Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-10-10
BANDITS ROB TRAIN;
HOLD UP PASSENGERS
GREAT NORTHERN OVERLAND
PILLAGED BY BANDITS NEAR
SEATTLE, WASH.
DYNAMITE EXPRESS CAR
AND INJURE MESSENGER
Posse Searches for the Outlaws
Youthful Plunderers Are Captured
Deny Completely = Conductor
Tells Story Of Deed.

Deny Completely = Conductor
Tells Story of Deed.
Seattle, Wash, Oct. 4.-The Great
Northern overland train was held up
and the baggage and express car dyna
mited half mile east of Mile Post 10
about five miles from Ballard. 1t was
very late before the train pulled into
Edmonds and the most meager reports |
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 en-
tered the passenger coaches and began
holding up the passengers. 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.
and SLOUGH hats. So far as reported no
one has been killed, but it is reported
that Charles Anderson, express mes
senger, is slightly injured. Manager
Waring, of the Great Northern Express
company, said he did not know the
contents of the safe, but believes it
was small sum. After securing the
contents of the safe the three men
started off in an easterly direction. 1t
is believed other members of the gang
went ahead to the scene Of the hold
up and the robbers joined them.
Engineer Is Covered.
The train was tagged near the brick
yard, and as the engineer slowed up
two men with raincoats climbed over
the tender and presented revolyers to
his head When the train stopped the
baggage and express car was uncou-
pied by one of the robbers and the en-
gineer Instructed to pull ahead, which
he did for several hundred yards, when
he was again commanded to stop.
Two of the robbers then jumped off,
making the engineer and fireman do
the 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 placed against it and ex-
ploded The explosion tore the car all
most to pieces. The safe was then
dynamited. The train was delayed two
hours and half and then pulled into
Edmonds, making brief report before
proceeding to Everett. The two boys
claim they never met the hold-ups
aHtil they got on the train and are in
10 way connected with their work.
SuSred to them after the explosion.
1heriff Smith has started out with a
posse.
Says Robbers Numbered Seven.
Conductor Grants report of the hold.
up shows that at least seven men were
engaged in the robbery. The con-
ductor believes there were other men
further down the track, but they did
not take any part, possibly because
the train had stopped too soon. When
once inside the car the robbers began
dynamfting, the first explosion being
OF six sticks, the second Of IL and the
third of is.
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, attempt.
ing to hold up the passengers. They
had no guns, but took advantage of the
timidity Of the passengers while the
shooting was going on outside.
q Land Hold-Ups in Jail.
The 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
going through the coaches was more
Of begging character than hold-up
No one was injured seriously, al
though a continual fire of revolveri
was kept up. Stories differ as to thu
number Of robbers engaged In the job
There were at least three. There ma,
have been four, or even more.
The express messenger says he doe.
not know how much was obtained b,
she hold-ups. The local safe was no
molested.
Secured Less Than $1,000.
st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 4.-Genera
Manager u. s. Elliott, of the Grea
Northern Express company, gave tn
following statement regarding tn
VI Lie ONCIbdAu pdSoCh6C
train near Seattle: "Our train leaving
Seattle for st. Paul was held up b,
masked men between Metum and Rich
mond Beach, about ten miles north o
Seattle, on the shore of Puget sound
Two men evidently got on the from
of the mail car at a railroad CROSSING
stop and very soon after went into tn
cab of the engine, held up the enginee
and fireman, requiring the engineer t
stop the train at a given point, wher
they were met by probably three 9th
ers, who Joined the party and force
the engineer and fireman at the point
of revolvers to require the expires
messenger to open the car door, TIL
messenger was then forced to leav
his car. Some of the robbers got int
the car and wrecked the safe by tn
hse Of dynamite, using three charges
so we are informed. Such of the cor
tents OF the safe as were not damage
by the explosion were taken by tn
robbers, who, it is supposed, had
boat handy to carry them away Their
WAS very little money taken, being a.
Smaf1 remittances and amounting {
Tess than $1,000" = .-,4a..---------.---
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