Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-24
'YBLEGRAPHIC.
4 blue. CUT H0LD.UP
Masked RObbars Enter a Train and
Secure Soma Money.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS GONE
rho Passengers Not Mol, sted But the
safs Emp'ifd OF Its
Contents.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 23.-blue
INT. made historic through the opera
llama there OF the Jsmss and Younger
hands. whom they were pioneers In
,ne train.robbing Industry, was the
scans tonight OF its fourth hold.up by
road agents.
At 900 O'Clock tonight the ST. Louis
4 Chicago express, which left Kansas
Ciy at s:45 was tagged at Blue Cut
and came to a stanustill. Masked men
immediately covered the engineer
and firemen and compelled them to
eel DOWN from their cab. AT the
same time another member vt the
hand upcoupled the express car from
me rest OF the train. The robbers
nnickly climbed aboard the locomotive
and the express car, and before the
,urnriseu trainmen had time to collect
their wits, the bandits were speeding
down the steep grade beyond the Blue
Cut with the engine and express car,
and the express messenger, A. J.
Frier Of st. Louis, was prisoner In
The express car.
Kansas City officials of the United
States Express company state that the
train carried very little cash, but that
The car was filed with an enormous
amount OF miscellaneous express OF
considerable value, Christmas boxes
making up the larger amount OF the
tielsute.
When the robbery became known at
Iudependeuce poeee OF county officers
set out for the scene Of the holu.up and
ct midnight County Marshal keshlar
was arranging to send cut force OF
tflicers from kansas City.
At o'clock this (rhursday) morn
Ing telephone message WAS received
from Glendale stating that Engineer
Meade and mis- fireman had arrived
tuete. Immediately after the robbery
they set out toward Glendale in search
OF their locomotive. They found the
engine about one mile east OF Glen
dale, dead, with the express car.
The first definite information from
the passenger train was received from
Independence at l:30 O'Clock, after the
arrival there OF Marshal Keshlar
relief train, sent out from Kansas City.
Beyond Independence this train picked
uD the passenger and baggage coaches
that had been left by the robbers at
Blue Cut and pulled them back to In
Dependence.
Conductor Nichols in an Interview
at Independence stated that when the
train was brought to q standstill at the
Gut he stepped out upon the rear plat
form only to have pistol thrust under
his nose.
"Just keep your mouth shut-I dun'l
want to hurt anybodyI" was what the
road ageut said to him. he had moth.
ing to soy.
A moment later the bandit said;
"Look here, young fellow, have you
got any OF the csmpauy's money!"
The conductor dug up 81 anu die.
played them In front " the robber.
The robber took So, with the remark:
"Well, I'll divide 1t with yOu."
None Of the passengers were modest.
ed, but the greatest confusion pre- vailed
aboard the train when 1t became
Known that they were In the hands Of
robbers. There was a wild scramble
to hide valuables.
THE MEssENGER's STORY.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 23-At $3.50
this morning The express car was
brought back to Irdependercs and
Express Messenger Frier told the story
Of the robbery.
About five minutes after his cal
was detached from the train he said
he beard a rap at the side door, and
thinking 1t was a brakeman, opened
II. A man with shotgun compelled
MN TO retreat into the cars, whilt
Two others followed with revolver
anu ordered him to throw al
MS hands. The men then pulled
MN from the car and pskel
MIN II he had any money. He was to;
t1citei to answer. They then pickle,
MIN up and threw him bodily back lat,
'he car, and one OF the men who wor,