The sun., 1900-12-14
TRAIN ROBBERY IN A CITY.
Iy ILIINOI, CTNTRiL EXPRESSHELD
TP y NEW ORLEANS.
Robber. stopped the Train On Carroiton
Avenue and Blew Opcn the Espre"
Car with Dynamite MIX Cans Break,
Dr,nch:ns the Car-Few Letters stolen.

NEW OHiEANs Dec. ~ The Cannon BAH
train Of the Illinois Central Railroad which
arrived here tonight a. : IL o'clock was held
M within the city limits of New Orleans a nd
on a well settled avenue hy q gang Of train
robbers The act vas one of the most dc~-
p-rate ever committed IN such Il Grim" and.
while the robbers got littlo for their trouble.
they caused a panic on the train and great
excitement
The robbers wer" either three or four in
number, aud II is thought got on the train at
Eenner ahoutt ten miles north ot Ncw orleans.
one 81 them the lender, arpH'. lily, managed
to make his way through the train to the front
and reach the engine. lie made his apr ear
ance Just Hs the train reached ,arrol,ton
avenue whore II crus sos the CarTo'lton street
car line The engineer, Charles Smith, found
a man bending over him Tho man wore a
black mask and IN hi> hand was n large re-
volver. pointed directly at smiths head
he ordered the engineer to stop the train and
to dctach the engine from the other cars.
Meantime either two or three men-there
i. some confusion a- To- the nlmbcr--also
wearing black masks. appeared in front Of the
express car and called upon the express
messenger to open tie car The messenger
hesitated. and a stick II dynamite was stuck
hew open the Ger. and the robbers entered
and began their search for valuable>
Evidently they knew very little Of the rail-
road business, for thi- special train never car
rirs money in the express car. aAd an exam
nation Of the safe soon convinced the men
that there was nothing to be got there.
The eNrrc-> ca. brings large quantity
- milk from dairie~ In TanEipahoa The
cnnr containing thi- wore bloAl to pieces
by the eNIlosiuu of the dynamite and the
cur was drcrr Cd with milk. The robbers
then took some one hundred odd registered
letters in the mail car and fearing that the
explosion would call M the city police
started To leave. The leader, who had taken
possession ~ the enEiue evidently became
alarmed first for before hi- men had got
through searching the cypress car. he had
started tho engine. dosertinG them. lie ran
tie engine about half mile back. snrang
from IT and disappeared in IN" bushes. Mean
while the other robbers jumped from the
express car
The conductor. Kennebrew by name. was
at the end OF the car when the train stopped.
He sprang to the ground and began waving
his lantern a. a signal to tho engineer One
Of the robbers fired at him. the ball strik-
ing Kennebrew in the groin and infctinc
a sllgnt wound, ne eNIlo~ipn Ol ln' uNnI-
mite and the pistol shot aroused the pas
sengers In the train. which was quito crowded.
and the news got out that the train was be-
ing held up By highwaymen.
There was great excitement among the
passengers. Most Of them started IN hide
such valuables as they had After the shoot
ing OF the conductor they did not venture
out OF the cars. one OF tn" robbers took
the express messengers gold watch. This
and the registered letters We're all they got.
They did not enter the passenger coaches.
realizing that the job had To bee done in very
quick order or the city polio" might b" eN-
pected 10 appear at any mtuut"
The news Of the robbery reached the police
Headquarters within "A lew minutes and sev-
eral officers and detectives were hurried To
the scene. The robbers had all disappeared
~ that time. The police arrested six negr"e,
whom they found in IN" neighborhood on
suspicion. The robbers. II l. said by all
who saw them. were white men wearing
b ok mask. The police think that ~"
Isgroe- may lc accessories or know some
Thing of the whereabouts of the robbers,
"a. IL is scarcely possible that the latter could
have got far away III the Tin" between the
fobbing Of the tain and the appearance oi
the police.