The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-17
ROBBERS LOOT A TRAIN.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Train
No. 3, South Bound, Held Up
at Caney Switch, l. T.
ROBBERS WENT THROUGH COACHES.
The Postal Clerk CompsIiod TO Carry =
Sack to Collect PasseDgers' Vsauabies-
The Express Safe Blown Open and
Looted-The Robbers Arrested within
Few Hours.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 1.-THE
south-bound Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as train No. 3, due here at 80 a. IN,
was robbed at Caney Switch, l. T., at
1:O5 o'clock yes erday morning by five
masked men. The express car was
blown open, the safe wrecked and the
mail sacks rifed. All the passengers
were robbed of their money.
Caney, the place where the robbery
occurred, is side track 80 miles
north of Denison. 1t is in the Choe
taw nation of the Indian territory,
and the population surrounding the
station is only 1875. The train does
not stop at Caney except on signal,
and the proper signal was given. The
engineer whistled his reply, and the
train slowed down for the stop.
Instead of the hurried signal to go
ahead, the engineer and fireman were
confronted by two men with faces
veiled with black netting. About the
same time the express messenger and
the mail clerk were communicated
with through the closed doors of their
car. Three of the robbers shot wildly
and then the call went to the mes
senger and clerk:
"Open up here, open up, and dont
be too slow about it."
From within came no response. The
two men could not be seen. They
awaited only the result. When there
was no reply from within the robbers
again called out:
"Open the door, or we will blow ii
open and blow you to hell"
There was no response to the Sec
ond call, and firing again began, and
fully 90 shots were discharged. Still
there was no response to the firing
and the three men prepared a small
3 blast of dynamite against the cal
door. In the meantime the shooting
had awakened the passengers. Tht
first information that it was hold
up sent the conductor, brakeman anC
porter back into the train, and a!
they came in they called out:
,, Its hold up"
The passengers tried to hide thei
: money and valuables. The dynamit
blast was exploded. 1t was a small
charge and was intended more fo
fright than anything else. A large
blast of dynamite was prepared ant
exploded. This did the work. 1t tor
the side off the car. The robber
leaped through the opening, and tn
frightened messenger had nothing t.
: do but accept their orders. He wa
overpowered, and narrowly escape'
being torn in shrcds as was his cal
He was ordered to open the safe, bu
he could not, as the combination wa
. at the end of the run. The robber
then put charge of dynamite to tn
safe, and blew it open. They demol
ished the safe but got only $1.50, a
!. the money had all been left at Muskc
: gee, to be picked up by the Kat
- Flyer" which runs through the ter
!. ritory by day.
= The messenger and clerk wer
forced to assist the bandits in thei
i work Every mail pouch was empte
= and the mail considered valuable b
- them taken. With Postal Clerk Tu
ley, holding an empty mail sack, tn
robbers than went through tn
= coaches and robbed every passenger
They got $3.50 in one coach. \ negr
who refused to give up his none
. was severely beaten. The passenger
" were compelled to throw their valua
bles into the pouch.
/; Superintendent Sam Gaines, of til
railway mail service, says he does nc
believe the robbers got much none
out of the mail pouches.
The trainmen cut out the wrecke
express car and ran down to Cane
station and advised officers up an
down the road. Within two hour
posses of United States marshal
:, with bloodhounds, were on the trai
;. The express company says that it los
"a nothing, and the conductor estimate
: the passengers losses at about fou
"a hundred dollars, not counting tn
- jewelry. The robbers gave the eng
u neer, Lanham, a diamond ring and
- shirt stud. Both safes were demo
- ished by the explosion and the ca
- is a wreck.
ID. Quick WORK ny MARSH