The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-07-05
MADE A BIG HAUL.
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN ROB.
BERS SAID TO HAVE Sc.
CURED $4,000.
OCCURS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

and Are Made Targets for the Bull.
lets Of the Robbers, Three Reeeiv.
ing Slight Wounds.
Great Falls. Mon, July 4.-The
Great Northern TranscOntinental
Train No. was held up at Wagner,
Mon, 1876 miles east OF Great Falls, at
8 D. nj. by three masked mon. who
blew open the express car and wrecked
the through safe with dynamite. Sc.
curing 3S3. 900. The robbery, in day.
light. was ore OF the boldest that ever
occurred in the West.
One Of the robbers boarded tn"
blind baggage" car at ilinsaale.
station about 90 miles east of Wagner.
He appeared TO be a common hobo,
but when the conductor discovered
him at a stop almost Immediately
afterward. he drew a heavy Colts re-
yolyer and ordered him 10 return 20
he rear of the train on penalty OF in
slant death. The hobo then climbed
over the locomotive tender and at the
point Of his revolver compelled the
engineer and fireman to stop TT. tram
AZ a ravine a few miles east Of WaS-
per. where his confe ierates. two IN
humber. both masked. lay in wait.
The hobo then compelled tho engineer
and fireman 10 abandon the engine.
Firing began on both sides Of the train
As il came TO stop.
II
Passengers on the train began TO
.ook out OF the windows and brake
man alighted on one side Of the train.
while Travelling Auditor Douglas
alighted on the opposite side. They
instantly became the targets Or Win
chesters in the hands OF the robbers,
but both escaped without injury. \
passenger on the tourist coach who
vas leaning ont Of the window. was
struck by 4 stray bullet and seriously
injured. Two other passengers Were
shot. but neither was seriously II.
jured.
To wreck the door Of the express
car with dynamite. with which hotn
the confederates that appeared from
the rayne were literally supplied. was
the work Of an instant. The express
messenger was compelled to leave the
car at the point Of a rife and the
through safe was Immediately dyna-
nitei The frs. charge did not break
L open. and four others in quick sue
,ession were necessary before II was
forced. The robbers hurriedly gath
cred in It's contents. consisting OF
specie shipments. drafts. coin and val
iable negotiable paper. and retreateJ,
keering the train crew and passengers
off at the point OF their rifles.
Robbers Escape on Horses.
All three disappeared in the ravine
and were seen later one mounted On
4 bay horse. one upon white horse
and one upon buckskin. hoadin-
southwark at furious gait. the booty
being plainly visible. in sack thrown
across the saddle bows of the rider
Ipon the buokskin horse.
As The hobo climbed over the tender
To the locomotive he drew on mask,
rendering II almost impossible 10 Sc
cure good description. Each of his
confederates was masked and the only
Information ohtainable regarding them
Is that one was evidently a halfbreed.
This was the robber upon the buck
skin horse.
The gang headed for the Little
Rockies range. lying across the Milk
river, in an almost inaccessible coun-
try, consisting mainly OF bad lands.
Posses were Immediately organized in
pursuit. one by sheriff who happened
to be a passenger on the train The
chances OF capturing the men are en-
ceedingly thin. since they have several
hours start of the posses. are thor
oughly familiar with the country ane
have excellent mounts. The gang are
heavily armed and evidently desperate
men.