The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15
ILLINOIS IRl|k ROBBERY.
Anounf Takan saaa % - Less Than
qGsOoo, asA believed - D -
t1Iaael ~ Explosive UseA-AAsgs
n<warA Ter Arrest 81 RSbhers.


saIaaeA ~ Explosive UseA-Lasgs
newasA 1sT Arrest ~ nSsbsEs.
CHICAGO. Oct. i4--Masked robbers
held 10 train No. Of the Northwestern
railway shortly before midnight between
Maple Park and De Kalb. and snot ~
Dan White, the engineer, ran away with
~ engine. and blew open the express car
AMI ssfe When the robbers had rined
the car they disappeared
Tain No forms part Of the fast trans
conkInentAi mali which was recently e.
tahIished between New York and Ban
Francisco The run II made from Chica-
essdinx ! mile ! minute. Il has bssn the
one containing express matter and the
'' T6e train left chicago At 1912 with
Dan White a. engineer. No stops we're
srhedulsd between Chicago and De
k.b 4 . sa,in s Disss the oc iasin
IA nspie Park. Atty miles from
sCAtcA0o, Il was discovered that tower
~" 81 EIburns. was sisher out Of or
Dan white closed the throttle quickly
ana brought tbs train TO standstiH
ne train vas midway between Elourne
Vhite had hardly brought his engine to
: stsndssill when Two masked men jump
81 onto the steps and pointed guns Al
Throw up your hands" they shouted
The railroad men did 20.
Dstasb the EngtAe.
The two robbers detached the engine
from the rest of this train and White was
tod g pull out; Tue robbers ordered asr nm
Then Ne attempted TO make . nght and
Tscaptrrs his engine. He struggled man
s him. but f.ilsd g NIT him
taeisd the. conductor and bFaksman. NV
1NFcus shots were nred % mtmlaats
them. The conductor Was unable 70 MAKE
s Killed.
Ops ef the brakeman panaEad % eeeApe
81 the larknsss ana raced e Neurn. wnese
be managed to send the alarm 70 the train
diapatchs! in Chicago.
IhA robbers after ovArpcwerin9 the con-
ducfor. ordered the expFeSs messenger.
Frank Hobson. 10 admit them 70 the car.
shouted. aor ven blow Il up
Back from the car came shout: GU
Try 70 force I! open and III shoot the nrsf
en WDo snows a. 49,
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.fss, ssxsr.i suiissa had vSis,lsS p.ss his
hssd the exprese meseenger oDsiiAd the
go They put revolvers to his head and
compelled him to give up the keys TO the
- ~ fhfo,,ef, aafe with dynamite. the ex-
niosicn wreckins the car. The robbers
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once 70 the scens Of the hold
The trainmsn OF No ils had noticed no:
engine - .h h went By. but had thought
nothinG In particular OF H.
Operator noanA and GaggeA.
when the freight crew reached tower
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too'. anas w. any ovssis
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pt1ns uutcaknV sua AnsW whae IVY
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1nef Wouiu NIL nim- lues usu HIm W
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than act niRnais which caused Ma. to
slow up
The train dispatcher made repeated ef-
forts 20 reach the Maple Park operator
when no report WAS made TO him for nf-
teen minutes OF the passing of No. >
II wac FIRST Thought al the Northwest
ern offfre that Nc had been wrecked.
and orders were cent up and down the
fthe 10 watch and report an accident II
eny had occurred.
Police ON the search.