The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-12-06
SHOT BY A TRAIN ROBBER
Charles Ward, of Purcell, !. T, In
jured in Attempted Hold
up on Santa Fe.
AFFAIR OCCURRED At HOLIDAY, KANSAS
After shooting Mr.. Ward the BAN
dit Broke Away and Ran the
Full Length of the Train, Dis
appearing In the Darkness-Got
Only u Coat and Hat.

ttollludy, NAH, DeC. o.-Au uh-
known robber attempted to hold up
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train
No. II here about IL o'clock Monday
night. Charles Ward Of Purcell, l.
T., who grappled with the man was
shot twice In the left leg above the
knee. The bone was broken. He
probably will not die. The robber es-
capped, but lost his hat. Mr.. Ward
took his revolver away from him.
The robber returned to the train ten
minutes later and forced Burt Woods,
OF Newkirk, Ok, to give him a hat.
Then he left the train and disap.
peared in the darkness.
The only thing besides the hat
which the robber took was a coat
which he seized In the private car Of
George Nicholson, Of Chicago, third
vice president Of the Atchison, Tope.
ka & Santa Fe. Mr.. Nicholson's pri'
vate car was behind the day coach
where the robber shot Ward The
train was yestibuled and when the
robber attempted to escape he va
forced to run the entire length 8.
the train to the rear end, There tho
door was locked and the robber dived
through the glass of n window and es-
capped.
The rohher boarded the tran In
Kansas City He had a ticket to To
peka, which he showed to the conduc,
tor soon after leaving Kansas City
Just as the train was slowing up for
Holiday the man walked quietly to
the end OF the day car, pointed re-
volver. at Charles Ward of Purcell,
!. =, and demanded his grip, coat and
money. Ward sprang at him, and
seized the hand holding the revolver.
The robber was unable to raise the
revolver and fired twice at Wards
legs.
BY that time other passengers were
coming to the rescue of Ward, The
robher became frightened ana ran.
His flight took him through the
private car of Mr. Nicholson. who
was asleep there. The porter tried to
stop him but was knocked down. BE
hind the private car was Pullman.
through the Pullman dashed the rob
Der. A passenger grabbed al him
and was pushed aside. At the end of
the Pullman the rohher tried the door
and found it locked. He sPrang
throu.l . nindow ana landed at re
fee Of Tie conductor of freight
train on Il siding. The conductor
leaped at him, but the rubber threw
him under the Pullman coach and
dashed on into the darkness.
In the meantime, Mr.. Ward, the
rollers s.~..M, had been taken To
the baggage car. Or. Maxon Of Gun
ningh@m Kan, who was on the train.
was Attending him, Ten minutes af-
ter the cheering the rohber climbed
into tie BAGGAGE Car haJlcss and with
another revolver, Give me that nat =
lie. said quietly to Burt Woods, OF
NEWARK. OK, Il passenger helping
the doctor. woods refused, but DR..
Maxon seized the hat and threw 1t
to the robber to prevent further
shooting The robber jumped to the
ground and walked quietly away.
Topeka, Dec. 5.-Charles Ward
who was shot by the Santa Fee train
robber at Holiday, was brought here
on the same train on which he was
shot The train arrived at LIS and
Mr.. Ward was at once taken to the
Santa Fe hospital here. Although
badly wounded, the surgeons at the
hospital say he probably will recover
Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 5.-The sneak
thief who at IL o'clock Monday night
escaped after shooting E. c. Ward, o.
Purcell. !. T., passenger on west
bound Santa Fe train No. II at Holli
day, Ban., appeared In Lawrence
early lucoudy III ocaTCh VI q physA
clan. The mans hand was wounded
After an unsuccessful attempt to Sc
cure the services Of two physicians
he disappeared. It Is believed thai
the man is in hiding In Lawrence.
II is supposed that the mans hant
was hurt In the scuffle with Ware
which ended IN the latter beint
wounded. The thief appeared her'
at about 1880 Tuesday morning a
the home Of DR.. e. Smith. half bloch
from the police station. The physi
clan asked the thief to go with him Il
his office, short distance Thi'
the man refused to do and disap
peared. Later he called at the HON.
of DR.. A. j. Anderson, in the mex
BIZ ok. Anderson was not in and tn,
man left. The local police with tht
aid of a Santa Fe detective are try
Ing to find trace Of him.
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Want q Torpedo Planter.