Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-10-01
THE BoLDEsT OF ALL.
Latest Train Robbery Near Kansas city
SURPRISES All Previous Efforts In That
observation-disclosures Arrested.

Kansas City, Kan, Sept 20. Friday
nights robbery Of Missouri Pacific
train was the most sensational Of the
dozen or more train robberies which,
In the last few years, have gained for
Kansas City q reputation not alto
gether cnviable. There have been
other robberies, with enough Of that
reckless daring which. made Jesse
James hero In this part OF Missouri,
to satisfy the most ardent reader oil
yellow-back novels But the affair OF
Friday night for coal recklessness and
sudacious bravado easily distanced all
Its predecessors.
Seven men, all masked, participated
In the robbery. There was none OF
the shou ting, cursing and shooting
which are the usual adjuncts Of q
train robbery. The men proceeded
coolly and without undue haste, and
as II each man knew his part and had
fully rehearsed II. Only one shot was
fred, that Mt the train porter, who
persisted in sticking his head out oil
the window to ascertain what was
going on. That one shot satisfied his
curiosity.
The train robbed was the Wichita
Little Rock express, westbound. II
halted ut Belt junction for grade
crossing, and the robbers took posses
sion. Forcing the train crew to enter
one Of the cars, and taking with them
the express messenger, they ran the
engine and combination baggage and
express car down the track mile or
SO. They had taken the precaution to
smash the Frisco operators instru-
ments and send him to the train q
prisoner. Thus the alarm could not
be sent to the city.
In one particular, and one only, did
the robbers overreach themselves.
They used too much dynamite. Seven
sticks were placed on the big through
safe and the small way safe placed on
top of that. The way safe has not yet
been found, nor even fragment The
big safe was torn asundcr, the express
car reduced to matchwood, nothing be-
ing left but the trucks, and express
matter and baggage was hurled in q
jumbled mass in every direction. Frag'
mcnts were found quarter OF a mile
away, and the explosion was heard
plainly ten miles. II there was any
thing OF value in that safe 1t Is not
likely the robbers got any OF It, rs
what has since been found Is not recog-
nizable.
Three Suspects Arrested.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Sept 90. The police
arrested three men last night who are
believed to have been implicated in
the robbery of the Missouri Pacific pas
scnger train ut the Belt line crossing.
near Kansas City, last Friday night
The men gave their names as James
Morgan, John Ryan and james Nc
Alear. Suspicion was first attracted
to them by Morgan and Ryan going
from place 10 place and getting
silver money changed into paper.
They had over $500 in silver in their
possession and their evident object
was to change this unwieldy amount
into bills, which would be more easily
carried. The police feel confident that
they have caught the right men, the
scorched money being taken as strong
evidence OF their guilt, while the fact
that they were changing the silver
money into paper so that IL could more
easily be handled is also looked upon
with suspicion by the officers.