Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-14
Flagman Bound and Gagged Train
and Engine Uncoupled-
Dynamitsd.
Plucky Engineer Shot Men Make
Good Their Escape With the
Money.

NAVAOys
Chicago, Oct. 14.-The Northwestern
limited. a train leaving Chicago at 1O:3O
last night. was held up near DeKalb.
ILL.,, by masked men and robbed A
special train containing number Of
armed men and detectives left for the
scene of the robbery.
Twenty minutes before the train was
due at Maple Park the robbers burst
into the station house and bound and
gagged the agent. The signals were
then changed so that the train would
be compelled to stop before reaching
the depot. The robbers after un-
coupling the engine, compelled the en-
gineer to run it down the track two
miles, They then blew up the express
car with dynamite, practically demol-
ishing it and blocking the track. They
1t is not known how much money was
secured. The robbers fled and posse
is in pursuit.
Engineer Daniel White, who refused
to run his engine away from the train,
was shot and seriously wounded in the
breast.
The Northwestern Company has Of
fered a suitable reward for the capture
of the robbers.
The story as told by General Manager
Antisdel of the American Express
Company. says there was s25, 900 cash in
the safe which the robbers dynamited
and looted in the hold-up of the North
western train near DeKalb last night.
Antisdel said he could not even guess
the value of the jewelry and other val
uables carried.
According to the Northwestern Off
cial report. three or four masked men
held up the operator in the block tower
between Elburn and Maple Park. short
~ before II o'clock and bound and
gagged him. They then set the block
signals and stopped the train. The
robbers took possession of the express
car. blew open the safe. extracted the
contents. cut off the engine, ran it two
miles west of Maple Park. drew the
fires and escaped. Persons on the train
were not molested. When the special
from Chicago bearing the railroad Off
ciais arrived on the scene they found
the operator in the tower still bound
and gagged and the conductor, engi-
neer and fireman tied to the express
car. Other officials with detectives arr
rived soon afterward and organized a
pursuit of the robbers. Three suspects
were arrested at daybfeak and taken to
the South Elmhurst police station.
They were found in a freight car. 1t is
not at all certain they are the men
wanted. The mail car was not molested.
A bundle of bills aggregating $4,000
was recovered by attaches of the ex-
press company. 1t had been blown
through the bottom of the car and inn
bedded in the earth between the rail
road ties. The bills We're badly muti-
lated. It is believed by railroad Off
cials that the booty secured by the rob-
bers was also rendered worthless by the
heavy charge of dynamite used to blow
open tho safe. The railroad and ex-
press companies have offered reward
of $1,000 for the capture of the robbers.
ENGINEER WHITES STORY.
Tells About the Manner in w hich the
Robbers Worked.
Special to Times Republican.
Clinton. Oct. 14.-The crew of the C. &
N. w. train held up near Dekalb last
night arrived here this morning Their
stories agree in most particulars with
that sent out by the Associated Press.
Engineer White. of this city, who had
charge of the locomotive OF the train
held up, said the first he knew of any
thing wrong was when four men
climbed on the engine and ordered him
self and Fireman Jewell. also of Clin-
ton. to get out, when they were marched
TO the mail car. where the train crew
was corralled. The car was locked and
man left to guard while the Others
went to the express. blew open the safe
and secured the contents. After the
robbery the engine was run several
miles cast, where its fire was killed anG
the men escaped. 1t was the boldest
robbery in the history of railroading
The men We're not novices either at rob.
berry or the handling Of an engine. They
worked systematically and knew just
what to do. They We're not excited and
went about their work in cool and col.
lected manner.
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Natives at Apia Violate Agreement
Made with Powers.
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