The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-24
ANY, EEK ROBBERY ADDED TO
THE RECORD OF THE JAMES
GANG HAUNT.
EXPRESS CAR PILLAGED.
QUICK WIT OF THE NESSExcEp
SAVED THE MONEY IN HIS
CHARGE
THE BANDITS MADE THEIR Ec..
Scene of the Robbery in Nissour;
only Twenty Miles Distant From
Kansas City.


KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. PA pas
sehger and express train on the Chi
cago q Alton railroad, due here from
chicago and st. Louis at o'clock. was
held up and robbed by four masked
men this evening at Blue Cut, between
Independence and Glendale, Mo The
scene of the robbery is less than TWEEN
7 ty miles distant from Kansas CITY,
The. train was tagged at the entrance
TO the cut. While two of the robbers
| stood guard over the passenger coach
es, the other two covered the conductor
engineer and fireman with their mis-
tolls and compelled them to go to the
| express car There the robbers com
| manded the messenger to open the. door
OF the car, threatening to break in the
door should he refuse After some de-
| lay the robbers were admitted to the
car They compelled the messenger 10
open the safe, and extracted from It
several packages.
The express messenger however. had
surmlsed what the trouble was and
while the bandits had been damand
| ing admission, he had quickly opened
the SAFE, taken out the money pack
ages and tossed them into a chicken
coop. When he finally admitted the
foDpers TO the car and opened the safe
Tor them the strong box contained but
TWO or three packages of jewelry. Even
at the point of the robbers reyolyers
and Winchesters, the messenger in
sisted that he had carried no currency.
Taking ur the very little booty at
land, the outlaws uncoupled the ex-
Iress car from the coach following it
and marched their prisoners forward
40 the locomotive, where they com
elled them to sit down on the bank
alongside the track The leader
Climbed into the cab, tried the air and
the steam and then called to the men
who were back guarding the passen-
ger coaches to come forward At this
Juncture the engineer cautioned the
f,ndit to be careful with the Iocono-
tive, warning him that they were on
hill and that if he left the engAa
improperly guarded at the top of the
hill it would crash back into the train.
q. else, if left on the opposite grade.
crash down into the train supposed TO
be waiting at independence The ban
dit said he would take care of the To-
connective. With this the outlaws pulled
cut, having held up the train without
firing shot. They ran the locomotive
tive several miles to within a mile Of
Independence. where they abandoned
IL.
1t was two hours before the robbery
became known. The passengers on the
train did not know what had caused
the delay until nearly two hours after
ward and amused themselves during
the long stop by taking a straw presi-
Dental ballot. As soon as q party OF
trainmen could walk to independence
The alarm was sent out. A deputy sher-
If and posse left Independence at
about 8 o'clock tonight and about the
slime time a squad of policemen was
detailed from here and left for the
scene of the robbery on special train.
1t is thought however, that the OUT
laws are now safely out Of the way.
SO far as can be learned, the robbers
secured only the packets Of jewelry
and $25 in currency which the fireman
had left,i in his vest hanging in the cab.
How much money the messenger saved
by throwing it into the chicken coop
the express company will not say.
There have been three hold-ups in
Blue Cut The James gang held up
train there in 1881.