The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-04
WASHINGTON HOLD-UP
OVERLAND LIMITED STOPPED BY
 ROBBERS NEAR SEATTLE.
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Portlan< "A special 10 srhe orert ,. .s, attle, Wash, savs that e.. -e s-- hern overland limited trf 9a. .lt- aattle at S:20 o'clock last night was held up and the baggage and express car dynamited half a mile east of mile post 10 about five miles from Ballard at s:45 p. m. 1t was II o'clock before the train pulled into Edmonds. and the most meager news was sent to the local ofice.
 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 the third got on at Ballard. All were we'll dressed with rain coats and slouch hats.
 So far as reported no one has been killed, but 1t is reported that Charles Anderson, the express messenger, IS slightly injured.
 Manager waring of the Great North ern Express Company said last night he did not know the contents of safe. but believed 1t was a small sum. After securing the contents of the safe the three men started off in an easterly direction. It is believed other mem- bers of the gang are ahead of the scene of the hold-up, and the robbers joined them.
 The train was standing near the brick yard and as the engineer slowed up two men with rain coats climbed over the tender and presented revolvers to his head. When the train stopped two ~A IA f,tpanaA A mn fhe 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 explo- sion tore the car almost to pieces. The safe was then dynamited.
 The train was delayed two hours and A half and then pulled into Edmonds making a brief report before proceeding to Everett.
 The two boys claim they never met the hoids-ups until they got on the train and are in no way connected with their work. The idea to hold up the passengers occurred to them after the
 Seven fin Robbery.
 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 stopped too soon.
 When once inside the car the rob- bers began dynamiting, the first ex' posion being of six sticks. the second of twelve and the third of eighteen.
 While the robbers were engaged or tho safe. the two boys who had beer riding on the bling baggage slipped of and went through the train attempt ing to hold up the passengers. TheJ had no guns. but took advantage of thu timidIty of the passengers while tho shooting was going on outside. The boys who gave their names al Frank Alfred and Roland Gibbs, ar, now in jail at Everett. A passen gel on the train says their method whA, going through the coaches consisted more of a begging character than { hold-up
 No one was injured seriously. al though a continual fire of revolvers wa, kept up. Stories differ as to the mum Der of robbers engaged in the job There were at Ie0st three. There may have been four or even more. The express messenger says he doel not know how much was obtained bI the hold-ups The local safe was no moIested.
 A reward of :5.oOo was offered to day by the Great Northern Express Conpsny for the capture and identi ncation of the robbers.