The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-10-01
ROBBERS FOILRD
EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLS ONE
AND WOUNDS ENGINEER.
Atlantic Express or the O. r. q ~
Held UP Near Portland. In,
Left without Securing An
Booty--Posse Goes After Robha
believed to Be Amateu.

Portland, Or, Sept. 25.-The Oreoo.
express, on the Oregon Railroad su 1
Navigation line, which left here At s1. e
p. M, was held up an hour later moo.
Corbett station by four masked m.n
One of the robbers WAS shot and t;llas
by Express Messenger Fred Ko,na.
and Engineer Ollie Barrett was serioua'
ly woudned by the same bullet.
After the shooting the robbers aod
without secuIng any booty. Two of tho
highwaymen boarded the train at Trou.
dale, station eighteen miles east -,
here, and after the train had gotten
under way they crawled over the tan.
der and, covering the engineer and fro
man With revolvers, told them to ston
at mile post No. FL, which is near Cor
bett station. When the train SLOWED
down two more men appeared. Two ~
the robbers compelled the engineer n
get out of the cab and accompany them
to the express car, while the Others
watched the fireman. The men carried
several sticks of dynamite, and when
they came to the baggage car, thinking
it was the express car, threw stick at
the door.
Opens Fire on Robbers.
Express Messenger Korner heard the
explosion and Immediately secured bis
rifle and opened fire. The bullet pierced
the heart Of one of the robbers and 90.
ing through his body entered the left
breast of Engineer Barrett, who was
just behind him. Barrett's wound is
above the heart and is not necessarily
fatal. After the shooting the other
three robbers fled without securing any
booty, and it is supposed they took to
boat which they had moored at the
bank of the river. The point where the
holdup occurred is on the bank of the
Columbia river and PERCEPTIONS noun
tain is on the other side of the track.
The easiest route of escape is by the
river, and the officers believe that the
robbers will either cross TO the Wash.
ington shore or come down the river
to this city.
The robber ordered Engineer Barrett
to walk in front of him while ap-
preaching the baggage car, but he
jumped behind just before the shot
from the express messengers rifle was
fired.
Posse Goes to Scene.
The body of the dead robher was left
beside of the track and that of the
wounded engineer placed aboard the
train, which was run to Bridal Veil,
distance of six miles, by the fireman.
An engine and caboose from The Dalies
brought the engineer to this city and
he was taken to St. Vincent's hospital.
Sheriff Story and four deputies left on a
special train for the scene of the rob.
berry, hut they have small hope of cap
turing the robbers, as the country on
both sides of the river is heavily tim.
bered.
The railroad company has offered
reward of 81 900 tor the arrest OF the
1t is believed the robbers are anna
tours from the fact that they mistook
the baggage for the express car. The
door OF the car was badly shattered,
but the trucks were not injured, and it
was not detached from the train.
Engineer Barrett is one of the Oldest
men on the road. having been in the
employ of the company for 25 years.
Express Messenger Korner is known as
one of the most determined men in the
employ of the Pacific Express Company