Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-08-16
HELD UP A TRAIN.
A Daring Crime Committed in In
dian Territory.
An Express Is Blown Open, SAFE
Wrecked and -tlaiI Pouches Rihcd
Passengers Were Also Robbed. 1
Hunted Down and Arrested
by Officers Of the LAW. '4'-

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Fort Worth, Tex.,. Aug. 1.-The
southbounJ, Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as train No. B. due hete AT d6;3 30 a. m,
was rohhd... at Canex Switch, I.tT..
early ;. Tuesday morning by five
masked men,. The express, ear was
blown open. the safe wrecked - and
the mail sacks rfed. All the pas
sengers were. robbed of their money.
Caney, the place where the robbery
| occurred, is a side track. 1t is in
| the. Choctaw nation of Indian terri
tory and the population surrounding
the station is only 1875. The train
does not stop at Caney except on
signal. AS the proper signal was
| given, the engineer whistled his re-
| ply. and the train slowed down for
the stop.
Instead of hurried signal to go
! ahead, the engineer and firemen were
confronted by two masked faces.
About the same time the express
messenger and the mail clerk were
communicated with through the
closed doors of their cars. Three of
the robbers shot wildly and then the
call went to the messenger and
clerk. "Open up here! Open up, and
don't be too slow about it, -, ~,
From within came no response, and
the robbers again called out: ''Open
the door or we win blow it open and
| blow you to h" S.jt; a.
| There was no response TO. the sec
ond call and the firing again begun.
| fully 30 shots being discharged. Still
| there was no response and the three
men prepared small blast of dyna-
mite against the car door. In the
meantime, the shooting had awak-
ened the passengers. The conduc-
tor, brakeman and porter ran
through the train, and as they called
out: Its a hold up" the passen-
gers tried to hide their money and
valuables. The dynamite blast was
exploded. 1t was n small charge
and was intended more for fright
than anything else. az.
\ larger blast of dynamite was
prepared and exploded, This tore
the side off the express and mail car
and the robbers leaped through and
everpowered the messenger. He was
ordered to open the ssafe, but he
could not, as the. combination was at
the end of the run.
r The robbers then putaa7 charge of
dynamite t6fthe safe .a1d, :, blew it
open. They demolished the safe,
but only secured $1.50. as the money
had all been left at Muskogee.. to be
picked up by the Katy Flyer" which
runs through the territory by day.
The messenger and clerk were
forced to assist the bandits in their
work. Every mail pouch was emp
1ied and the mail considered valuable
| by the robbers was taken. Then,
with Postal Clerk Tulley holding an
empty mail sack, the robbers went
through the coaches and robbed
every passenger. They secured $3.50
in one coach. A negro who refused
to give up his money was severely
beaten. The passengers were COM
PEELED to throw their valuables into
the pouch.
| After the work was done the rob
bers, who seemed to enjoy the situ-
alton, sat around and laughed over
the matter and one even went back
| into car to get something.
After holding the train two hours
the robbers left, going east into
| dense bottom timber for which Caney
creek is noted.
The train men cut out the wrecked
express car, ran down to Caney sta
ton and advised officers up and down
the road. Within two hours United
States marshals with bloodhounls
were on the trail.
| Denison, Tex, Aug. IA. b.
Davis, deputy marshal at Colbert, 1.
T., arrived here last night from the
scene of the robbery at Caney.
'The following men have been ar
rested on the charge of committing
robbery" said Mr.. Davis: sc. C.
Richmond, Bob Afford, George
Brown, John Gibson, Tom Edwards
and Jack Barr. These men were ar
rested at Caney and taken to Atoka.
The operator at Caney when he
heard the shooting, suspected the
train was being held up and put ont
the light in the depot and tele-
graphed to Atoka, IL miles away, for
officers. Within two hours after
the robbery was committed blood
hounds had trailed these men to their
homes. We found wet clothing iden-
titled by passengers as that worn by
the robbers. We also found three
masks and in the firebox of the cook
stove were the shoes of the men
arrested. The tracks were measured
and fitted the shoes exactly"
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 bond and
were remanded TO Jail.
Lord Derby Wins IA $4,000 Race.
New York, Aug. 14.-Five thousand
spectators saw the sport yesterday
at Brighton Beach when the meeting
of the New York Trotting associa-
ton began. The big stake of the
day was the $4,000 champion free
for-ali trot and Lord Derby won out
against The Monk and Charlie Herr
The race between Joe Patchen and
Anaconda was won by Joe Patchen.
The 2:l4 trot was won by James