Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-26
DUMMY TRAIN MET ROeeER.
How a Gang Of Bad Men Was Broken
Up by Railroad Mans Scheme.


road veteran, according to the New
York Sun, chow William C. Brown of
the Central broke up a gang of train
robbers? When he was a good deal
younger than he is now, in years and
experience, he was manager of the
Missouri lines of the Burlington sys-
tenn. He had headquarters in St. jos
eph, Mo-, and there was sort of COM
bine to stop railroad trains and rob
the express car. The leaders of these
train robbers had their rendezvous in
and atcut the town where Mr. Brown
lived.
"One night. / believe it, was back in
SO, while Mr.. Brown was at his home
he got tip from one of the gang who
had grown up in the town that a GER
tain train of Mr.. Browns line was to
be stopped that very night not far
from st. Joseph. A man who knows
the story told me about it. He said
Mr.. Brown was reading in his library
when he got the tip. He looked at his
watch and saw that the leaving sched-
ule of the train was about two hours
away.
HE went to the telephone and called
up the sheriff of the country and then
the chief of police. He told them to
meet him at certain place in town.
Then he called up one Of the officials
Of the road and told him to be at the
same place. He hung up the receiver
of his phone, and put on his overcoat.
placed a revolver in handy pocket,
and told his wife he might not be back
until late. With that he passed out Of
the house and soon met the three men
l have mentioned.
when he got to the yards of his
company he issued an order to hold
the train that was marked for robbery
st the union station. He then ordered
what railroad men call dummy to be
made up. 1t consisted of the same
number cf coaches as the regular. 1t
carried no passengers-just the en-
i ~ineer and fireman Mr. drown. me
| sheriff and chief of police, and the di'
vision superintendent. Every man
was armed. The express car was
f,.oV ,,fN nod int nrf Of font In
of piano boxes fixed so as to let down
in front were stored in the car, as
breastworks.
AT the exact spot indicated in the
tip a red lantern was swung across
the track. The engineer brought his
engine to full stop. The bandits GOV
cred the engineer and fireman with re
vclvcYs &ad 5 - rs, marched then
to the doors of the express car, ant
compelled them to order the expires:
messenger to open the door, threat
ening to blow it open with dynamite
il the order was not promptly compli
ed with The robbers were admitted
and the express messenger told t,
open his safe. ;. While doing so
slight noise made by one of the con
| cealed officers alarmed the bandits
who started toward the end of the cal
Hearing a second noise one of ther
opened fire. Fortunately the bulle
missed its mark This shct was 70
) lowed by a volley from six or eish
5 concealed deputies.
/, +, Mr. Brown was in the smoking ca
1 When he heard the fusillade he stel
e ped out on the platform. A man i
: the brush called to him to get bac
Il in hurry, and Mr.. Brown obeyed
: ''Within 20 minutes after the opel
d ing of the engagement the train roI
bers We're ont of business. Most
r ttem dead in TIE brush. One ha
z escaped. but he left blood marks q
= the trail he travelled The DUNN
= train returned WITH Two dead .rai