Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-03
TRAIN WAS HELD UP.
Robbers Dynamited Two or Three of
 the Cars.

Portland, Ore, Oct 3.-A dispatch tc the Oregonlan from Seattle, Wash says that the Great Northern overland train which left Seattle at S:30 o'clock last night, was held up and a baggage and express car dynamited half mile east of mile post 10, about five miles from Ballard, at s:45 p. ID. It was II o'clock before the train pulled into Edmonds and only meagre reports were sent to the local office. Three men are known to have done the work although two boys who climbed on the blind baggage there took advantage ot the situation and when the train was halted went through the passenger coaches holding up the passengers. The boys were captured.
 So far as known no one was killed. but it is reported that Charles An rderson, express messenger, was slight ly injured. The robbers secured the contents of the safe in the express ear and departed in an easterly direction. Manager Waring of the Great Northern Express Go, said later that he did not know what the contents of the safe were. but believed that 1t contained only a small amount of money.
 The train was Jagged and as the engineer slowed up two men wearing rain coats eand slouch hats climbed over the tender and presented revolvers at the engineers head. The robbers then left the locomotive, taking the fireman with them, and went to the baggage car, where they called upoE the messenger to open the door. The latter refused and a heavy charge Of dynamite was placed against the door and exploded. The car was wrecked. The safe was quickly dynamited, after which the rest of the train was al- lowed to proceed.
 The two boys who were captured claimed that they had 10 connection with the other robbers and that the idea of holding up the passengers only occurred to them after the explosion They said that two of the bandits were on the blind baggage when they got on and a third man boarded the train at Ballard. Sheriff Smith and q posse started in pursuit of the robbers.
 Conductor Grants report of the hold up shows that at least seven men were engaged in the robbery. He believes there were other men further down the track. but did not take any part. possi- bly, because the train had stopped too soon.
 once inside the cars the robbers began dynamiting. the first explosion being of six sticks. the second C. twelve and the third of eighteen.
 While the robbers were engaged on the safe the two boys who had been riding on the blind baggage slipped of and went through the train attempting to hold up the passengers. They haa no guns. but took advantage of the timidity of the passengers while the shooting was going on outside
 The boys who gave their names as Frank Alfred and Roland Gibbs. are now in jail at Everett 4 passenger on the train says their method while going through the coaches consisted more of a begging character than a hoId-up. No one was injured serious Iy. although a continual fire of re- volvers was kept up. Stories differ ar to the number of the robbers en- gagged in the job. There were at least three. There may have been four or even more.
 The express meSsenE ger ssys he does not know how much was obtained bv the hold-ups The local safe was not molested