The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
GOT The MONEY.
Bold Robbers Dynamite Bur-
lington Express Car.
Get Contents of the Safe and
Escape.
THEY WERE OLD HANDS
Job Done With Careful Atten-
tiOn to Details.
Train Boarded at Lincoln and
Stopped Five Miles Out.
PASSENGERS LET ALONE
Bandits Fired Shots to Keep
Them Frightened.
Railroad Officials Say Men Got
$4,000.
BIOodhOunds on Trail of the
Dynamiters.
Train Boarded at Lincoln and
Stopped Five Miles Out.
PASSENGERS LET ALONE
Bandits Fired Shots to Keep
Them Frightened.
Railroad Officials Say Men Got
$4,000.
BIOOdhOundS on Trail of the
Dynamiters.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 11.-Three masked
men held up Burlington train No Al
the Pacific coast express. four miles out
OF Lincoln, shortly before o'clock this
morning. They used explosives on the
express car, shattering it badly and af-
ter wrecking the safe. rified it of it's
contents, securing an amount thought
to be but 81, 500.
Train Al reaches Lincoln at 1855 a.
m, and leaves for the Northwest 10
minutes later. It was a few minutes
late this morning and was in charge of
Conductor Lyman and Engineer Clay
burg. On the crest of a hill. midway
between the city and the town of Wood
lawn, the engineer saw a red light wav-
ed across the track and brought the train
to a standstill. Two men sprang quick
ly into the cab, covering Clayburg and
his fireman with revolvers. They lost
no time in giving their orders and were
promptly obeyed. The express car was
cut from the balance of the train and
run ahead a short distance. They found
the door locked and after commanding
Messenger William LuDton to open it,
and getting no response, fired two or
three shots into the car. The door was
then opened. A heavy charge of dyna-
mite on the safe literally tore it 10
pieces. Fourteen packages, said to con-
tain a hundred dollars each. were taken
together with other valuables- The two
men who were in the car politely bade
the trainmen good morning, jumped
darkness. The passengers were not
molested nor were the trainmen asked
for their belongings.
While the robbery in the express car
was going on. a third robber walked
alongside the track by the passenger
coaches, firing his revolver occasionally
to keep inquisitive passengers quiet
Brakeman Moore, who alighted from the
rear coach to go ahead, found a revOl-
yer pushed into his face, with a warning
to go back where he belonged. He ran
the four miles to the Lincoln yards and
was the first to give the alarm.
The robbers were cool, talkative and
apparently experts. The whole job Occu
pied scarcely an hour. The train was
run back to Lincoln. the wrecked ex-
press car taken out, and at 4 o'clock
the train resumed its journey, the orig
inal crew going out with it. Following
lice Hoagland, Detective Malone and
two bloodhounds and three police off,
GERS. At the scene of the boldup the
hounds took the scent and the pursuit
of the robbers was actively begun.
Every town and village marshal and
every county sheriff in southeastern
Nebraska has been notified of the rob
berry and told to be on the watch.
The Adams Express company says its
loss is not large.
officials of the Burlington at S50.000.
They have offered a reward of 81 900 for
the capture Of the gang.
The booty of the robbers consisted prin-
cipally of gold coin. This made the
burden of the robbers exceedingly heavy
and accounts for the broad trail discov-
cred by Chief Hoagland. The robbery
was originally planned to take place at
st. Joseph and the railroad men were on
the lookout One of the criminals
tipped" the deal off to the company,
and this probably accounts for the shift
ing of the crime to Lincoln.