Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-25
FOOLED THE ROBBERS.
THROWS IT INTO A CHICKEN coor.

uoia-t . 90 the Aitsn Meas rsssr~.s-.rs.
No. H-.nits On tse G.sesr. ~<<ass.r
Little N.r. Th.- 90. r.ss.~~sa. -n.ii-
Tn N-ssesg.s oss To. May Soc sis
Ssssns-Th Csrr~s. r~--r-as-. Toe.
Net kns~s. bot s~issssa To Sss ~sa-ri.
Kansas City. OF sa-Four snrn. wear.
ing fnssks and armed with rsaes hela np
q ohioaso and Alton Passenger srain rrS.
dny affernoon q; the Hoe Cot, flss miles
wet Of lndrpcnaenee. Not q shas ~.s
nr-a. ard the handits 90 little booty
Thy were b mel ~ . qusek wissea ca
rfcss fncs-en<cr. who. saspe tag nhr she
train Stopped. saasrhad the cash ifarn he
eafe. thrs-s u into sssns ehiek~n eaars in
tbe expires car ard eio.~d tie safe daos.
he made show e oh5-rsaon NJ she ruins
Ct the insnacinr ssfiss and crsn~d me "a &C.
VITA apparent rrincsanee. The onslasss
i"und IN the safe t~e smail bssss sup.
r"sed 20 contAin Se~earT. add thsF stole
" from The pscks, Of she rssa lsft tr the
engineer IN HE cab. None af the pass
snrrrs were mol Sod A posse a officers
is pursuing the bandits
The train ~ss doe in Kansas rssr a.
esSe o'cloeA ~ nishs. sud she saass,ssr or
cilrrsa at $50 o'cloek. The t-aia was
running about forty miles an hour and
was within q te~ hnndfrd rafds of the
Blue Csi. whore roblssses have oecasss.a
beiufSs The James lrus go sbcld nf'' .
tfain at the same risae in issi
The cns8nerr oberrd q rcd signal aud as
sson ne he tad ironsht hss ssain Go =
s'ards;iil four naA.led men with rsfies AZ.
pcarrd aud took charge of sffairs The
engineer and firr1nan wsre sirsren ffosp
The engine aud the engine sud rsrfess car
unoourlsd fr"m the rest II ths train.
4 M.ssy ia th. G.sr..
The crfirrss nlesssnrur rrsdiir cofafiiied
with rv-lis~st thas he ut,er she car door
and later. under persuasion Of she r.fiss.
oicncd The safe. which vas found Go con.
'sin nothing. the messenger having tre-
tiStsiy npcbcd the safe and taks-n aui an
the cash. which he thrrw into sstne
chie<ea coors which constituted part 81
The cxpressase The -spr~ss officials 80.
fu-c g. say how large n sum vas thns
saved from the bandits. bot ID is ssppos~sl
Co have BEEN very large.
Tte rohiscrs wcrc Disguised nj finding
nothing. but did no; saspecf thaf thcy had
bccn trirkei. Without attempting Go GO
through the Passenger eosches The rol,,er.
boartied the engine aud ran b. toward In.
Dependence. one of them was es3dsnslr
nm experienced cnsinacr. Zoe h- appeared
u br nt home on the engine and handled
u with the grace Of an old railraadcr
The engine Was run to Pacific bf4dse. only
. mile the other side Of Indcr~tldenoe nssd
only eleven miles from kanaa. City.
where IL was abandoned ard the roi,i,cr.
took TO the woods. having taken sss from
the Yes; Of the regular cnsinocf of thc
train. who had left 10 IN the engine.
Marshal Res. &C Indrpcnd~re. organ.
izoi n possc e. pursue the ryibors
t.iis~ Their Iasss..
Tho engineer and tirrinen. Who hal Cd.
lowed their stolen on -ine an foot. took
possession of u ns .osn ne d ga. aisans
d"red and ran b. hsek 60 the train. which
they brought into Kansas City abont two
hours late. Cononcl ID :. rwifehell. who
was on the train. said THAI fur a anies.
rcntlciaanly hold-sp he had never heard
Of the lik. lief ~.
ut must have been about sac o'elacL -
he said. when NC wcac entering the eele.
hr.ici Blu. Cut. q few miles east Of Insls,.
pcndcnoc. The train slowed up aud then
came 10 dad stop A. TIM. was unusual.
many &c the rasscasrr. god out. suppos.
| Ing. uf course. the engine had brolcu AZ
VIC ncsrrd the head Il the irain every
thing was Ne quite ne n graveyard. sud
dcnly We heard The valves 81 the engine
d nag tried. ans n voire called cut AN
right. you fellows cotne on Threr
other msn jumped on The engine and
away they went. leasing the train whsfp
81 was. The conductor ran bach 60 slen.
d 10 and gave the alarm. The engineer
aud trcman followed their machine CO,
ot and after about two hours feturnad
aud brought IA to the city.
Ssppsd 90 q passsr signal.
Il; .rrins the ensine 2 stopped on 4
danger signal Four masked tnpn with
rifles compelled she engine rrrr 90 vrs
down and have the rxFress car door
upcnci. The express tnessenrrf in The
meantime had smcll@d = raf. sprned 81.
safe. taken ont thr fnor-y ana thrown II
/. in SOM chickcn eoops ia the car AZ a
cSns~qucpcc ihe robiscrs found noshins .
John J. Alisnirr. a travelling man for
George Fowler A. >un. told Practically shs
SANE story ~ Colonel Tuitrhril Mr.
Alirairr. however. uas one Of the frss
ones g. the engine. Sc ~ arproar bed 4
masked man showed n fifr Go bic faro atd
tsids - y"u. you 81 bach in the car
this !. no place zoe yous" Me- Atlgaie,
.surhi the smoking car. The train hos
alec went ahnsd On che OPPOSITE side al
the train. 1is saw n man sitting on 90.
trark with . rifio 90 his tn~e -finnisn rnb
; biif" asked IN. ''i,utchrf The man as
sHrrrd that he vss not snd the cofnfissr