New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-08-13

Six Masked Men Crack the Safe on
a Burlington Express Train
Near Savanna, III.
ONE OF THE BANDITS Is SHOT DEAD.
1t Is Thought the Express Messenger
Wounded Him and HIS Companfon
Finished the j ob-Thieves Secured:
$4,000 Engineer Mooney Tells
Vivid story Of the HoId-Up.

Chicago, Aug. Six bandits that
held up the Burling ton limited train
near Savanna, Ill, Tuesday night have
left but one clew behind them. This
clew is the bullet-Eiddled body Of a
man who particupa ted in the robbery.
The belief is that, having been wound
ed by shot from Express Messenger.
Byl's revolver, The band, fearing that
the victim would fall into the hands of
the train men and thus prove a wit
ness against them, decided that as
dead men tell no tales, it would be
policy to kill him. hey did, cool
ly adding murderto the heinous crime
they had already perpetrated.
Strenuous search and keen investi-
cation by the detectives all day
Wednesday proved unavailing, with
the exception of the capture Of two
suspects who may be able to throw
some light on the affair. The only real
clew that the officers have is the re-
mains of the dead bandit.
Six in the Band.
Six men were in the band, men who
had loitered their days away unos-
tentatiously in the various small
towns neighbor to Marcus and Sa-
wanna for week. The bandit who
fell at the hands of his comrades was
observed twice in Savanna, and each
time was in the company of several
Others They had planned their task
well, but they made the one mistake
of selecting night when the treasure
car, the express coach Of the Adams
Express company, was not rich with
loot. It is now Sstated positively that
So, is the amount carried off by the
thieves.
"-- The Engineer's Story.
Engineer John E, Mooney, Of Min
neapolis, told aavivid, story of the
hold-up. He said: s..
1.-The robbers stopped the train by swing
ing white light. AS soon as 1t stopped. two
men jumped into the cab and covered US with
revolvers. One of them told the fireman
to cut off the engine After this was done
8 the man who was pointing a gun at my
head, told me to pull the engine up ways.
and ran her up a half mile Then they
ordered me to jump off, and we walked
back towards the train where we were
joined by the express messenger and an
other robber They took us to the rear of
the buffet car, and told us to- sit there.
One of the robbers left us. They worked
for an hour blowing open the safe, and
finally brought the engine down again, and
all of them got aboard It, A few feet from
the train they told me toj Jump off and run,
which I most assuredly did. They ran the
engineaup seven miles and left her Dead
Mr.. Mooney says,tnat all of the men
wore masks, but that while one was
holding a gun in his face, the hand
kerchief which concealed his entire
face, except the eyes, fell off, and that
he managed to get good look at him
+ He could identify him, he says, as the
young man had a sandy complexion
was about five feet eight inches in
height and wore good clothes s2s9
Not the Train Robbers.
St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 9.-The five
men arrested here on suspicion OF
being the Burlington train robbers,
prove to be ordinary tramps. Moth.
ing about them indicated that they are
bad men, and Chief of Police O'Connor
scouts the idea that they had anything
to do with the robbery. He says they
would not travel together if they were
and he believes the robbers have gone
back to Chicago. IN. IS III sS ~ :.