The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-12-11
EXPRESS CAR DYNAMlTED
IN ST. LOUIS.
ROBBERS GOT NOTHING
they Gould Not open the safe-six
Men DO the Job within the city
Limits In the Early Evening aud i
Escape Passengers Not Dis
turbed-Was All over
within 10 Minutes.

Sr Louis Mo. Dee. lO-1he Iron
Mountain East cEpross train. out-roiiv.
was held mp one mile from the nion
station within the city limits. last
night al $3.50 bv six masked men. One
Of the men stood IN the center OF the
tack and waved a red lantern signi-
flying that danger was ahead The
engineer stopped the train and no
sooner had he done so than two masked
men jumped on the engine cab. and
presenting revolvcrs. told him to
hold the engine still on pain OF death
Two of the other robbers made for the
express car. while the remaining ban
dts stood guard outside In less than
fifteen minutes the whole affair was
over, and the conductor FASTENED 20
the nearest telephone and notified the
police.
The two robbers who went 60 The
express ear demanded admittauce.
Express Messenger w. D. Egan refused
to let them in. They threatened to
kin him If he did not and then failing,
they placed stick of dynamite at the
car door and blew it to pieces and
badly shattered one side Of the car
Fortunately IL was q through car and
the money was IN timc-locked safe.
Finding it useless to try to blow it
open, the robbers jumped off and no.
.ified their companions on the engine
that thcv had failed TO get anything
Conductor William Han came for
ward to find out what was the matter
He was met by one of the thieves, who
pointing a revolver at his head, ordered
him back on the train. The robberi
then left and Engineer Green then
started on.
The place where the robbery occurred
was at the Bates avenue crossing.
! There IS deep cut there, and tho
noise Of the exploding dynamite was
smothercd by the cliffs a each side OF
| the track The passengers on the
| train were In no way disturbed and II
| was half ain hour before anyone real
| lied what had happened
As soon as the matter was reported
! at the central station every detective
on hand was called into service and
under instructions from Chief of De
tectives Desmond, sent out on the case
The conductor telephoned in a descrip
tion of the men as near as he could
but owing to the fact that they al
wore masks, IL was but meager.
The robbers had planned woll tn,
Job, for within two minutes after the!
had disappeared from view they wer
lost I'm the crowds Of the city. Fo
boldness the robbery has no equal il
the annals of the hold-ups in Missouri
IL Is believed by the police th1t tn
three men who recently entered thl
office Of the Home Brewing compan,
in broad daylight and bound an
gagged the Office employees and go
away with 81 900 were leaders i'm thi
job.
Half an hour after the robbery ha
occurred all the mounted police fror
the various parks and houlevards wcr
called upon to assist i'm running tn
robbers down. The officials of the lroi
Mountain road brought out all thci
special officers to help run the higl
waymen down
Never before, within the l5nowlcdg
Of the present police officials, has
crime occasioncd so much excitement
Every man on the force who could b
brought into service has been detaile
on the case.