The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-05
GOOD NIGHTS WORK
BANDITS WHO ROBBED THE cor.
TON BELT PASSENGER Sc
CURED RICH BOOTY
DID NOT HURRY THEMSELVES
When the Express Safe Had Been
Plundered, the Robbers "She1I-
ROaded'' the Engineer and
Ran on With Engine.


ST. LOUIS, Sept. "A special to the
Post Dispatch from Fort Worth. Tex,
says: Cotton Belt Passenger Train No 1,
south bound, due to leave Texarkana &C
S:z0 last night, was delayed In its de-
parture and did not get out until LIZ.
o CLOCK 1t reached the Texas Pacific
crossing, four miles south of TexarLanai
about HIPS D. m. AS it stopne5 to NOV
SIX men boarded the train Two of these
were on the engine and compelled thu
brennan and engineer to go back and cut
the mail and express cars from the train
When this had been done the six men
boarded the engine, left the fireman with
the train, and the engineer was instruct
cd TO pull out south. The train was run
to Eyiau, a. small siding, where a stop
was made
Wmie one man guarded the engine. %
flVe others went back to the express car
and forced the doors and blew open the
safe. They took their time at the work
ana when they had concluded, returned
10 the locomotive with two sacks heavy
with booty. These they tossed on the
engine. turning to the engineer. one
SAID: Wen just shell road you here.
You are not the only engineer in this
crowd and l guess We can run the ma
chlne a few miles without your assist
ance When you locate your wagon.
figure the run in on your mileage. as we
Putting out the headlight. the bandit
engineer opened the throttle and pulled
out. Engineer Henderson was left with
the express and mail cars and the mes
senger and postal clerks He made bia
way to section house within a mile or
two of the. scene and procured handear
ana some men to assist in propeIIfne it.
starting on search for the Locomotive
HUNTING FOR HIS ENGINE
1t was slow work At a. point south of
rowan, within four miles of Redwater,
tney came upon the deserted engine
standing on the main track. tarottIe
closed, lights out and no one in sigat
Inc engine was at the bottom of the
grade and had either been deserted or
mad been left at a point further north
and was anowed by its own weight to
seek the level track. Engines Hender-
son got aboard backed to the EXPRESS
ana mail cars and coupled up
The train was not put together until
early this morning. Some time after
midnight Henderson succeeded in getting
his engine and the two cars back to
where the first stop was made by the
robbers. and the train proceeded south
to Mount Pleasant, the division point
There a. full report was made and the
oriclaIs OF the company ordered every
thing possible done to locate the robbers.
In the meantime Conductor Armstrong
and several passengers had walned back
to Texarkana and given the alarm
without delay the sheriff organized q
posse and started in pursuit and the
conductor returned to his train.
GOT HEAVY .SWAG.
The passengers were not moIested.
While Supt. Russ, of the Pacific Ex-
press company, admits the robbers Sc
cured much money, he refused to make a
statement.
The trick was turned by men more ex.
per'eneed in railroading than in robbery.
Ihey knew the stops of the train and
were prepared for the emergency thus
presented. 1t was not necessary for them
to flag the engineer and when he stopped
to blow for the crossing they climbed
aboard The were armed, but did not
make unnecessary display of their
weapons. All were masked, and each
wore coat. The country where the
hold-up occurred is densely wooded so
that the robbers have had an opportunity
to double on their tracks through the
timber and hide the route they are
travelling