The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-13
.L0NE MASKED ROBBER
Goes Through a Passenger
Train 10 Nebraska. ].
COLLECTS ABOUT $1,000
Respects Ladies Property
No Clue to Identity.

Denver, Colo, Sept 12.-westbound pas
senger train No on the Burlington rail-
road, which arrived in Denver at 7:10
o'clock this mornin, was held up five
miles east of Haigler, Neb.. at 1:4O
o'clock by a lone masked robber who
secured about $500 in money. two diamond
rings, one diamond stud, three gold
watches and other articles Of minor val
ue, all the property of passengers. No
yomen passengers were molested. The
Ic ne rObber, ffeurishing a revolver, made
hi way through the car and forced his
vic tins to hand over their property,
TIM satening to shoot if they did not COM
ply.
4 good description of the road agent
was secured and Burlirgto nofficials at
once offered a reward of $1,000 for his
captu1 and conviction. The robber is
about five feet eight inches tall; weight
1GO pounds; dressed in blue overalls linen
hat. and striped overjacket; about IS
years old; brown hair Officials all along
the line have been notified
The rubber boarded the train at Benk-
leman, 29S miles out of Denver, where a
stop was made to cool off a hot \ box
and take on wafer After the train left
Benklema q, he made his way from the
rear car into the Chicago sleeper, and
there covered Porter Bell with a revolt
yer and compelled him to start through
the car, dr. awning back the curtain from
berths. w S. Tomlin, the brakeman,
was covered and compelled to go ahead
a~Jh OF ole
The robber confined his operations to the
men, and his orders were sharp and to
the point.
dig up your purse" he commanded
of X B. w son, OF Sacramento, who was
in the Chicago sleeper. Wilson dug up
500 in gold and a diamond ring worth
s175. had other money and his watch
ut the robber overlooked these.
81 rad no time to think said Wilson
this m orning. when the man ordered
me to deliver my valuables 1 knew that
he meant what he said 1 simply handed
him what was convenient and he went
on. e had me covered with his revol-
yer and was preceded by the brakeman
who opened the curtains for him. There
was comparatively no excitement. 1t
was all over in few minutes and when
the roiber dropped off the train in thhe
dark there were few who realized fully
what had happened
Mrs NJ. B. Tebbetts wife of Alderman
Tebbetts Of this city, was passenger on
the train. with her young son. They oc-
eunied berths in the Chicago car. 1.-THE
brakeman drew back the curtain OF my
berth and the masked man looked in.
She said: sc Just glanced at me and
said. oh. she's a woman, we won't
bother her Then passed on. robbed
all of the men on the cars, and treated
all OF the women courteously and robbed
none of them"
Conductor f. J. Dixon, who had charge
Of the sleepers. was powerless to pre-
vent the robbery. The Train Conductor
Charles Bronson, was in the smoking car
AMI knew nothing about the affair until
it was over
1.-THE robber covered me with a gun and
made me open the berths for him." said
Brakeman TomlinsOn. 81 walked ahead
of him, knowing that If I made false
move I would be shot. and as I opened
each berth he called for the occupants
vaIuables and got them without pro-
test
a later estimate places the loss Of the
passengers at about $1,000.
Following is list of individual losses:
Or. Spaulding, chief medical inspector |
of the department of health, Chicago, |
$50 in cash ana watch valued at 81. C. |
Boswell. Nashville, Ill, 500 in currency |
and $25 in gold. R. Boswell, Nashville, |
H.. go in cash and a watch valued at |
so: F. A. Smith, On aha, Neb.. s. in ash |
ard a watch valued DIT 800 and a dia- |
mond ring worth $3.50; w. 7. Chapman, |
Cheyenne Wyc. IS: Oscar A Troustine,
Cincinnati, s125; W. B. Wilson. Sacra-
mento cal 500 a diamond stud, worth |
$175 and pair Of cuff buttons valued at |