Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-08
A DARING HoID-up.
Two Prisoners Rob Their Captol
and Make Clever Escape.

Two Prisoners Rob Their Captors
and Make Clever Escape.
Des Moines, Sept. s.-A Rock Island
railroad train was the scene of daring
and amusing hold-up Thursday morn
ing, between Commerce and Valley
Junction. Constables Shuler and John
Cameron, Of Valley Junction, were the
parties held up. John Doe and Charles
Roe did the work. The constables were
in charge of the unknowns, bringing
them to Des Moines for safe keeping.
The hold-up men simply drew their
guns on the constables, asked Shuler
and Cameron to hand over their fire.
arms, which the officers Of the law
obligingly did, when the prisoners re-
sauested the conductor to kindly slow up
a little, and then jumped off.
Shuler and Cameron We're somewhat
discounted by their experience as
guardians of the bad men, refusing
to relate their troubles to reporter.
However, the story was too good to
hold and the railroad men gave the joke
away. The details of the story, as
nearly as they could be learned with
Shuler and Cameron silent, are as fol-
lows
A few weeks ago store was robbed
at Maxwell. Aquantity of clothing was
among the goods stolen. Detectives
were placed on the track of the thieves
land the chase began. 1t was discovered
that the clothing had been taken to a
nearby town and shipped by express.
But the thieves discovered that the Of
ficers We're on their track and the goods
were shipped from one town to another.
Finally the goods landed at Council
Bluffs and We're ordered sent from there
| to Commerce. The goods We're to arrive
There Thursday morning and the de-
Electives notified the Valley Junction
Iconstab les as the most available. In the
meantime three suspicious characters
appeared at Valley junction and were
watched by the vfgilant Hawkshaws.
Shuler and Cameron then proceeded to
lCommerce to arrest the men who APP
lpeared to claim the goods on the charge
| of larceny. The goods had not been long
at the station when two of the Valley
Junction suspects called and claimed
the goods from the express agent The
Valley Junction men promptly and
bravely placed the men under arrest
| The next thing was to lodge their men
| in Jail.
| After consultation it was decided to
take their men to Des Moines on the
first train. A local freight was about
due, and as it arrived the suspected
Thieves We're ordered into the caboose
Irhey proceeded with great alacrity, pro
testing that some mistake had beer
Imade The constables followed behins
land seated themselves near to guart
the men Then came the fun. The
train had hardly left the station ant
vas just beginning to get up speed
VIXEN the bad men grew FESTIVE. All a
once, as if by preconcerted plan, TIN
1.-Two prisoners pulled out OF their peck
It's big revolver apiece and levele,
l.he guns at the heads of the constables
The officers hands Went up like flasl
4 md the prisoners calmly searched tn
4 pockets of the officers and took thei
guns away from them, stuffing then
blown in their own pockets. Then the,
4 walked back to the rear of the caboos'
and dropped off the car. warning thu
! officers that if they followed ther
would be some shooting. and 1t woult
Ian be done by one side. Cameron ant
shuler returned to Valley Junction. TIL
detective who has been tracing the rob
bers for the last three weeks is said t.
II be somewhat excited.