The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-11
PLAYEOCONOUCTOR
ROBBED PASSENGER
BOLD ACT OF YOUNG RASCAL on
COTTON BELT TRAIN YESTER
DAY AFTERNOON.
RoDBER IS CAPTURE
Az Bridge junction After Tusse and
Landed in Jail-Money All Re.
covered--vietlm Was Old
Man From Tennessee.


A bold robbery took place. on the
cotton Belt train just after it loft
the Central Union station yesterday
afternoon. The victim was an old
man named James Jamisoh from
Obion County Tenn, who was bound
for Portageyille Mo, to visit his son.
His story Is that Immediately after the
train began to move some one whom
he took to be the conductor, began
calling for tickets and fares Jamison
drew out his pocket BOOK in which he
had his ticket, and when the man
came up was about to hand him the
ticket when the fellow snatched the
pocket book and dashed cut of the
car. jumping off the rain at Eighth
street and running down toward Com
mercia'.
Nj, Jamison left the train at the in
cline and came down to report his
loss. Chief Egan was out on some
other case at the time. but arrived at
Headquarters little later and at once
took up the matter. sending men in
all directions and teleDhoning 10
various po-ats north. Mr. Jamison
said he robbel was yorng man
smooth faced, dark hair neatly dress.
ed wcar5ag soft dark hat. probably
five feet ten inches tan Sncb a man
was tracked by Officer Hagey g,inp
up the Mobile 4 Ohio railroad track
Anothe. report was tbaf such 4 man
was seen to pass The switch tower
about 2;3o O'Clock. walking RAPIDLY
II rthwar1.
Mr. Jamieon said hi nocltet han, |
contained about S195 all the money ba |
had Just before the fellow reached |
him another passenger handed rho
rogue IS, which the latter took with
The remark that he would hiring him
tho change after while
-
There were no developmenty in Tho
search for the rascal up TO 6 o'clooI;
and Mr. Jamison left police headonar.
ters in a very depressed state Of mind
for he had looked f-rward ~ 1890.
Christmas with his son in Missouri ami
his hopes seemed doomed Rut when
tho dummy train which meefs No
arrived at Central Union Statio, II
brought news which put an entirely t
different phase upon the sination
There were three men on tbis DUMMY !
train, All of them showed signs If
having been in a scramble m wora
mud.bespattered and two If mon i
were n bit bloody One war The boI5 i
young robber and The other two were {
Officer Mcnamara and Rim Hnbrrn \
WHO md captured him The ofricar
and Hflburn had gone 10 Bridgo nm.
ton TO look for Tho foIIon, ana =, -
that Hilburn spied him ana wont AZ :
him. the officer coming onicl,lv 70 hi 4
aid A tusseI follovad ana tbo thn.a 5
relied down fhe confinement T., na j
effort to snbdue him utIbnrn 60. u
him blow brinpirc ~, ooro 80, 7
HE head a,d from, his o,,, bo,,d is
we'll. They kent tbeir nr.so,o, ,,nti q
HE dummy came nm ana troyob, Hin, Il
into town q
At Central T.piop s,otio, t,o .,,. l.
lner was held for tho ma roi u.a,,a,, q
mi while seated ON a hancb y.,,ohn1 d
lis oDporti,,-ity wbil,. ,l,,., a., y
II him were NOT 1oolin, at hin, ~ ri
hrow something updcr fbo booch b'
}ut the motion was seen NV SOM, 1,o,, i''
nd when the prisoner was t,lson ont %
q be mt into the u,ir,I war,n tb6 "a
,nvs made a dash for th,, toncb =, M
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