New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-26
Train ROBBED N 0NA.
Rock Island Flyer Held Up Near
Davenport and Express Car
Safe Blown Open.
DC ZEN MASKED BANDITS DID THE JOB.
Large Sums Of Money usually Carried
on the Train, But Amount stolen
Is Not Knovvn,-Part Of the Gang,
Guard Passengers-Large Reward
Will BE offered for Their Capture.

Davenport, Ia, Nov. q The fast
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train
No.$11 was held up two miles west Of
Davenport by a gang composed 81.
from u to is men. The express car
was blown to pieces with d ynamite,
and the gang, after securing the con-
tents OF the express safes, fled. The
train was stopped as it was slowing
up for a crossing inside the city linn
its, within mile and a half OF the
center Of the city. The TO bers swung
red lantern at the crossing, causing
the engineer to stop entirely instead
of going on. Three men suddenly
sprang into the cab, two of them com
ing over the tender and showing re-
polvers into the faces Of the engineer
and fremen. s.5
X Guard Passengers. 81
AS soon as the train came to stand
still part of the robbers stood guard
over the passenger coaches, prevent
ing any interference, while the rest
forced the engineer to start on. They
cut off the express car and hauled it
nearly two miles down the track, and
then ran it on the side track at Dale
station. 9e p Il S< ~ sg2
The trainmen were held at the point
of reVolvers while two men blew open
the express car with dynamite and
proceeded to wreck the safes. The
two explosions that wrecked the car.
were heard all over Davenport, but it
was long time before the cause was
known. ~ >~
<4 All Wore Masks.
The men engaged in the robbery all
wore masks, dark clothes, and SLOUGH
hats and kept in the dark as much as
possible, so from that cause and owing
to the excitement the employees are
unable to give any description of the
men, except that one was very tall,
slim, raw-boned man, possibly six feet
tall, and three were medium-sized men,
rather heavy, and one was short,
heavy man. ~. I'll #
j %~s.. Officers on the Hunt, aa%5
The police at Davenport and Rock Is
land were promptly notified and were
quickly on the ground, but could find
no wagon tracks leading from the
scene Of the robbery. The csupposi-
ton is that the robbers left the road
and went to the north, cutting through
cornfeld. The sheriff at Rock Island
with bloodhounds was promptly on
the scene and every effort is being made
to trace the robbers. s.f':.afe ~. II.
T. Loss Not KNOWN. %ss# F. &
: Des Moines, Ia. Nov. "a -Local officers
of the United States Express company
state that the loss in the holdup of the
west bound passenger train on the Rock
Island system near Davenport at mid
night will not exceed $1,000 or 81, 600.
On the other hand, it is stated at the
local railroad offices here that the loss
must have amounted to $4,000 or $780,
900, as the train carried large GUAM
tity of money and jewelry for Omaha
and Denver. The railroad and ex-
press companies will offer on account
of this robbery and delay to the United
States mail very large reward for
the apprehension and conviction Of the
robbers. TIL st..s. -. J. a. ). .gs3..
r. 4-g" Stole b Team.
! Davenport, Ia, Nov. 24-It has just
been learned that men supposed to be
the Rock Island train robbers stole a