The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-08-04
ROBBERS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Passengers on Illinois Central Fly
ers Are Victims Of Bandits.
TAKETHEIR VALUABLES
Four Heavily Armed Highwaymen 10
through the Diamond Special and
Get $1,000 in Plumber.

Through the Diamond Special" and
Get $1,000 in PLUMBER.
st, Louis. Mo. Aug 1t WAS learned
.oday. after the arrival of the Diamond
special, en- the Illinois Central railroad
from Chicago. that the robbers VINO h'la
I up obtained probably less than Slooo
and Il number OF watches from paSSeh-
gers. William Toolan of Lansing, Mleh'
and Leonard Christman. from Ontario
who were beaten on their heads. We're
able to walk from the train, but Toolan
was in Il dazcd condition.
Chicago. H., Aug. -Four highway
men. all heavily armed and two OF them
wearing masks, held up the passengers
m the Illinois Ceutral's Chicago-St. LOUIS
express train. known as the diamond
Special" as it neared Matteson, H., last
night The robbers secured all the money
and vauablcs carried by the thirty pas
eengers in the TWO Pullman sleeping cars
stopped the train ANA escaped III the dark
ness.
Attack the Passengers.
The forward sleeper was entered first,
the occupants Were aroused and, with
nothing on but their nightcoihes, We're
marched back to the Pullman car behind
Two of the passengers who were slow IN
responding to the commands of the rob
hers were hit on their heads with a
lntcltt and one was seriously injured.
Ii was Impossible to obtain the names
ut the injured passengers.
All Their Clothes in Heap.
Whtn the passengers in the two cars
had been lined up in the rear Pullman
Two of the robbers stood guard, one al
each end of the car, with drawn re
yolvers. The third. who is supposed t
have been the leader, ordered the passen
gers. who had been compelled to hrln.
along their clothes from the first car t
throw The garments on the floor of tn,
ears The passengers in the rear car wer
then commanded to return to their berth
and deposit their clothes i'll the sani
heap, then the leader, with the. ntmos
GOODNESS. began TO search the clothing 70
Naluables.
Make Close Examination.
When he had finished this search, h
made a close examination of the pas
-engPrS for any money they might haF
sccreted When the search had bee
/ tOltlnItltI. al tHt uNblN W dS ltlbt'd III
-four sack and the three robbers joine
their companion. who had stood guard j
the veStibue of the train Pulling tn
he'll rope. the signal To the engineer /
stop was given. and when the speed O
the train had Slackened sufficiently. III
robbers. after having locked the door
OF the ear, jumped off and fed in III
darkness.
Crew Unaware of Robbery.
So systematic was -. work Of tn
iobicrs and With 50 mtle confusion
that the train crew WAS unaware of VIVA
wa, going ON. 1t was not until I'll
engineer, in response 10 the. sigma
brought the train to stop. ana seem
nothing Of the remainder of the GREY
walked back to the rear of the train
ascertain what was the matter that /
learned of the robbery.
No attempt WAS made to rob the ma
or express cars.
Secure More Than $1,000.
The robbers secured mere than SlOt
in money and yaluables
i. II. Groce. superintendent of tel
rrnphs for the Illinois Central. who W
one of the robbed. left the train AT la
knkee ana notified the Illinois Cent?
railroad detective in Chicago. Ihe latt
notified the central police and detectiN
We're sent OUT VA Il LlAii' " ~ $50 -
search for the robbers.
Bandits Fire Into Berth.
Stunt. Groces story, as told ut kank
kre. was as follows:
'''rhe men must have boarded the tiHii
at Harvey. for we were pul II ~" nm
nut when they appeared AT the door
mo last Pullman and cursing the bra+
, man and porter, ordered them into |
= smoking compartment. They we
r through the car and ordered all the IN
ant Al first the men seemed TO TN
rho affair n Joke and did not hasten. d
of the bandits then fired INTO pei
X whose occupant was slower than the re
/ He came scramblng out III hurry a
= The rest responded more readily to the
= ders after that.
! Strikes Youth with Hatchet.
n cone other passenger a boy ABOUT
- years old was but partly awake q
:. the shot startled him. He. too. was ST.
i and when IA bandit told him to get i
% the aisle the robber struck INN Win
e hatchet. He was cut severely
.'They drove all the men to the sm
;, ing commandment and there two of tn
~ searched us while the others stood eui
nj the doors. They took 500 from
= and $500 from a man near me- gu
; those were the largest individual aniou
il they obtained.
is Polite to Women.
e "Thcy searched the women. VINO W
X vet awake. but did not bother those "
re were in the berths where the curta
~ were drawn In the second RUIN
There were only five or six paSsehe'
and they had an experience like the !
Is Thc train which left Chicago u o
10 o'clock carried many passengers tor
~ St Louis fair. and all remained on
- train. despite their experience.
h PLEHVE ASSASSlNATED
a. WHILE NIHILlSTS ME-