The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-12
BOLD ROBBERY.
Train Held Up by One Man and
Robbed by Three. 4: 5S
aEoUREs $ea, 900.
B svoIvers, Rifles and Dynamite
Used Freely. Wounds sew 8s
erai and Max ss Their |,,ss ss5s
I Eec,ape.

The Great Northorn trans. ns.oontinental
train No. 3, leaving st. Paul Mimi
Tuesday morning at 8 O'clock, was held
up at Wagner, Mont, i Sc miles east !, of5
Great Falls, at 800 Wednesday aftor.
noon by three masked mon who blew
open the express car aud wreokod the
through safe with dynamite, securing
$4,000. A, y 's575
The robbery, in daylight, was ono Of
tho boldest that has ever occurred in the
west. Il 32
One Of the robbers boarded the ssblind5
baggage car at Hindalo, station
about 20 milea cast Of Wagner. Ho ap.@
poared to be common hobo, but when
tho conductor discovered him at q stop
almost Immediately afterward he drew
heavy Colts revolver and ordered him
to return to tho rear of the train on
penalty Of instant death. The hobo
then nlimhad over the lnenmntiv tan-
der, and at tho point OF his roySiyer
compelled the enginoer and firoman to-
stop tho train at a ravine few milcs
cast of Wagaer, whore his oonfodorstes,
two in number, both masked, lay in /
wait. The hobo then compelled the
fireman and engineer to abandon the
engine and firing began on both sidos4
Of the train as it oame to stop. g q n
Passengers on the train began to look
out Of the windows and brakeman
alightod on one side Of tho train while
the travelling auditor, Douglas, alighted
on the opposite side. Both instantly
bocame tho target Of Winohosters in 4
tho hands Of the robbers and were
wounded. A passenger on the tourist
coach who was looking out Of the vim
dow was struck by q stray bullet and
seriously injured and two other pass
sengers were shot but neither Were eo-8 Il
riousIy injured. II gY 4
To wreck tho door Of tho express car 8
with dynamite, with which both thes
confoderatea who appeared from tho;
ravine were liberally supplod, was tho
work of an instant. The oxpressusn
was compelled to leave the oar at ! the
point Of q riffs, and tho though safe
was Immediately dynamited. /. The first
charge did not break it open, and four
Othors In quick s1ooossioo oonS were ne oes.s
sary before it wa j forced 81; hi 3 rob bors !;
hurriodly LIZ gathored jim its3 contont ii, d oil q
BiBting of ape cole ii jill pnen ii, rsf ts. 90
aild lghbles1s ls IS
lAfiHea.
All 5thrso disapp cared in TIL 81 sayine ,s;
and were soon later, one noun led I oil a
bay horse, one upon a IN hite horaa. q one s
upon q buokskin heading a0uth@ayd sat 1
q furious gait, the booty being plainly
visible in q sack thrown across tho sad sSS''
die bows Of the rider upon the buck
skin horse. n d 18a y; NJ 81 ss
AS the hobo climbed over the ten;
der to the locomotive cab, he drew ON q
mask rendering it almost impossible to u
secure Q good description. Eaoh Of .
his oonfederates was masked and thu
only information obtainable regarding
them is that one was evidently a half
breed. y. Il ~.
This was the robber upon the buck
skin horse. The gang hoadod for the
Little kockios range, lying across tho
Milk river in an almost inaooessiblo
country, consisting mainly Of bad
lands. Posses wero Immediately organ
izsd in pursuit, one BY q sheriff who
happened to be a passenger on the
train. NJ isi 4 b fSsiS Slfs "A 6.sT5l$