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

AHo burlington Hyer from Chicago,
which was held up by six bold robbers
at Marcus, about five miles this side OF
Savanna, ILL.,, at 1880 o'clock Tuesday
night, arrived in st. Paul yesterday,
minus the express car, which had been
almost totally wrecked as a result OF
the explosions of dynamite used to
blow open it's safe. On the train were
number of st. Paul people, as well as
number of travelling men, but luck
lily none Of them happened to be in
the buffet car at the time it was de-
tached, together with the express car,
from the rest of the train, and they
were not molested
The express car, which had two holes
blown into it's bottom and was other
wise wrecked, was left at East Du-
buque. The combination baggage and
buffet car attached to the express car
at the time the dynamite was used did
not suffer any injury, with the ex-
ception of the glass in the front door
being shattered.
Passengers Not Molested
According to the statements made by
several of the men, who were in the
buffet car at the time, the explosions
of the dynamite were strongly felt and
the eight passengers who were prison
ers in this car kept their nerve, in
spite of the fact that they did not
know what was going to happen next
They were not molested by the robbers.
however, the latter telling them that
they would be left alone and command
ing them to keep their heads inside of
the car and not attempt to look around
and see what was going on.
Rumor has it that the robbers Sc
cured in the neighborhood of 5000
but the official account of the robbery
issued from the headquarters of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway
at Chicago yesterday place the loss at
about $4,000.
Leave Engine and Escape.
When the vestibuled passenger train
of eleven coaches, Conductor o. B.
Emerson in charge, was tagged at the
little station and six masked men
boarded the engine, the engineer, John
E. Mooney, and Fireman A. L. Russell,
of La Crosse, obeyed the imperative
orders of the robbers and at once un-
coupled the engine, express car and
combination baggage and buffet car
from the train and ran them a quarter
of mile up the track. Here the rob-
bers blew up the express car with
dynamite.
Next they ran the engine north a
distance of a mile from Hanover and
the locomotive, becoming dead, the
robbers abandoned 1t and escaped One
of the highwaymen was killed, being
shot above the eye and also in the
leg. He met instant death while in the
engine and his body was dumped to
the ground by his companions and they
sped away. The express messenger,
Bye, claims to have done the shooting.
The deed was done quickly, the train
men and passengers making no defense.
Six sacks of money were secured, but
the amount is not known. The pas
sengers were not molested.
There was no way of telegraphing
the news of the holdup and a f1agman
walked back and gave the alarm. A
special train of citizens and several
policemen at once proceeded to the
scene, but, as the track runs along the
Mississippi and the country is well
adapted to a successful flight, the rob-
bers easily escaped. The work was
| evidently that Of experts, as they went
at it coolly and methodically.
The train attacked is one of the fin
est in the world and usually carried
considerable money, which must have
been known by the highwaymen.
Dead Robber Unknown.
The dead robber was a stranger to
those living near the holdup. He was
a middle-aged man and we'll dressed.
In his pocket was found an Iowa Cen
trail mileage credential from Grinnen
to Gilman, Iowa, issued in the name Of
A. L. Jacobs.
Four explosions were required to
complete the destruction of the safe
and the car was badly wrecked. The
robbers were eight in number, all
masked. They evidently were railroad
| men, one being a good engineer. Mes
senger William Bye fired five shots at
the robbers, but without avail and an
attempt was made to blow him up in
his car. The bandits had arranged to
ditch the entire train Of nine heavily
| laden coaches, had not the signal to
stop been needed. Eight passengers in
the buffet car, including the porter,
were held prisoners during the struggle
to crack the safe. 1t is thought the
dead robber was killed by a comrade
by mistake. The body was put on the
tender and run by the others short
distance and then thrown into the
weeds.
Engineer MONEYS Story.
Engineer John E. Mooney, of Mime
| apolis, when seen at La Crosse, Wis,
yesterday, told vivid story of the
holdup. He said:
1.-THE robbers stopped the train by
swinging O white light AS soon as it