New-York tribune., 1902-08-07
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY F.
O\ THE BURLINGTON ROAD. NEAR The
MISSISSIPPI RIVER-ONE ROB
BER KILLED.

Mount Carroll Ill Aug "a daring and success
full train robbery occurred at Marcus. on the Ci
cago burlington and Quincy Railway nFe mn
north Of Savanna. about midnight vesuouleu
pssseneer train OF eleven coaches was haSgeu dt
the little station and six masked men boarueo 'iie
engine. The engineer and fireman ooeSeu "
perative orders, and the robbers at once "i -
the engine and express car from the tram anu l an
them quarter of a mile up the track lheS 'h'
bew un the express car with dynamite anu Ia.
the engine north. The locomotive pecon"s ~
the robbers abandoned it and escaped.
One of the hghway ymen was klieu' oS"7
above the eve and also III the leg he met ii''
death while in the engine, and MS oouS ""
dumped to the ground by his companions d' 'itE
sned awav The robbery was done quickly onie
trainmen and passengers making no oeiellOe -
sacks of money were secured. but the amount 10
not known The passengers were not Ho'es'eu
T-bare was no way of telegraphing news OF the
hoIdup and a fagman walked back and gave 'le
alarm A special train of citizens anu seNei"'
noIicemen at proceeded TO the scene "u' "0
the track runs along the Mississippi and the coun-
trv is well adapted to successful Night the rop
hers easily escaped. The work was evidently that
Of experts as they went at it cooliy and methodl-
calIy.
The train attacked usually carried conslderao'e
money, which must have been known oy the hisn-
wavmen The dead robber was stranger IN 'nis
vicinity. He was a m1ddle aseu man anu 49,
dressed
In his pocket was found an Iowa Central mhease
credeutiaI from Cirinnel Gilman, Iowa, issued III
the name of A. L. Jacobs.
-, -, osio,,s v,ere ren,1ired to complete the de-
struction Of the safe and the car was badly
wrecked The robbers were eight IN NUMBER al
masked. They evidently were railroad men. one
being good engineer. The messenger. Whlafn
R,I fired five shots at the robbers. but without
avail. and attempt was made to blow MIN up /"
his car The bandits had arranged to ditch the
entire train OF nine heavily laden coaches had not
the signal to stop been needed. Several passengers
in the buffet car. including the porter were helu
prisoners during the struggle to crack the safe IL
= Thought the dead robber was killed by comrade
hv mistake The body put on the tender ana
run bv the others short distance and then thrown
the weeds.
STORY OF THE ENGINEER.
Lacrosse Wis. Aug. 6-The Burlington train No
a. which was held up near Marcus. arrived mere at
10 O'Clock and during a twenty minutes stop ioi
breakfast the engineer. John e. Mooney of Mime
apolis told a vivid story of the holduP- He sald;
The robbers stopped the train by swinging white
light AS soon it stopped two men jumped INTO
then, told the fireman TO cut off the engine After
this was done the who was pointing gun AT
W ram ME her Gp half mile Then they ordered me to
jump OF, and we walked back TOWARD Ins
and another robber. They took us 10 the rear OF
the buffet car and told US sir there One OF the
robbers left us. They worked for an hour blowing
open the safe, and finally orohgnIa 'nf few feet
which | most assuredy did i heE ran the e"siie
mn seven miles and left her dead
Mr. Mooney believes that the robbers killed one Of
their own number. either purposey or accidentally
Several shots were fred-some by the robbers ana
the rest bv the express messenger The dead man $
body was dumped of a short distance from "htIt
the affair occurred. the robbers having taken the
body on the engine when the start away was mdut-
Mr Mooney says that all Of the men wore nlaSh S -,
f,ut that while one was holding gun In MS race
the handkerchief which concealed MS entlIt IdcT az
eXceDt the eyes fell and that he managed 70 get
a GOOD look at him. He could identify him ne say
as the young had sandy compIeAioh' "as
about ) feet inches in height ana wore Sood
clothes , 49,. 4-.. tee hot
tom and was left at East Dubuque II Is believed
,haf inc Ave bags Of money only contained G5ve