;
second--small man, smooth face, dark
hair, black overcoat, black slouch hat;
third-a medium height man, heavy bnilt,
very dark complexioned, heavy five days
growth of beard on face, dark and stubby
mnstache, had on broad band black
slouch hat, no overcoat, brown sack cut
away coat.
st. Louis.-Wells-F Fargo express Off
cials here say that the amount of money
secured by the robbers who held up the
st. Louis d San Francisco train, near
Lebanon, this morning, was only $l,277.
About 100 mounted men are ia pur
suit of the robbers. Blood-hounds will
be sent to put on the trail.
NOTED DESPERATE KILLED.
Guthrie, O. T.--The notorious outlaw,
Carl Thorn, alias Diamond Point, who
led the raid at Coffeeville, Kas., and who.
while q member of the Dalton outlaw
gang, killed four men, was killed this
morning by Uuited States Deputy Mar
shall George Richards at Dover. The
outlaw and officer exchanged ten shots.
Richards will get $4,000 reward.
MYsTER1oUs BODY IDENTIFIED.
Chicago.-According to Capt. Elliott,
OF the detective bureau, full report re-
garding the corpse identified yesterday
as that of Oliver Pike, ex warden of the
Steilacoom, Washington, insane asylum,
who disappeared on July l, 1898, will be
sent to the Washington authorities, who
will be asked to probe deeper into the
matter, local aid being offered. The
body was to-day shipped to Fulton, Ohio,
10 charge of William Dorolt.
DEspERADoEs SWEAR VENGEANCE.
Wichita Falls, Texas Several farmers
who live on the Texas side of Red river,
just across from Fort Sill county, claim
that there is a gang Of outlaws in the ter
ritory opposite.
Crawford and Lewis, who robbed the
city national bank here on February %
and killed Cashier Dorsey and we're sub
sequently lynched, were part of this gang.
These criminals tell the settlers that j.
A. Kemp, hank president and Wholesale
grocer, and Burke Bennett, cattle king,
are responsible for the lynching of Craw
ford and Lewis, and they have sworn ven
geance against them and the city of Wich-
itn Falls