The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
STORY OF THE HoLD-UP.
The Robbers Evidently Familiar witt
 Railroading.

AallroaQlng.
 St. Louis. Sept. IA special to The Post Dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex. says:
 Cotton Belt passenger train No. 1. southbound. due to leave Texarkana aa 9;25 last night. was delayed in its de- parture and did not get out until o'clock. It reached the Texas and Pa cific crossing, four miles south of Texar. kama, about 1l:25 p. m. As 1t stopped to blow, six men boarded the train. Two of these were on the engine and conn pelled the engineer and fireman to go back and cut the mail and express ears from the train. When this had been done the six men boarded the engine. left the fireman with the train and the engineer was instructed to pull out south The Iraln was run to Eyula, small siding. where stop was made.
 While one man guarded the engine the nVe others went back to the express ear, forced the doors and blew open the safe. They took their time at the work, end when they had concluded returned to the loC2 motive with two sacks heavy with booty. These they tossed on the engine. Turning to the engineer, one said:
 wen just shell road you here: you are not the only engineer In this crowd and guess we can run the machine a few miles without your assistance. When
 
 on your mileage as we won't put in time for the run we make"
 Putting out the headlight. the bandit engineer opened the throttle and pulled out. Ensfneer Henderson was left with the express and mail cars and the mes- senger and postal clerk. He made his two Of the scene and procuring a handcar ana some men to assist In propsililg it. started 0E search for the locomotive. II II was slow work. At point youth of HnDNn Uyffhfr .R Tr1.w .&o.. they came upon the deserted engine standing on the main track, throttle closed. lights out and no one in sight. The engine was at the bottom of the gradR, and had either been deserted or had been left at a point further north and was allowed by its own weight to seek the level track. The engineer got aboard, backed to the express and mail cars and coupled on.
 The train was not put together until early this morning. Some time after ting his engine and two cars back to where the first stop was made by the robbers, and the train proceeded south to Mount Pleasant, the division point. There a full report was made of the robbery.
 In the meantime Conductor Armstrong and several passengers had walked back to Texarkana and given the alarm Without delay the Sheriff organized a posse and started in pursuit and the con- ductor returned to his train.
 While Superintendent Russ of the Pa- eific Express Company, admits the rob bers secured much money, he refused to make statement.
 The trick was turned by mea mere ex- perienced in railroading than In robbery. They knew the stops of the train .eLd were prepared for the emergency thus presented. 1t was not necessary for to flag the engineer and when he stopped to blow for crossing they climbed aboard. They were armed but did not make un- display of their weapons. All were masked and each wore a coat The where the hold-up occurred Is iensely wooded. so that the robbers have an opportunity to double on their tracks through the timber and hide the route they are travelling.