Morris tribune., 1901-07-06
MADE A Big HAUL
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN ROB.
BEERS SAID TO HAVE Sc.
= CURED $4,000.
OCCURS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

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) F4oIdup One of the BoIdest Affairs OF
the Kind Ever Recorded in the
West-Passensers Become Curious
and Are Made Targets for the Bull
lets Of the Robbers, Three Receive
Ing Slight Wounds.
Great Falls, Mon, July 4.-The
Great Northern Transcontinental
Train No. was held up at Wagner,
| Mon, 1876 miles east of Great Falls, at
| 8 p. M. by three masked men, who
| blew open the express car and wrecked
the through safe with dynamite, Sc
curing $4,000 The robbery, in day
| light. was one of the boldest that ever
occurred in the West
One of the robbers boarded the
"blind baggage" car at Hinsdale, a
station about 20 miles east Of Wagner.
He appeared to be a common hobo,
but when the conductor discovered
him at. stop almost Immediately
afterward, he drew a heavy Colts re-
volver and ordered him to return to
the rear of the train on penalty Of tn |
slant death. The hobo then climbed
over the locomotive tender and at the
point OF his revolver compelled the /
engineer and fireman to stop the train /
at q ravine few miles east of Wag-
ner, where his confederates, two In
number, both masked. lay in wait.
The hobo then compelled the engineer
and fireman to abandon the engine.
Firing began on both sides Of the train
as 1t came to a stop.
Three Passengers Injured.
Passengers on the train began to
man alighted on one side of the train,
while Travelling Auditor Douglas
on the opposite side. They
instantly became the targets Of Win
chesters in the hands of the robbers,
but both escaped without injury. A
passenger on the tourist coach, who
was leaning out of the window, was
struck by stray bullet and seriously
injured. Two other passengers were
shot, but neither was seriously IN
Iured.
To wreck the door of the express
Ear with dynamite, with which both
he confederates that appeared from
he ravine were literally supplied, was
he work of an instant. The express
Messenger was compelled to leave the
ar at the point of rife and the
through safe was Immediately dyna-
nited The first charge did not break
{ open, and four others in quick sue
ession were necessary before 1t was
orced. The robbers hurried1y gath
red in its contents, consisting of
pecie shipments, drafts, coin and val =
able negotiable paper, and retreated,
eeping the train crew and passengers
Fl at the point of their rifles. u
Robbers Escape on Horses.
All three disappeared in the ravine
nd were seen later, one mounted on A
bay horse, one upon white horse: ~
nd one upon a buckskin, heading =
outward at furious gait, the booty
eing plainly visible, in sack thrown +
cross the saddle bows of the rider "
pom the buckskin horse. q
AS the hobo climbed over the tender I
D the locomotive he drew on a mask, o
endering it almost impossible to Sc It'll
urea good description. Each of his / f,
onfederates was masked and the only a.
obtainablearegardin them !,
J that one was evidently half-breed.
his was the robber upon the buck =
kin horse. e ~ nv y
The gang headed for the Little u
,ockies range, lying across the Milk g
iver, In an almost inaccessible coun-
~, consisting mainly of bad lands. il
osses were Immediately organized in "
one by sheriff who happened +,
} be a passenger on the train. The /
hances of capturing the men are ex-
thin, since they have several
ours start of the posses, are thor 9
ughly familiar with the country and q
ave excellent mounts. The gang are
cavity armed and evidently desperate u
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