The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-08-15
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
Six Masked Men Crack the Safe on
a Burlington Express Train
Near Savanna, Ill.
ONE OF THE BANDITS is SHOT DEAD.
1t Is Thought the Express Messenger
Wounded Him md His Compani ons
Finished the JOb-Thieves Secured
$4,000 Engineer Mooney Tells
Vivid story of the HoFd-Up.

Chicago, Aug. six bandits that
held up the Burlington limited train
near Savanna, H., Tuesday night have
left but one clew behind them. This
clew is the bullet-riddled body Of
man who participated in the robbery.
The belief is that, having been wound
ed by a shot from Express Messenger
Byls revolver, the band, fearing that
the victim would fall into the hands of
the train men and thus prove wit
ness against them. decided that as
dead men tell no tales, it would be
policy to kill him. This they did, cool
ly adding murder to 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 We're 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
we'll, 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. 1t is now stated positively that
$500 is the amount carried off by the
thieves
The Engineers story.
Engineer John f. Mooney. of Min
neapolis, told a vivid story of the
holdup. He said:
THE robbers stopped the train by swing
ing white light. AS soon as it stopped, two
men jumped into the caband covered, us with
revolvers. One of them told the fireman
to cut off the engine. After this was done
| the man who was pointing a gun at my
head, told me to pull the engine up a ways
| and l ran her up half mile. Then they
| ordered, me to jump off, and we walked
| back towards the train where We We're
| 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 1t. A few feet from
| the train they told ME to jump off and run
| which l most assure6ly did. They ran the
engine up seven miles and left her dead
Mr.. Mooney says tnat all of the me1
wore masks, but that while one wa.
holding gun in his face, the hand
kerchief which concealed his entire
face, except the eyes, fell off, and tina
he managed to get good look at him
He could identify him, he says, as the
young man had sandy complexion
was about five feet eight inches il
height and wore good clothes.
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'Connol
scouts the idea that they had anything
to do with the robbery. He says they
would not travel together if they We're
and he believes the robbers have gone
back to Chicago.