Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-18

the rear OF the train and was awaken.
ed by the stopping Of the train. Sev.
eral times the engine jerked the train,
and thought the engineer was having
trouble with the air. | rose and by
the appliance in the car. set the air,
and Trainmaster OFT gave the usual
signal to release. This being ineffective
We went outside to see what the trou.
BILE was. The brakeman of the passen-
ger train came running down the side
Of the train and told us we were being
held up. then hurriedly dressed and
taking the Savage rifle that was in the
car. | stepped out to do what could
to prevent IL. was too late, for the
head-end was then being pulled off.
went to the head-end. but though
could plainly see them at work, | did
not dare fire for fear of hitting one OF
our own men as they were all grouped
together.
"The express messenger came run
ming to our part OF the train aud told
what was happening in his car. We
waited, and after the explosion and the
robbers had started down the hill, |
went back to the freight train which
had followed us up the hill, and, cut
ting out the hind engine, sent Train
master OFT to town for help. could
see the two men plainly getting into
their rig, but it looked to me then as II
they were mounting horses. blazed
away at them, but on account Of its be-
ing night and the distance being great
| do not think hit them. They start.
ed toward town and followed down the
railroad grade. Every time I got
chance I took a shot at them, and
though on foot, kept within sight Of
them until reached the train bearing
the sheriff and his men. stopped
them and told them what knew"
Fireman Jondrow in telling Of his ex-
perience, said:
IL was firing the helper when the
train was tagged. Before We came to
stop a shot was fired into the cab,
which nearly took the life OF my en-
gineer, Macarthur, passing through his
coat In two places. At the same time
man climbed aboard and ordered us
to throw up our hands. He stuck his
gun in my face and l hurried to obey
his command. After we stopped we
were ordered to get down. There were
two men. one q tall slended man,
weighing perhaps l65 pounds; the 9TH
er was short and was pretty drunk.
The taller man seemed TO be the leader
and was sober, cool and full of nerve
Il was compelled to uncouple the
cars from the rest of the train and was
then compelled to take the three sticks
OF dynamite into the express car and
set them of. The short man kept me
covered and was SO careless with his
gun that / feared he would shoot me,
no matter what did.
while we were waiting for the
charge to go off. the gun in the hands
OF the shorter man exploded, the bull
let striking between my legs, throwing
dust over my shoes. When this hap
pened the taller man told me to get
behind him. as the little fellow was
drunk and might hurt me. did this.
and while we were standing there
someone from the passenger care open.
ed fire on us. The bullets were flying
and thinking | might as well be shot
by the robbers as by the others. | de-
termined TO try 10 escape. When the
attention of the hold.ups was diverted,
| made leap over the bank. and, roll
ing and tumbling finally reached the
bottom. From there | started for the
town ran most of the way and when
| had nearly reached the city ! saw
rig with two men in II, headed for
Butte. ] started for them, intending
to ask them for a ride, but thinking
they might be the robbers ! changed
my mind and ran the other way.
Il had reached point near the race
track when ! again saw two men ap'
preaching. They both had guns. and,
thinking this time surely that ! had
run into the robbers, ! turned and
started running, heard command to
halt but kept on running until they
shot twice at me. Then stopped and,
turning, threw up my hands. calling
to them that | was the fireman.
could see then that they were not the
robbers, and knew they we're officers.
finally reached the station. after
about two hours Of hard running
A Reward offered.
Helena, Feb. l2.-The Northern Pa
cific has Offered a reward OF $4,000 for
the arrest and conviction of the men
who held up the Burlington train on
the Northern Pacific tracks near Butte
this morning The company will pay
$4,000 for the gang, or $1,000 for each
conviction.
Didn't Get Much.
Butte. Feb. l3.-A representative Of
the railroad company stated yesterday
that the Burlington train robbers did
not get as much as was at first
thought An investigation OF the way