The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-14
HOLDUP ON THE M, K, st,
Bandits Had an Easy Time in RObbiag
Express Car aud Passengers.
THE AMOUNT SECURED WAS SMALL
Eight Men Have Been Arrested and
Taken to Atoka to Jal---Women
Were Not Molcsted.

Denlson. Texas, August is.t-This morn.
ing al a. m. at Caney tank, on the MS
serti. Kansas aud Texas. forty miles north
NJ nenison. passenger train No. Q. south
hornd. was held up Tho express car was
looted, the safe dynamlted. the man car
rned and a small amount or money tak n.
irhe passengers on the train we're held
% and robbed 81 their money, but In no
Instance would the robbers take diamonds,
watches or Jewclry The express car WAS
badly wrecked by the dynamite used in
blow INK open the through safe eNo pas.
sengers were Injured aud no violence was
dcnc any % the passengers or train crew,
Postal CLERK Tuiley was compelled so go
through the train carrying the sack into
Witch the vaiuables we're thrown, Every
passenger was robbed aud then the rob
bers turned their attention TO the express
cars. Boths safes were blown open With
DYNAMITE aud the contents secured. The
amount stolen is not yet known, although
the robbers secured some valuable jewclry.
they gave diamond ring aud shirt
stud TO Engineer Lauham.
After the work was done the robbers
who seemed 20 enjoy the situation, sat
around ana laughed over The matter The
Whole AFFAIR was carried out without a
hitch, aud It IL believed the men have had
experience Ia this line OF business while
I'll, robbery was going on the operator at
a noy. hearing the shots. advised the Dent
son ONCE that the train waH being rpbb u.
Ailer holding tke Tram Two hours thN sHb'
lefs lst', going lniq lhV N9AtvlpF NV
aud ran down 20 the tanpy station, al.
Nlsint the Whetfs NJ anu Gown tpr tehu.
IhS express company @,Ms .hat " We.
llHtNn
the passengers loss az about S-Vl both
sales were demallsaed " lue NtflVN'phs
The point where the tobherY WAS commit
ted y otr 81 ne most taRoIabiT spots ~
the AuulNh IefritoiN Tor fnhnetl "
hes ABOUT eleven huHs S9Wth ~ Al"NH;
cauey aud Roggy bottoms which extend
n' Nv, VIZ ~, tle W. ' y rr5 t''
rthbc,s protertiou from pursuit Ia that
direction aud man nr men Knowing the
COUNTRY could eSslb crude olaeefs ana s't
Few hours after the Caney robbery was
g, ulnlitted eight men were arrested py the
NrpntN nitna statvs lAassn Sno 49, 49,
w lht ki"uun sn"t AltVN ,tuf '.',,,yte VIC
,'i',N, H., t,,i ~ "'' M vd re
lN Nhp the kuhR petueS NNt'' unu ~
sAainin9tioe 81 Eev9pus sheNS1 'nl ,ip 'p y,
XIV WV LII " -, - 49, 49,. 80
Tue community WHEY ihN lothelE N.e
90 uhMlNrus ShNt MutNu WIZ W. ~ W.
ss19ln VT i9I th11d Mh' me .sN i.,,,
g Tie bloodhonnds Tor SCENT and then tae
u1Huue N.Y. p4' w VIZ s'NuaM !, ~ 49, 49,, ~ ~.
Ia where ,he arrests we're made soon
a,'tt 'io lptu.uSFS ,uete Vas : -,
~ len vicinity whsfe y Wes eomhAUeo;
"a 800 NNtvn y, ~ ~ y. ~ 49, , ~ a
was ionuu an oid snt ~ clothes dercrih u
~ prihg worn ~ we rHnecrys egipe o. VA
s ,,,s 49,, 49, sha 9ns ei sae masNs e sS
glreHts were made ons PAIR o. shoes was
tiW,'V ~ ~, W. ~ - y vs. $50
tNEh Mtie '4AeM g. Aimha. mevsF wv
M rV t"uscN l9 !etL Ne thrn uuuHr ltt.st
~ ~ a{onhH '"heN "h0 ave "e't SEWN
~ t4~ y istNltN
atr naiFeta nave !auF s9i.s gt CORES
. 1870 euu Ns .f "Srn ~ 80 W. fn1usts X.
httNs ahn tuSsN n"NN ntth tahtn IN
SrH'sf ~ '"e "'NeTfN !" "Her ~ Nfl"'ns''
p'Nn' as H'slS' - iuaN 49,"
lux shortly after ! o'clock sauthhound
Missouri kansas aud Texas express train
500 hsld ~, ,d ,.ht,,., ~, 49, II,
"sN pru w 0"u tvp"fN " wv -
uAhhNu apahditS az h1ssA WaIer 'ahA' ne
tN cen Atoka ana Uaney switch, about hfty
t't"S N"''" ~ N"V'N ''" A"V H1'N F
si'NHht 70 bnlt by I'VE men ap me stu
,.nT NY sns,nS ~, -, ~" ~. ,ss,er
tatk when their tontrdyrates tWerksl
from thelr mulhg place ana uetannoa ~
Tue express messenger thai ho apen np, and
shCts The engineer was placed nnder
guard and the train held nutil ihe fohnefy
4 passenger said The urst lntlmau n
l baf that anything unusual was going on
Was the explosion nt q signal torpedo and
the sudden stopping o. mo fraih. Nert
sNan l heard the report ~ Winchester,
which was followed 10y several more shots.
There was general movement - h,'.n 81
valrAbles Two masked men appeared {
the forN ara hoCg ~ car coach with 4 az
shCrtrr iu czech hand, commanding Ham :
nj eYctI bpdy We will XII dny nre who
irles to hold hack az hide anything
nhn boldins an open sack made ot bed |
ticking rame down The aisle Of the ear
inai dug the people Ia deposit their vain
Ablos The other nasked nau stood at the
the passengers Tue man with the sack
WAS uDmaRkcd. I have since LEANED he
was tue railway postal clerk compelled t0
forty passengers 10 the ear and they We 9
ai tchthea' except hNc or ~ AutSs, hep I
" a ~ 9Aq sa men Ts, ass sR Money man ana 5s S.