The Tupelo journal., 1902-10-17
THREE MASKED ROBBERS.
They Held Up the Pacific Express
On the Burlington, Near
Lincoln, Nebraska.
THE ADAMS EXPRESS CAR WRECKED.
The Safe Blown to Pieces and the
Valuable Contents Carried on by
the Robbers-A Posse, With
BIoodhounds, Takes Up the Trail
mt the Scene.

mo IaAes Cp the Tr01l
Mt the Scene.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 13.-Three
masked men held up Burlington train
No. Al, the Pacific express, four miles
out of Lincoln, shortly before two
O'Clock Saturday morning. They used
explosives on the express car, shat
tering it badly, and, after wrecking
the safe, rified it of it's contents, se-
curing $4,000.
Train Al reaches Lincoln at 1855
a. III. and leaves for the northwest
ten minutes later. 1t was a few
minutes late Saturday morning, and
was in charge of Conductor C. A..
Lyman and Engineer A. L. Clayburg.
On the crest of a hill, midway be-
tween the city and the town of Wood
lawn, the engineer saw a red light
waved across the track and brought
the train to a standstill. Two men
sprang quickly into the cab, covering
Clayburg and his fireman with re-
volvers. They lost no time in giving
their orders and were just as prompt
ly obeyed. The express car was cut
from the balance of the train and
found the door locked and, after
commanding Messenger William Lup-
ton to open it, and getting no re-
Spouse, fired two or three shots into
the car. The door was then opened.
a heavy charge of dynamite on the
safe literally tore it to pieces. Four
teen packages, said to contain q hum
dred dollars each, were taken, to-
gether with other valuables.
The two men who were in the car
politely bade the trainmen good
morning, jumped from the car and
disappeared in the darkness. The
passengers were not molested, nor
were the trainmen asked for their be-
longings.
The robbers were cool, talkative
and apparently experts. The whole
job occupied scarcely an hour. The
train was run back to Lincoln, the
wrecked car was taken out and at
four O'Clock the train resumed the
journey, the original crew going out
with it.
Following it was an engine carry
ing Chief-of-Police Hoagland, Detect
i've Malone and his two bloodhounds
and three police officers.
ON the Trail,
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 13.-The man
hunt in southeastern Nebraska Jagged
Sunday, and the four highwaymen
who held up the Burlington train near
Lincoln early Saturday morning have
seemingly distanced their pursuers.
The heavy rain which fell Saturday
night and the drizzle up to noon Sun
day made the following of the trail
even with bloodhounds out of the
question. The Burlington railroad de-
tectives and Lincoln policemen who
were beating about in Cass county
Saturday and Sunday night, aban-
doned the search and returned here
Sunday morning. Officers in every
town that the robbers might visit
are on the lookout, but at Burlington
headquarters the statement was made
that not an arrest was made during
the day. A house near Raymond,
Neb, is declared to be a rendezvous
of thieves and hard characters, and
some of its occupants have caused
the police much trouble. The theory
is that after the hold up the robbers
drove rapidly to this place and were
kept in hiding by their friends during
the day. One of the Raymond men
whom it is thought may have some
knowledge of the hold up, although
not actively connected with it, was
seen in the vicinity of the robbery
Friday He but recently completed a
term in the penitentiary, the police
saw.