The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
| ii01RAIN ROBBERY
,s.th.r, Pacific Passenger Pass ,7s Train
SUCCESSFULLY Held Up
,,or,s SAFES WERE DYNAMl1ED'
M 10 Have Secured About
In Thousand Dollars.
10 RANGERS ARE IN PURSUIT
:, RANGERS ARE IN PURSUIT
v,,v the Men, who Are
VI rlossht to be Headed i'f
Mexico.

,,,opio. Texas, May 1.-THE west
70. southern Pacific train No. 20 was
and robbed by three masked men
81. md 8 O'Clock this morning about
n, xs.. OF Lozier. station about
d nile, west of San Antonio rne place
49,, ,or tho robbery is an ideal one for
,.a.r, The daring and skill OF tho
have mot been exceeded in the his
~ ., modern railroad robbery the
"a. rero bold. unique and, above all,
am..,ul That the robbers understood
4, business is shown by the fact that
A. succeeded in opening two iron safes
~, Wells Fargo Express company, one
;,,,o,rh safe to California and the other
la. safe. The contents OF both safes
=. secured. The amount of money Sc
,,a can not be positively stated, as the
a,,s, company officials are reticent, but
rn reliable sources it is learned that the
mount will not fall below $4,000 and may
n moro
A the westbound train pulled out of
la.,. this morning at 1850 o'clock the
o,.,uetor saw three men run out from be-
lid the depot building and crawl up on
ia engine. When the train was about
rIN west OF the town the three men
ezyIed oyer the tender Ind at the point
d pistols compelled the engineer 10 bring
he train to a stop at wild and noun
ainous spot The fireman and engineer
vs,e ordered to get down out OF the en-
yine, and with coal pick were forced to
Aap The robbers 10 open the door of the
,1prs, cat. while one of the robbers kept
rp iusillade OF shots along the sides OF
ID. passenger coaches TO intimidate the
passengers.
II. door OF the express car was finally
epasd and one of the robbers climbed into
IL car and dynamited the safel. Tho
Trough safe was difficult to open and
iires attempts were necessary to effect en-
rrrs, but it finally gave way and the
nbsrs secured all of its contents. amount
by some $1,000 or $4,000 in money and
,iuhles. The local safe was blown open
r.h one charge of dynamite and about
las 10 money secured
Tie explosion of the dynamite completely
wrecked the express car. the top being
@T of and the sides and floor shattered.
Tie mail matter was not molested, but
vi considerably damaged by the explo-
laa
hr dumping the contents of the two
sls Into three bags. the robbers ordered
~ engineer fireman and express mes
'sager to get on TO the engine and the en-
enssr was given Instructions to back the
utn out of bullet range of tho robbers.
'i0 then mounted their horses. which had
'ssa tied near by. aud rode away toward
he North.
i0e train was stopped at l:52 o'clock and
vas ID The custody OF the robbers one hour
saa twenty-three minutes. The robbers
w The telegraph wires so that no alarm
"ua be given until the train reached the
-ea' station. and then only In one direc-
uon.
'is United States marshal and his
r'se lett here early this morning for the
''us OF the robbery. and the Texas RAN
"a under command Of Captain Hughes,
,'e also gone In pursuit.
. me robbery was not wholly unexpected.
ae United States officers and the rail-
~ AZ O'liclsis have been on the lookout for
- 'oooers for some time. About six
~" ago officers received word that a
=. -. o' 'rain robbers hsd left New Mexico
c., AS for the purpose of robbing
Pacific train The robbers came
~. sua through Old Mexico. and one OF
-. seen In this city about ten days
M 'n'ormer kept the officers here
M, 1 on Inc movements and plans of the
VIII, up TO about week ago. since
.,r,., ''ne the officers have no, heard
ts,.a = ron the informer. and it is
N ~. N4e robbers discovered his treachery
e,ir ~ "aa nave killed him. The officers
,ho % Know the names and all about
spu,ohS, ,o'oers are and are confident of
It,.s "a'hs them in short time.
he. !. ,,ie'ed they are working their way