Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-06-23
.HOLD-UPS
ROB TRAIN. Al.
East Bound North Coast Linn
tied Stopped at Bear,
mouth. Neal MiSSOuIa

The east bound North Coast Limited
due here at 1850 p. M, was held up
at Bearmouth Friday when it stop
ded for water and the express car safe
blown up and looted. The train
reached Forsyth about six hours late
and the passengers told various tales
concerniugSthe affair.
When the train stopped at the water
tank at Bearmouth a man climbed up
into the cab and producing a gun re-
quested the engineer and fireman to
thwow up their hands. The request
was promptly complied with. They
were then ordered to the ground and
escourted to the express car where the
robbers, there being two in evidence at
this time, ordered the express messen-
ger to open the door. Upon his refusal
to do so a stick of dynamite was used
to force the door. The express mes
senger was then told to get out and
did SO. The robbers then placed two
sticks of dynamite on top of the ex-
press safe and blew it up, completely
wrecking the car. The thieves got
all the money there was in the safe,
but the amount is known only to the
officials and they will make no esti-
mate.
No intimation of the holdup reached
fhsa fx,-0
brakeman came running through the
cars from the front yelling that there
was going to be holdup. The brake
man jumped off the rear coach and
started down the track with the avowed'
intention of breaking the worlds
sprinting record but the bullets COM
menced to patter around him and he
concluded 'twould be safer to lay
down, where he remained until the
robbers departed.
Judging from the amount of shooting
the passengers thought there were
five or six men in the gang The air
was full of lead and no one found them
selves SO greatly in need of fresh air
as to protrude their head through the
window; most of the passengers found
the air under the car seats to be of a
very enticing quality.
The light fingered artists treated
all with whom they had to deal with
the greatest consideration. The en-
glneer was given a cigar and in re-
turn was requested to touch off the
fuse for the purpose of blowing open
the safe and he obligingly complied.
Before the charge was set off the ex-
press messenger was requested to re-
lease dog which was tied in the car,
and the canine lost no time in getting
out of the way.
After opening the safe the robbers
appropriated all the money in sight,
mounted their horses and departed for
parts unknown. The place where the
holdup took place is almost the same
spot where Engineer O'Neil was killed
in a holdup two years ago.
The passengers were not molested
in the least The holdup took place
on the Rocky Mountain division of the
road and the officers there are handl-
the matter of chasing the bandits.
The country roundabout is said TO be
very rough and we'll suited to the pur-
pose to which it has been put, namely,
train robbing.
While nothing official can be learn
ed as to the amount of wealth carried
by the North Coast, it is known that
all of the overland currency shipments
on the Northern Pacific are carried by
the North Coast trains and the plum
der of the outlaws is believed to have
been considerable.
Superintendent Palmer of the Rocky
Mountain division has issued circu-
lar offering -, 200 for each robber con-
victed.
| Every means at hand has been en-
| ployed to trace the holdups but as yet
no clue to their whereab bouts is visible.
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