The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-07
ROBBED INSIDE KANSAS
CITY LIMITS.
rHE MESSENGER BEATEN
the Trouble TO Wear - 1Ia4k The
Robbers Got Every thing in sight.
hut the Exact Amount Has
Not Nct Hcen Deter
mined by omrisl4

KANSAS CTY. Mo Jan just as
he Port Arthur eNprcss known as
80 8. on the Kansas C.tr. Pittsburg
& Gulf railway. pulled out of tho
iraud Central depot at UiO o'clock
asst night, two young men entered the
Express car covered Messenger f. NJ
Hydcu Of Wells, Fargo N Co 5 express
with rcvolvcrs. bound his arms and.
lftcr throwing him into 20 corner of
the car. proceeded leisureiy to rob the
ocal safe. they secured all the
money in the safe and then escaped
from the train at the Chicago d Alton
,rossing, while it was yet within the
limits of Kansas City. Neither OF tho
men was over % years of age. both
we're smooth shaven and neither wore
4 mask
The train was in charge of Conduc-
.or W. H. Hollis and was driven 10y
Engineer McCabe llydcn was alone
in the express car While the train
was getting under way and before
Hydeu had locked the doors. which
were in the end OF She car. the two
men approached him, one OF them
carrying a small package
Can you take this bundle for Pitts
burg?'' lie asked the messenger. Hy-
den answered that he could. and
reached his hand out to receive IT,
When the package was handed to him
two revolvers were flashed ina his face
and he was told TO throw up his
hands lie obeyed and The men
yrasped his arms, threw them back
and tied them, after which they
threw him to the noor aud oua OF them
kicked him on the face and head while
the other locked the doors of the car.
During the twenty minutes run
along the banks OF the Missouri river
before the express reached the point
where the Chicago q Alton tracks
cross the Suburban Belt Line Messen-
ger Hyden lay in "a half conscious con-
dition as result OF the beating to
which nc had been subjected by the
robbers. The assault was the result
.of his refusal to open the big iron safe
after they had demanded that lac DO
so, with a threat TO kin him unless he
.obeyed. IIyden told the men that the
safe was through one and that he
did not know the combination As
the train neared the Chicago g. Alton
tracks some Of the trainmen suspected
that all was not right In the express
car, and when the train stopped at
the junction they went forward just
in time to see the men escaping across
the country in the direction OF Kansas
city.
IIyden's arms were united The
tram was run half a mic down the
track to the switch tower of the SUI
burban Belt line, where lIydcn sent
the following telegram 90 Superln-
tendent Pickering OF the road:
"llave beer held up coming ont Of
Kansas City by two men, unmasked;
loss, unknown. Men about 30, feet
inches, smooth-shaycd; one had
black eye; both wore caps and brown
oyercoats; carried guns, about 3s; one
bad gold tip on tooth"
Ten minutes after the men escaped
from the train "A special with "a posse
On board started In pursuit Although
the robbers were plainly seen by mem
W y VI AtlN ii AIAA hAhff ftH Alt1 Mtfg
making their escape no shots were
fred and no attempt was made go
overhaul them. The point at which
they made their escape rs about mile
and a half north OF Sheffield There
are no houscs for distance Of half "a
mile in any direction 10 The west,
and about 100 yards from the suburb
an Belt line tracks. there Is ID small
clump of trees, and it rs supposed that
the bandits had confederatcs awaiting
them in the darkness there with "a
Conveyance
General Agent c. r. Teas OF the
Wells. Fargo 81 Co.'S Express COM
pany said the robbers secured no,hinz
Of value, Others say that The robbers
made good haul. This is The FIRST
ho.d-up on the PittsburF IS Gulf road