Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-06-02
BOLDTRAINROBBERY
DARTMOUTH, MONTANA, SCENE
OF ANOTHER HOLDUP.
Express Car Was Wrecked by ExpIos-
ion-Messenger Struck Robber over
the Head With Iron Bar-No Booty
Taken-Engneer and Express Mes
senqer Get $1,000 Reward.

senger Get $1,000 Reward.
Missoula, Mont May 29.-The man
behind the gun at the Bearmouth
holdup of the eastbound Northern Pa
cifc passenger No. 2, Saturday night,
is at the point of death from blow
delivered by Express Messenger LauD,
when the robber stopped to pick up
a sack of coin from the shattered safe.
The highwayman's partner, or part
ners, took to the hills and after being
traced by bloodnounds from the peni-
Tertiary for several miles, crossed a
creek and the dogs and posse were
baffled.
No money was secured and the
Northern Pacific officials feel so CRATE
full that today word was wired that
checks for $1,000 each had been sent
to Engineer Wilson and Express Mes
senger Laub.
After the one man had ordered the
engineer and fireman to accompany
him to the express car, several shots
were fired to keep the balance of the
train crew inside the cars. The man
lD6Qluu luC BUN AhAOA AhON eAiO O~~o~-
and fireman that his partners were do
!, ing the shooting and they had nothing
to fear so long as they obeyed orders.
Conductor Sayer attempted to ascer-
/ tain the cause for delay and as he
leaned out of the vestibule OF one Oh
the forward coaches, shot rang out
: and a bullet whizzed into the wood
? work under his arm. The conductor
3 lost no time in pulling himself back
= into the car, realizing that the delay
D was a holdup for sure. He quickly
t made the end of the coaches, dropped
d off. proceeded back to Bearmouth sta
S ton. and sent the alarm to Missoula.
: In the meantime the man behind the
e gun. through Engineer Wilson, ordered
n the express messenger to leave the
car, as he intended to blow it up
Knowing that resistance was useless
the messenger complied. Using one
hand to place four sticks of giant pow
a der inside the car, and the other Il
cover his prisoners, the man behin'
Ie the gun set off the first charge Will
a his partners kept firing along the Gu
IL off coaches to prevent interference
c. Four sticks of giant powder failed t
r do the work the highwaymen desire
III and six more were set off under tn
III same conditions They also failed an
10 16 sticks were thrown in and the ca
De and it's contents wrecked.
Of Under the cover of his gun the rot
1t Der forced Engineer Wilson and ID
L, press Messenger Laub into the wrecl
he ed car and supplied Wilson wit
matches to light their way. In goin
to into the car Laub's hand came in col
y. tact with a piece of loose iron frol
at the wreckage and when Wilson struc
of one of the matches and the robbie
ly stopped to pull a sack of coin frol
ce the shattered safe, Laub brought II
iron down on the highwayman's hea
and felled him. Before the fellow cou
move a second crack of the iron p'
him out of business and the expires
Be company's money was saved.
The partner or partners of the ma
o., behind the gun evidently took to the
heels, as there was no ful Their effo
L., made to get the money.
Lose Trail of Second Robber.
While the semitragedy was takli
ms. place, officers were on their way fro
Missoula and Drummond and bloc
of hounds from the penitentiary at De
Lodge. When the posses reached Il
vs. scene the train had proceeded slow
to Drummond, where the injured mi
oc- was placed in charge of physicians al
guards. AS soon as the dogs from t
ian penitentiary arrived they picked up
scent and started over the hills to t
lin, southwest, following it almost II
miles. There the trail was lost a
)O,- the posses called back. No one b
been able to identify the captur
ST. highwayman, who appears to be
workman, about 35 years of age.
lily, has not spoken since being stru'
Detectives of the company are wol
co. ing on the case and expect to ha
the man identified by tomorrow.