Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-10-04
BANDITS HOLD UP
PASSENGER TRAIN
Express Car is Blown Open and
Safe is Robbed.
EXPRESS MESSENGER IS INJURED
Three Men Conducted the HoId-Up
and Got Into the Express Car-TWo
Boys Who Were Riding on Blind
Baggage Were Arrested.

Portland, Ore, Oct "a SPECIAL to
the Oregonian from Seattle says thai
the Great Northern Overland train
was held up and the baggage and ex-
press cars dynamited half a mile east
of Mile Post 10, about 5 miles from
Ballard, at 8:45 p. III.
1t was II o'clock before the train
pulled in Edmunds, and the most rnea-
ger news sent to the local office.
Three men are known to have done
the work. Two boys, who got on the
blind baggage here as soon as the
hold-up began, entered the passenger
coaches and began holding up the pas
sengers. They were captured.
They say two of the men were on
the blind baggage when they got on
and that tie third got on at Ballard.
All were dressed in raincoats and had
slouch hats on.
So far as reported, no one has been
killed, but it is reported that Charles
Anderson, the express messenger, is
slightly wounded.
Manager Waring, of the Great North.
ern Express company, said last night
he did not know the contents of tle
safe, but believed it was small sum.
After securing the contents of the safe
the three men started off in an easterly
direction
1t is believed that other members of
the gang are ahead of the scene of the
hOld-up and the robbers joined tlem.
The train was standing near the
brick yard, and as the engineer slow
ed up two men with raincoats climbed
over the tender and presented revol.
vers to his head When the train
stopped the baggage and express car
was uncoupled by one of the robbers
and the engineer invited to pull alead
which he did for several hundred
yards, when he was again commanded
to stop
Tw" of the robbers then jumped off,
making the engineer and fireman do
tle same and all marched to the bag
gage car door The messenger was
commanded to open the door and re-
fusing, an extra heavy charge Of dyna
mite was put 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 Ed
munds, making a brief report 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 witt
their work The idea to holdup the
passengers occurred to them after the
explosion.
Sheriff Smith has started out with
posse.
While the robbers were engaged on
the safe tle two boys who had been
riding on the blind baggage, slipped
off and went through the train attempt
ing to holdup the passengers. They
had no guns but took advantage of
the timidity- of the passengers, while
tn eshooting was going on outside.
T1e boys, who gave their names as
Frank Alfred and Roland Gibbs, are.
now in jail at Everett. A passenger on
the train says their method while 60
ing through the coaches consisted
more of a begging character than
holdup.
Nc one was injured seriously, al.
though a continual fire OF revolvers
was kept UP.
Stories differ as to the number OF
robbers engaged in the job. There
were at least four or aven more
The express messenger says he does
not know how much was obtained by
the holdups. The local safe was not
molested.
New Business Cost Too M1ch.