The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07
TRAIN ROBBERS
lda a 5lunder Whereby the Ex.
press Company Profite d.
ATTACKED TIE WRONG CARS
And obsalned No 5oJty Had to
Run 5efore 2ecsifying Mis-
taks. LoS Of Scared
Passengers.

G4S!N 4GOAA.SAe 5asS, Hu1CA was OHS w
arrive i the Grand Central station,
Chicago, at 9 O'clock "Wednesday night,
vas held up By FIVE masked men at s
O'Clock between Edgenore and Grand
Calumet Heightr, Indiana, 81 miles
out from Chicago. One of the mail
cars which contsined no money, was
dynamited snd wrecked. The attempt
at robbery was made after the two mail
cars had been detached from the train
and run quarter Of a mile ahead. The
failure Of the robbers to make rich
haul was due to the fact that the ex
press car, which contsined the trains
treasure, was in an unusual place. It
was the third car in the train. after
wrecking the msil car snd obtaining 70
booty, the robbers disappeared il tie
darkness without attempting to rectitt9
their mistake. The only loot that they
carried awaywith them as result Of their
adventure was the gold Fssch Of the en-
gineer.
The train was the Nev York and
Washington vestibuled limited. Most
Of the trsinmen we're shot at aud had
narrow escapes from the bullets. No
person Wss Injured either BY the dy
Mantle OF firearms. The place where the
robber occurred is q lonely district in
which few psople live and houses a7e
far between. No better place for train
robbery could oe desired by the robbers.
The train was running at the high rate
Of speed as it passed Calumet Heights
and Immediately after passing oas Of
sight Of the station Engineer j. W.
Collins saw directly in front Of his
engine large FIRE on which some rails
had been plsced. He slowed down snd
as he did SO, three men wearing masks
over their. faces jumped into the cab
and covered Collins and his fireman,
James Whipple, with re7ol7ers. just
before claiming into the CAB the three
men commenced to FIRE with their Tevol-
7era, in order to frighten away sli as
sistsnce. The shots produced the
Gveliest kind Of panic in the sleeping
cars, where the passengers made every
effort to hide their money and valu-
sbles before the robbers cc1ld get a.
them. No attempt was made, however,
to rob any Of the passengers. The fu
sillade had the effect Of making them
keep inside Of the csrs.
After mounting into the cab Of the
engine the robbers, covering the en-
CINE and fremac with their re7ol7ers,
made them step down and go back the
length Of tgo cars. They orderad the
men to uacouple the first two cars,
which vas done. They then hustled
the Two trainmea back into the cab,
and, still keeping the engineer cove-ed
with revol7ers, directed him to pull up
some distance from the rest of the
train. Collins ran up to 200 feet and
was then directed to stop. He did so,
and while enc Of the men remained to
guard him, the others jumped ef, and
hurting dynamite at the door Of the car
which they juiged to be the express
car, burst open the door. Hastily
climbing into get at the safe they were
astonishsd to ind that they had broken
into mail Car. They threatened the
engineer with death for not telling them
that the cars which he hsd uncouplei
were not express cars and ordered him
to return st once and uacouple the next
car behind the baggage cars. CLIMB
ing once more into his cab, which the
fireman was made to uncouple st the
rear end, and still with the nuzzle Of
tie revolver at his head, Collins was
ordered to run down the track, IS be-
fore. He drew away from the balance
Of the train about the same distance IS
On the first oseasion, and the robbers,
still leaving him under the charge Of
one Of the number, made for this csr.
When they reached it they found to
their great Wrath thst they hsd attack
ed another mail car and that it con-
tanned no money. The train had been
delayed nov fully 80 minutes, and fear
ing thatif they delayed any longer help
would be coming to the train crew, the
robbers gave up their attempt to rob
the train, and jumping down ran into q
thicket Of SCRUB oaks at the side Of the
track and disappeared. Tie train was
hastily made up. and came on to Chica.
go, arriving there somewhat late, q stop
having been made st Whiting to report
the robbery. Officers were at once sent
after the robbers, and within an hour
after the robt cry large posse was on
the trail.
Charles A. Cross, conductor OF the
train, brought into the city several
sticks Of dynamite that lad been left
by the robbers st the SIDE Of the trsck.
u heard scma one shooting" said the
conductor, and looked cut 10 see Whist
was the nstter. I saw the engineer
and fireman running down the tra;k
followed by three men. I had no tina
to look at more than that, for l saw
two fash Of fame close TO tic car and
a bullet went By my head as one OF
them called out, Keep your hsad Il
there if yeu d.c't wan. it bioEn Of.
''Certsiniy, sad, s1d pulled it in
as quickly as | kaew now. saw thst
the men were making a mistzEe IL
getting the wrong cars, so Ehsn aesrd
them go Of up tee rack, l expected to
hear them come back agsia n lew
minutes, ebich they did. However,
they had 10 b=tter !uos At tha: tine
than On The first trip, s2& it was not 9
z,b5erg q much rrofs to then. /
think there were more rhao :hEeo men
engaged in the robbery, FOR l SIS" tTo
other me1 standing BESIDE the 1Ia:k,
just at tie tire the eagio2er pulled Out
with the tVo cars. They evidently saw
that their ocmpsnioas had made mis-
take and iutgcd that delays were dan
gercus. for after sbou;irg something TO
the men who we're with she engineer
and 6Gemen, tEoy ran i2ro the bushes. "
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