The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-11
HOLC-UP NEAR OMAHA.
Train Robbers Paw the BurIing-
ton Road Another Call.
ONE BANDIT is KILLED.
Express Messenger With a Timely Shot
Saves the Treasure in His Pos
session and Puts Robbers
TO Flight.

TO Flight
| Council Bluffs. Ia. Oct. 4.-Lyins
at the mOr@ue in this city with bull
let through his heart is a man, pow
erfully built, black hair. mustache
about six feet tall, aged apparently
f. wears. He was one of two mel
who held up the Kansas CITY passen.
ger train on the Burlington road
three miles south OF this city at mid
night. Express Messenger Charles
Baxter killed him.
The two men boarded the train at
| Union Pacific transfer and climbed
over the tender Just as the train was
crossing the Mosquito creek bridge.
Engineer Donnelly and Frank Hol.
man, fireman. who were in charge of
the engine, We're ordered to slow up
as soon as the train had crossed the
bridge. While the dead man held
revolver on the engine crew his COM
paniOn went back and cut off the
| baggage and mail cars, leaving the
| day coaches and sleepers standing on
the main line.
Acting finder these orders the EN-
gineer pulled the train half a mile
down the track where a stop was
made. Here the robbers approached
the express car and ordered Messen-
ger Baxter to open the door. He
refused to do so. Under cOmpulsiOn
Engineer Donnelly attached stick
OF dynamite to the side door of the
car and blew it open. In the mean
time Messenger Baxter seized his gun
escaping from the door on the oppo-
site side OF the car. As soon as the |
door was opened one of the robbers |
entered the ear while his companion |
marched the engineer and fireman |
back to the engine.
Baxter crept around in front of the |
engine, and seeing the robber stand |
ing guard over the engine crew. fired
one shot, killing him Instantly. As
soon as the shot was heard the rob
Der in the car jumped to the ground
and fled through a corn field.
The dead man was picked up.
placed on board and the train was
backed into this city. The body was
searched, but nothing could be found
on it by which it could be identified.
1t was dressed in a neat suit of black
clothes, over which overalls and a
Jumper had been drawn. In the peck
cts were found about SO in money
and a watch and chain. Conductor
William McGrew. who was in charge
OF the train thinks the dead man is
one George OF st. Joseph
The robber who escaped was larger
and taller than the dead man. being
APPARENT Y above six feet in height.
Both men were masked and both
wore overalls and jumpers The
ioor of the express car was badly
shattered by the explosion of dyna-
mite. The robber inside the ear was
to blow the safe at the
-lme his companion was killed. He
,eased operations at once and no
damage was done to the contents of
he car, nor YVES anything taken
after putting on a new express car
md transferring the freight the train
proceeded 20 Kansas City.
New York. Oct 4.-Carl Schurz has
the presidency of the ma
ional civil service reform associa-
ion in order, it is stated, that his
PERSONAL advocacy Of the election of
lr. Bryan shall not in effect bear in
my way against the nOnpartisan
Isefulness of the association.
Galveston, Tex. Oct. 4.-The find :
ng OF corpses in Galveston seem
lever ending. twenty-fvea day being
ecoyered. 1t is certain now that
he dead in the city viii exceed 5000
outside the city limets on the island :
200 and on the mainland over
400