Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-17
A TRAIN is HELD UP.
Masked Men Perpetrate a Daring
Robbery.
Occurs at n Lonely Spot in Indian
TerritOry--EXpress and Mail Cars
PIundered and Pnssen-
gers Robbed.

St. Lous. Aug. IA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Denison. Tex,
says: Missouri, Kansas & Texas passen-
ger train No. 3, southbound, was held
up and robbed at Caney switch, /. T.,
Tuesday morning at 100 o'clock, by
two men who got on the train al Ato-
ka. When two miles north of Caney
they crawled over the tender with pis-
tolls in hand, covered the engineer and
fireman and commanded them to stop
at Caney water tank. There the two
men were joined by three Others and
at this juncture a fusillade of shots
alarmed the crew and passengers.
Every Passenger Robbed
Postal Clerk Tulley was compelled
to 90 through the train, carrying the
sack in which the valuables were
thrown. Every passenger was robbed,
and then the robbers turned their at
tention to the express ears. Both
safes were blown open with dynamite
and the contents secured.
Robbers Enjoy Situation.
After the work was done the rob
bers, who seemed to enjoy the situa-
ton, sat around and laughed over the
matter. The whole affair was carried
out without a hitch, and it is believed
the men have had experience in this
line of business before.
While the robbery was going on, the
operator at Caney, hearing the shots.
advised the Denison office that the
train was being robbed. After holding
the train two hours the robbers left,
going east into the bottoms.
Posses After the Men.
The trainmen cut out the wrecked
express car and ran down to the Caney
station advising the offices up and
down the road. Within two hours United
States officers with bloodhounds
were on the trail, and it is rumored
that two of the men have been cap
tured, but the report lacks verified ton.
The express company says that it
lost nothing and the conductor esti-
mates the passengers loss at about
$500, not counting the jewelry.
Postal Clerk George F. Tulley has
finished Strengthening out the regis
tered mail taken out of the pouches.
and said: There is practically no
loss on the registered packages.
There was a consignment of $4,000
worth of stamps for the post office
at Sherman in the pouches that were
sacked, but these the robbers did not
disturb"
Six Men Arrested.
The following men have been ar
rested on the charge of committing
the robbery: f. c. Richmond, Bob
Afford, George Brown, John Gibson,
Tom Edwards and Jack Barr. These
men were arrested at Caney and
taken to Atoka Tuesday morning.
The operator at Caney, when he
heard the shooting suspected the
train was being held up, and put out
the light in the depot and tele-
graphed to Atoka. II miles away, for
officers. Within two hours after the
robbery was committed bloodhounGs
had trailed those men to their
homes. The officers found the wet
clothing identified by passengers
that worn by the robbers. They
found three masks, and found in the
fireboX of the cook stove the shoes of
the rnrn arrested. The tracks &yere
measured and fitted the shoes exact
ly. Tuesday afternoon the men were
given a hearing in Commissioner
Balls court at Atoka and their bonds
fixed at $1,000 in each case. They
could not give the bond and were re-
manded to jail. There were two men
connected with the robbery who
rode away on horseback, and they
have not been captured.