The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-07

lidlHIISH anu passengers InOuSnC tnaL
was the w1SeSt thing to do.
"One of the robbers knew all about
running locomotive. He mounted the
box and pulled the two cars, with the
eight passengers still in the club
apartment, five miles up the track to
spot which practically defied attack.
There was water on either side of the
track and a bridge just before and
just behind the two cars and the en-
CINE. A man was stationed on the
bridges to give warning of any one at
tempting rescue.
when the engine started up the
track Express Messenger Bye, of Min
neapolis, saw the men in the cab with
guns, and opened fire. He fired four
shots. Whether he hit one of the rob-
bers or not is not known. The dead
robber may furnish some valuable
clewS.
Cigars Given Passengers.
''The robbers then ordered the eight
passengers out onto the right of way
Cigars were furnished them and they
We're told to look pleasant and behave
The work of dynamiting the through
safe was then commenced. Two big
charges were set off. On the explosion
of the first, Messenger Bye saw a blaze
in the car and asked If he could not
go in and put it out, as it was useless
to burn valuable car.
AT that one of the robbers said
Yes, go in, if you want to-, and wink
ed at his mates. Bye went in and found
the blaze came from a fuse on another
cartridge. He tried to stamp it out,
and went to the other end of the car
for water. That was all that saved his
life, for the cartridge exploded, tear
ing the safe open and wrecking one
end of the car.
After the money was secured the
robbers fired two shots in quick sue
cession to call in the guards, and after
being Joined by the latter, fed. The
bocJ OF the dead robber was showed off
the engine a half mile further on, and
l saw it by the track this morning.
There was a bullet hole, l am told. in
the forehead. No attempt was made
by the robbers to change their voices.
In fact, they did a good deal of yelling
back and forth. Their capture seems
certain
Heard Two Explosions.
Matthew M. Smith, of Galesburg,
ILL.,, Was on the first passenger car of
the train and told the following story:
1t was about 1880, as near as can
figure it out. We suddenly heard two
dull reports like torpedo explosions
The brakeman opened the door of the
car to examine, and found three re-
break the coupling, but was unable to
do so, and the engineer was then com
PEELED to slack while the brakeman re-
moved the pin. The engine and ex-
press car then pulled away from US,
| and we received no relief for two
hours, but heard several explosions in
the distance, presumably dynamite be-
ing used on the safe. AS the men pull
ed away from lis the express messen-
ger fired two Shots
When relief finally arrived it was
too late-to prosecute much of a search.
When we started this morning I no.
ticed the body of a dead man near the
track. He was shot in the eye, I'M
doubtedly by comrade, as the engi-
neer heard one of the men say, Who
are you shooting at, for Gods Sake?'
The man was undoubtedly placed on
the bottom Of the cab and rolled out
when the engine jerked. I found in
the cab of the engine the following
railroad ticket, undoubtedly the prop
erty of one of the robbers. It is made
out to A. S. Jacobs and reads from
Grinnell to Gilman, Iowa. The train
crew acted with GOODNESS and judg-
| ment. The robbers had the drop on
US all and worked with nerve and dis
patch. The passengers remained
calm, and although aware of what was
going on made no cutlery"
Tells Thrilling Story.
A special dispatch to The GIob e
from La Cross says:
Engineer Kohn Mooney, who pulled
the Burlington Limited train, held up
at Savannah, ILL.,, by masked robbers
, last night, tells a thrilling story of the
affair. Five miles north of Savan-
| nah,' he says, 81 saw in the glare of
| the electric headlight a man waving a
in "a fro OBJ "a oil
When l stopped, six masked men, one
wearing a handkerchief over his face,
boarded the engine. While the en-
CINE was being uncoupled from the re-
mainder of the train shots were fired.
One sounded directly under the en-
CINE cab, and one Of the bandits said
to a companion: Damn you'll What
did you shoot me for?' The wounded
bandit was dumped into the engine
cab and with the express car robbers
run up the track half a mile. At this
| time l looked around and the hand
kercheif had fallen from the face of
one of the robbers. He was a young
man, not more than twenty-one. T
am sure could identify him. The car
was blown up while Messenger Boyle
and myself were tied hand and foot
by the track. After that I heard one
man say, Well, we get $25, 900 for our
trouble I am fully convinced that
one of the gang was an experienced
engineer, doubtless all railroad men.
The wounded robber was thirty five
years old, weighed $50 pounds, had
dark hair, round dark beard and was
well dressed. He carried a massive
gold watch. Throughout the entire
robbery all appeared very nervous and
I feared as they pointed their guns at
my head that their trembling fingers
would end my life. A Southern Pacific
lantern was used to fig the train
Both train crew and passengers
claimed that the dead robber was in