The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-11
OVERLAND TRAIN HELD UP
Robbers Got Away With Some Valuable
Booty.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ROBBERY.
While the Bandits We're Busy With the En-
slnser and Express Messenger. q Couple
Of Youths Took Advantage Of the Panic
Among the Passengers and Began Making
Them Give Up.


Seattle, Wash. (Specia) The Great
Northern overland train leaving Seattle
at night was held up and the baggage
and express car dynamited about five
miles from Ballard Three men are
known to have done the work Two
boys who got on the blind baggage here
as soon as the holdup began entered the
passenger coaches and began holding up
the passengers. They were captured.
blind baggage when they got on, and
the third got on at Ballard. All were
well dressed, with rancoats and slouch
hats. SO far as reported no one was
killed, but Charles Anderson, an ex-
press messenger, was slightly injured.
The train was tagged near the brick
yard, and as the engineer slowed up two
men with raincoats climbed over the
tender and presented revovers to his
head. When the train stopped, the engi-
neer was instructed to pull ahead which
he did for several hundred yards, when
he was again commanded TO stop. Two
of the robbers then jumped off, making
the engineer and fireman do the same,
and all marched to the baggage-car
door. The messenger was commanded
to open the door, and, refusing, an extra
heavy charge of dynamite was placed
against it and exploded The explosion
tore the car almost to pieces. The safe
was then dynamited. The train was
delayed two hours and half, and then
pulled into Edmonds, making brief re-
port before proceeding to Everett. The
two boys claim they never met the hold
ups until they got on the train, and are
in no way connected with their work.
The idea to hold up the passengers oc-
Cured TO them after the explosion
Sheriff Smith has started out with a
posse.
Conductor Grants report OF the hold
up shows that at least seven men were
engaged in the robbery. The conductor
believes there were other men further
down the track, but they did not take
any part. possibly because the train had
stopped too soon.
When once inside the car the robbers
began dynamiting, the first explosion
being of six sticks, the second of IL and
the third of IS.
While the robbers were engaged on
the safe the two boys who had been
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and went through the train, attempting
10 hold up the passengers. They had
no guns, but took advantage of the ti-I
midity of the passengers while the shoot
ing was going on outside.
The boys, who gave their names as
Frank Alfred and Roland Gibbs, are
now in jail at Everett. a passenger on
the train says that their method while
going through the coaches consisted of
more of begging character than a
holdup.
No one was injured seriously, al
though a continual fire of revolvers was
kept up. Stories differ as to the num-
Der of robbers engaged in the job. There
were at least three. There may have
been four, or even more.
The express messenger says he does
not know how much was obtained by
the holdups The local safe was not
molested.
A reward of $1,000 was offered by the
Great Northern Express. Company for
the capture and identification OF the rob-
bers.
Deputy Sheriff Scott said that, so far
as known, only $40 in cash was taken
from the safe. No statement has been
made regarding express matter.