The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-04
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THE ROBBERY IN MONTANA.
The Great Trans-COntinentaI Train
Held Up at Wagner.

Three Masked Men Dynamite the
Express Safe and Secure Ss3,
| They Disappear in the BAD Lands.
With Posses in Hot Pursuit.
GREAT FALLS. Mon, July 4-The
Great Northern Traus-ContinentaI Train
No 3. leaving St Paul Tuesday morning
at 8 o'clock, was held up at Wagner.
Mon, Iy6 miles east of Great Falls. at
3-02 o'clock yesterday afternoon by three
| masked men, who blew open the express
car and wrecked the through safe with
| dynamite. securing $500 The robbery,
committed in daylight, was one OF the
| boIdest that has ever occurred in the
West
! One OF the robbers boarded the blind
baggage" car at HinsdaIe a station about
| twenty miles east of Wagner. He ap-
| peared to be a common tramp. but when
the conductor discovered him at a stop
| almost immediately afterward. he drew
| heavy revolver and ordered him to return
TO the rear OF the train on penalty of in
slant death
The man then climbed over the Ioeorno-
| tive tender and, at the point of revol-
yer, compelled the engineer and fireman
to stop the train at ravine a few miles
| east Of Wagner, where his confederates,
| two in number, both masked, lay in wait.
EIe then compelled the fireman and engi-
neer to abandon their engine and firing
began on both sides of the train as it
came to a stop.
Passengers on the train began to look
out Of the windows. and a brakeman
aIighted on one side of the train, while
Mr. Douglas, the travelling auditor.
| alighted on the opposite side. Both in
| stantly became targets of rifles in the
hands Of the robbers, but escaped without
injury. a passenger on-the tourist coach,
who was leaning out OF the window, was
struck by a stray bullet and seriously in
tured. Two other passengers were shot,
but neither was seriously injured.
To wreck the door of the express car
with dynamite. with which both confeder-
ates that appeared from the ravine were
literally supplied, was the work of an in
slant The express messenger was COM
PEELED to leave the car at the point OF a
rife. and the through safe was immediate
ly dynamited. The first charge did not
break it open, and four others, in quick
succession. were necessary before it was
forced. The robbers hurriedIy gathered in
its contents, consisting of specie ship
ments, drafts, coin. and valuable nego-
liable paper, and retreated, keeping the
train crew and the passengers of at the
point Of rifles
All three disappeared in the ravine and
were seen later, one mounted on a bay
horse one on a white horse. one on a
5ucksbin, heading southwark at a furious
gait. the booty being plainly visible in a
sack thrown across the saddlebows Of the
rider OF the buezskin horse.
As the first man climbed over the ten
der to the locomotive cab. ne drew on
mask, rendering it almost impossible to
secure a good description Each of his
confederates was masked and the only in
formation obtainabIe regarding them is
that one is evidently a half-breed. This
was the robber on buckskin horse.
The gang headed for the Little Rockies
Range, lying across Milk River, in al al
most inaccessible country, consisting
mainly of bad lands. Posses were inme-
diately organized and sent in pursuit, one
by the sheriff, who happened u be pas
senger on the train. The chances of cap
turing the men are exceedingly slim. since
they have several hours start of the
posses and are thoroughly familiar with
the country and have excellent mounts