Evening star., 1901-08-01
SEVEN MEN ARRESTED.
Suspected of Connection With Hold
Up Of the B. and O. Express
LITTLE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM
Some Think Robbers Escaped by
Boat on Lake Michigan.
REV ARD FOR capture

CHICAGO. August 1.-Seven suspects are
under arrest in connection with the hold
up Of the Baltimore and Ohio limited west
bound last evening. thirty-one miles south
east of this city. Three Of the prisoners
were found lowering about camp fire
east Of Miller's, Ind. not far from the scene
of the hold-up. They gave the names of
Mccoy. Becker and Israelson. The other
four were taken In at Albion, Ind There
Is. apparently, no conclusive evidence
against the men,.
Bloodhounds taken to the scene early
today did not readily take the trail, owing
to the oil-soaked condition Of the track
and roadbed in the vicinity.
A launch has constantly patrolled Lake
Michigan. in the. hope that the robbers
would attempt to escape in that direction.
Nothing has transpired in that direction.
however.
The engineer and firemen were unable to
identify any OF the suspects captured near
Miller's station owing to the fact that the
faces Of the bandits had been concealed by
masks.
AS soon as the attempted robbery was
reported to the railroad officials In Chi
cago special train was made up
and fast run was made to the scene
OF the hold-up. The train carried officials
Of the road, special detectives and officers
Bloodhounds were secured from Long
Beach and these aided in the search for
the desperadoes. It Is the firm belief of the
police that the robbers are concealed on
the shore of the lake in a boat in which
they escaped. Police patrolled the shore
from the vicinity Of the hold-up to as far
north as Evanston on the lookout for any
craft in which the men might have escaped
and the life-saving crews sent boat out
on the lake.
A reward of $500 has been offered by the
superintendent of the road for any in
formation that will lead to the arrest of
the bandits, and it Is thought that q great
er amount will be offered for their capture.
]. w. Collins, engineer Of the train that
was held up, said:
Engineer Collins Statement.
II thought I was being signaled to take
on some picnickers. ] knew there were
picnic grounds along that stretch OF woods
somewhere. AS slowed up two men
swung up on the step of the cab. 1 threw
up my hands at their command. They
took my watch and broke the chain in do
ing SO. One of the men was tall and
rather stoutly built with sandy hair The
other was short and slight and dark-haired.
Both wore pieces of black cloth over their
faces. The masks had eyeholes cut in them.
None of the features Of the mems faces
was exposed. In nay experience with them
they handled mo roughly by the arms sew
strength. They had evidently been used to
hard labor. When they took me ahead of
the engine to where the rails lay across the
track they said to me: You see there was
no escape. We would have stopped you
anyway The rails were sections about ten
feet long. I threw them to the side of the
track and cleared the way. After the car
had been dynamited and the robbers learn
ed beyond doubt that they had made a
mistake, they were evidently afraid to go
back to the train for the expreSS car They
then walked around to the other side OF
the cars and disappeared"
Last Saturday night an attempt was
made to hold up the same train at point
eighty-one miles from Chicago. A steel
cable was stretched across the track. The
trainmen removed the cable, but the rob-
bers for some reason did not appear. This
attempt was made, 1t is supposed, by the
same men who appeared last night.
Although little or no loss was occasioned
to the mail the post Office officials In In
diana and Illinois are hot on the trail of
the robbers