Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-05
ROBBERS MIKE BIG HAUI
Great Northern Train ii Montana Held
p by Robbers Who Make
Good Sized Haul. 553

0oa 1ed t1 81 e aui. w 8SS
Robbery occurred ii Broad Daylight
ana obhers Said 70 Have OBJ
n aimed; .'esl ssssss, sss, GOO.
Holdup one Sof Sths Boldests Affairs: 81.
3 tie ind that Has Ever Occurred
D II 4 thu EST. 33351
Great Fails, on, July The
Great Mort hern Transc tinentaI
Train N 8 y was held up at Wagner,
Mon. 1876 @miless east Of Great ,,ssat
q p. ri, three masked men who
blew open the express car5an wrecked.
the through safe with d ynamite |, Sc Sc
curing s83, 900 he rob berry in day
light. was one of the bold lest that ever
occur redsttn the est.
One Of the robb beTs boarded the ne.
"'blind baggage can at Hinsdale, a.
station about 90 miles east Of Wagner
He appeared to be con1mo hobo,
but when the conductor disc oyered
him at a stop almost immed diately
afterward, he drew q heavy Colts re
zvolyer and ordered him to return n8to.
the rear Of the train on penalty of In
5stant death. The hobo then climbed
over the loc otive tender and at the
point of his revolver comps elled the
engineer and fireman to stop the train
at raYine q few miles east Of Vag-s.
Sner. where his confederates, two I'm
number both masked, lay IN wait,
The hobo then comp elled the engineer
and fireman, to abandon the engine
Firing beganson both sides Of the train,
as IT came to Al stop. III. js5 i$s,.s
Three Passenger Injured. ~
Passengers on the. train began to
look out OF the windows and a, brake
man alighted on one side OF the train,
while Travelling Auditor Douglas
alighted on the opposite side. They
instantly became the targets of Win
chesters IN the hand Of the robbers.
but both escaped without injury a
passenger on the tourist coach, who
was leaning out Of the Il wind low, was
struck BY a stray bull let and seriously
injured Two other passengers were
shot, but neither was seriously IN
jured ,5Ss
vi wreck the door OF the express
car with dynamite with which both
the confed derates that appeared from
the ravine were libera ally supplied, was
the work of an instant. he express
messenger was compelled to leave the:
car at the point Of a rife and the
through safe was Immediate dyna-
mited The first charge did not break
open, and four others in quick sue
cession were necessary before it was.
forced. The robbers aurriedly gath
cred In It's contents, consisting Of
specie shipment dr RATS, coin and val
uable negotiable paper. and retreated. !.
keeping the train crew and passengers
of at the point Of their rifles. ssS2
Robbers Escape 81 iorses.
All three disappeared III the ravineI
and were seen later one mounted on
a bay horse, one upon "a white horse;
and one upon a uckskin, heading
EsouthWard at d furious gait, the booty
being plainly yisibl in q sack thrown
across the saddle bows OF the rider.
upon the sbuckskin horse.
{ 5As the hobo climbed over the tender
10 the locomotive he drew on d mask
rendering 1t almost npossible tos se-a
cure q good descript Ion. Each Of his
Sconfederates was masked and the only
Information obtainable regarding them
is that one was evidently a hall 1f;breed.s1
This was the Tobber upon the buck
skin horse. s.ss
The gang headed for the Little
Rockies range, lying across the Milk
river. III an almost inacc cessable coun-!
try. nonsisting mainly Oh bad lands.
Posses we're in1m diately organized sin
pursuit one Nv u sherifff who happened
TO be d passenger on the train, The;
chances ofs cap uring the men are ex-
Eceadingly III ms since they have several
hours start nf the posses, are thor
Eoughiy fami lar with the country and
have excel lent mounts. The gang are
hsayily armed and eyidently desperate
men.
i,s Fourti, 1t Fekins.
Peking July The Fourth was
celebrated here oy the United states
legation guard With athletic games
and fireworks The German minister.
h Dr.. llfaIn von Sciiwarzenstein, gave