The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-15
A TRAIN HOLD-UP
BOARDED PORTLAND-BOUND EX-
PRESS AND SECURED $4,000.
Blew Up the Express Car and Safe
After Soaring Messenger Into
Opening the Door-A Strike
Ended in Less Than
an Hour.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. u.-Three masked
men held up the Burlington train No. Al,
the Pacific Coast Express, four miles out
of Lincoln, shortly before 2 o'clock this
morning. They used explosives on the
express car, shattering it badly, and after
wrecking the safe, rihed it of contents,
securing an amount thought to be $500.
The loss in the train robbery is given
out by officials of the Burlington at $780,
600. They have offered a reward of
81 900 for the capture of the gang. The
Booty Of the robbers consisted prime ipal-
ly of gold coin. This made the burden
of the robbers exceedingly heavy, and ac-
counts for the broad trail discovered by
Chief Hoagland. The robbery was orig
ina1ly planned to take place at st. Jos-
eph, and the railroad men were on the
lookout. One Of the criminals clipped
the deal off to the com pany, and this
probably accounts for the shifting of the
crime to Lincoln.
LluSOlh, OCes IolA 4NO. II 1CdSu
es Lincoln at I2:55 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 Eu-
gineer Clayburg. On the crest of hill
midway between the city and the town
Of Woodland, the engineer saw a red
light waved across the track, and brought
the train to a standstill. Two men sprang
burg and his fireman with revolvers.
They lost no time in giving their orders
and were just as promptly obeyed. The
ex press car was cut from the remainder
ance. They found the door locked, and
after commanding Messenger William
Lupton to open it and getting no response
fred two or three shots into the car. The
door was then opened. A heavy charge
of dynamite on the safe literally tore it
to pieces. Fourteen packages said to
contain 500 each were taken together
with other va1uab1es. The two men who
were in the car politely bade the train
men good morning. jumped from the car
and disappeared in the darkness. The
passengers were not molested, nor were
the trainmen asked for their belongings.
While the robbery in the express car
was going on, third robber walked "a
long side the track by the passenger
coaches, firing his revolver occasionally
to keep the passengers quiet. Brakeman
Moor, who alighted from the rear coach
to go ahead, found a revolver pushed in
to his face, with warning to x
where he belonged. He ran 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 occupied scarcely an hour. The
train was run back to Lincoln, the wreck
ed express car taken out, and at 4 o'clock
it resumed its journey, the original crew
going out with it. Following it was an
engine carrying Chief of Police Hoglan,
Detective Malone and two bloodhounds
and three police officers. At the scene of
the ho1d-up the hounds took the scent,
and the pursuit of the robbers was act
lively begun.
Every town and village marshal and
every county sheriff in Southeastern Ne
braska has been Motif ed OF the robbery
and told to be on the watch. The Ad-
ans Express Company officials say its
loss is not large.
Fresno, CAL, Oct. 11.-One hundred
and fifty men, dissatisfied with the rate
OF wages they were receiving, have walk
ed our of the Pacific Coast Seeding Rails