The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-26
HOLD-UP
TRAIN STOPPED NEAR COR.
BETT BY FOUR MASKED g
MEN.

MEN.
One Bandit Is Killed and Engin-
eer Barrett Is Wounded Slight
1y-Robbers Escaped With
out Plunder in a Boat.
Portland, Sept. 24.-Portland,
FOregonian: In an unsuccessful at.
tempt made by four masked men to
hold up and rob the o. r. & N
overland traio leaving Portland
last night at 8:15 o'clock one of the
robbers was shot and instantly kill
ed and Engineer Ollie Barrett, of
Portland, was wounded. Express
Messenger Fred Korner fred the
shot that slew the bandit, and the
bullet, after passing through his
body, wounded the engineer, strik-
ing him In the left shoulder
The men had badly bungled the
job after having successfully stop
ped the train and compelled the en-.
gineer and fireman to "a accompany
them in their work. Instead of at
tacking the express car they blew
open the door of the baggage car
with dynamite. The noise aroused
the express messenger, and he ops
ened his door and fired at the lead
ing robber, who stood at the time
but few feet from him.
The death of the unknown BAN
dit, apparently the leader Of the
party, disheartened the others, and
they abandoned the astem pt to rob
the train. Not shot was fired in
return, and the bandits escaped
before the express messenger fired
again.
| The hold-up was attempted on
the curve west of the tunnel which
appears above mile post 81. at about
$50 o'clock. Two masked men
stole aboard the train at Troutdale,
hiding Oh ths blind end of the
Mag ag5 ear. a short d istance out
from Troutdale the two men crept
over the tender and. covering en-
gineer Barrett and Fireman Steven
son with their revolvers. ordered
the train to proceed to point near
mile post 81. When this spot bad
been reached the bandits ordered
/ the engineer to stop.
The other men Joined the ban.
dts at the mile post, and the four
ordered the engineer and fireman to
aecompany.them back to theexpress
car. The robbers, apparently ig-
norant of train formation and very
nervous, attacked the baggage car.
When the doors were not opened
promptly they used dynamite and
blew the door open,
Though he had been ordered,
with the fremen, to keep ahead of
the party, Engineer Barrett manag-
en- to slip behind the leader. As
the door to the express car was OPP
ened and Korner's gun was poked
out, he was standing directly be-.
hind the man who was under the
door. Korner fred Immediately,
the bullet instantly killing the rob-
Der and wounding the engineer.
The other bandits, frightened by
the shot, retreated.
The dead body. of the bandit was
left lying at the scene of the hold
up, but Engineer Barrett is of the
opinion that his companions re-
turned and removed it. He believes
the men had boat lying on the
river bank and made their escape
in this manner.
When the robbers stopped the
train, members of the train crew
Immediately warned the passengers
OF the impending peril. It is relat-
ed by those who talked with people
on the cars that the conductor ran
through the coaches crying warn
ing and urging every one to hide
valcables. Purses, watches and
jewelry were hastily thrust under
seat cushions. Women screamed
and some passengers, both men and
women, attempted to hide where
they could be safe from the bullets
that they expected to fly at any
time or where any robber making a
trip through the cars would be un.
able to find them.
Engineer Barrett lost his valua-
bles. These are lying on the plat
form at Bridal Veil, and constitute
the only loss, save that which the
company sustained, which followed
the hold-up.
All the actions of the four men,
and especially their precipitate