The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-07

KANSAS CITY. Oct e.-BanGiss held
up The Chicago & Alton express train TO
night az point less than six miles from
Kansas City The robbery Is the third
occurrence of the kind On that road with
in year. ali within fifteen miles of this
city. The Chicago and ST. Louis ex-
press. which pulled ou1 OF the union de-
pot az $50 tals evening. vas stopped BY
eight masked men az Evanston. . sub
urban stopping place. just oeyoad Wash
ington park. Evanston IS about eight
miles nearer 70 Kansas City than Blue
Cat. made celebrated by the notorious
James gang. which was the scene II tive
previous robberies on the Chicago *
Alton.
The train vas stopped az the Evanston
Sding BY the explosion OF torpsd0s whlch
had been placed on the track When the
conductor and araksnen went out 10 az
certain tie cause % the trouble they were
covered with revolysrs The robbers also
quickly covered the engineer and dreman.
The bTakeu1aa were compelled 70 Enc0uple
Ire baggage and express cars. While this
was being done. one Of Ihe robbers busted
himself by going through tAe pockets of
Conductor Graves. HAo vas robbed of 81
n coin.
In the meantime the bandits az the head
OF the train had ordered the engineer and
his fireman % climb down oar Of their cab.
Engineer NolleIte hasstatsd uncl q pistol
baA was Seat whIStling by bis ears. lie
ard the fireman. after This persuasion.
climbed down quickly. and two of the ROD
bers Immediately rock their places. The
others OF the gang Jumped aboard the bag
gage and express cars. This part Of the
train thev ran Up The track toward Inde-
pendence. No. about a quarter OF a mile.
There they compelled the frightened express
messenger 10 open the door OF his car. The
a.
ger oGt ev the legs. throwing aim 10 the
ground, and then took his gun away from
him. The messenger VAS then compelled
% walk back toward the other portion Of
Ihe train.
After securing complete possession OF
the engine and baggage and express cars.
the bandits placed twenty-f0ur sticks %
dynamite upon the big through safe and
left the smaller way safe en- top of X.
They ppiied the fuse and the match and
then evidently waited for the explosive %
reveal 10 them the treasure for wnlch 50
much had been risked. But for some
reason The explosive did not 80 Of, and
from TIE subsequent developments. Il Is
evident that dynamite had great terrors
for the men who were not afraid % run
ordinary risks. II is clear that they were
afraid u return 10 the express car. for,
after waiting 4 few minutes for the ex-
peCted explosion, they .urriedly left the
place running into the undertrush which
skirts the rahway IN that section
The trainmen. who had been left behind
with the passenger coaches, politely wait
ed a reasoua BILE length of time FOR the rob
bers 70 complete flejr work, and then ran
ahead TO the engine and the TWO cars
After some delay. for they, tco. Here
afraid Of the dynamite. they succeeded n
Hitting down the small safe ard throwing
cut the dynamite. The engine was then
run back 10 the rest Of the train and
coupled on ard sfter fuB two hours
ward s.. Louis
The passengers, especially the ladies',
we're very much frightened, and. vhen
the robbers began shooting at Engineer
Tellet;e there vas a Wild scramble Il ell
the coaches. Diamonds. 1ewelrv AMI
other valGzbles were hIadsn tn every place
conce.vaHie tn a passenger cc2ch-
Two Chicago q Alton electives V-eTs on
me tva8n Both were badly sca~ed and
neIsher a. theun put ln m appearance out
side u their coach until Il vas Az over.
except the telling ~ h9w i was done.
General Superintendent W 2 Gray vas
also On the train
The express messenger Was rot only
roughly handed hy FaF roa5 agents. hut
vrss robbed - 81 froE bis private purse.
IRE passengers made Up a purse OF -
sad Eave IL ~ him
County MarsAal ChUes and several dep
uties as wcU as a squad of clfy police.
lft fer rhe sceae ~ tne reboerg about
midnight on a special tratn.