The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-02
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY
EAST-BOUND "CANNON BALL, ON THE
FRISCO ROAD HELD UP.
Express Safe Blown Open with Dyna-
mite and an Unknown Amount
OF Money Taken.

LEBANON. Mo-. April 1.-The east-bound
cannon bali train No. 6. on the st. Louis
& San Francisco railroad, was held up three
miles east of this city at los o'clock this
morning by three masked men and the safe
blown open and robbed The robbers boarded
the train at this place at 1880 a. m, and.
after reaching the scene of the robbery, held
up the engineer and fireman. stopped the
train, and with the engineer in front OF them
marched to the express car. The messenger
refused to open the door, and it was blown
open with dynamite, the safe cracked and its
contents removed Several packages of val
liable papers were found this morning be-
side the track, and some money, which had
been overlooked in the hurry of departure.
The passengers were not molested. The en-
CINE was detached and run BY the robbers
10 Sleeper, where IL was abandoned. A
brakeman hurried back TO the city and
started Sheriff Jones and a posse on the
track of the robbers.
Three strangers who are supposed to be
the robbers, were drinking in one of the
saloons here at 10 o'clock last night, and
they were seen near the depot by night opera
cannon balp' arrived. The brakeman fur
nished a fair description of the men to the
officers IN pursuit. and the railway officials
are confident they will be speedily appre-
hended. While the amount of money. Sc
cured by the robbers Is known to have been
express
not place an estimate on II.
The Wells-Farso Company, offers 500 re-
ward for the arrest OF the robbers.
BlOOdhounds ON the Trail.
ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The Welis-Fargo off,
Gals here say the amount of money secured
by the robbers was only sl.2T. About one
hundred mounted men are in pursuit of the
robbers. Road agent Dradway is in Lebanon
Bloodhounds viii be put on the trail and
every means known to railroad and express
as well as local authorities will be used TO
capture the outlaws. The robbers ran the
detached locomotive about four miles from
where they robbed the train, and killed her
fire and took to the woods. 1t took engineer
Price ana fireman Meyers more than an
hour TO get up steam, and the train arrived
here more than two hours late. While nope
of the passengers was mo.ested, there
great excitement among them occasioned by
Inc frequent firing OF pistols by the robbers.
evidently for the purpose of intimidating
them. The train crew and passengers tell
about the same story OF the hold up and
robbery as the one already reported from
Lebanon.
The conductor. c. j. Price. was able to
tell, perhaps. the best story of the robbery.
We left the station at Lebanon at ! o. clock
this morning. ne said, after taking on
half dozen passengers. / got on the rear
Pullman sleeper Cinaioa, and walked to-
end of the baggage car when we were about
six minutes out Of Lebanon. A man, who
Afterwards turned out 70 be one Of the rob
me ticket for ST. LOUIS When I opened
the door leading to the blind baggage two
men who were standing on the rear plat
form or the express car, with masks over
their faces and revoivers In their hands, be-
gan cursing me. They ordered me back into
the car and. began firing into the air to
brighten the passengers and myself | went
bandits pulled the bell rope and the man
from whom had iakena ticket covered his
face with white cloth that had two holes
cut In it for his eyes and leveled his re-
volver at me AS brushed by. BY the time
he got to the platform the train had
stopped and 1 rushed on through the train.
where the women folk and some of the
men were frightened nearly to death. L
cautioned all of them against putting their
heads out of the window and told them that
the train was being robbed. / also told
them be quick in concealing their valu-
ables, as the robbers would probably go
through the train. The passengers were
not disturbed