Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-30
CONDUCTOR GETS R0BBER
BANDIT REPEATS HIS STUNT NEAR
SLATER, MO-, BUT MEETS
HIS WATERLOO.
VALUABLES RECLAIMED.
Train Executive Pounces on Daring Grim
.inal Despite Big Gun Pointed
at His Breast

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 26.-One
of the most unique and daring train rob-
berries and captures in the history OF the
southwest was committed 100 miles east
of Kansas City early today. Between
Slater and Armstrong, Mo-, twenty -ohe
miles, marked man, single-handed
robberobbed twenty passengers in three
cars of the fast east bound combination
Alton & Burlington passenger Tram.
After half an hours work he secured
approximately $4,000 besides several
watches and jewelry.
The man finally was overpowered py
E. B. Haywood, the train conductor
who knocked raised revolver from tue
robbers hand and forced him to the car
floor. The robber was bound, maue ~
disgorge and four hours after the. rop-
berry was committed, was placed III JAN
Got Their Man OF His Brother.
The robber, who said his name was
Truehart, and that he came from Can
fornia, was recognized by the engineer
as the same man who on November .;
last, in an exactly similar manner anu
through the rear sleeper, of an cas-
bound Rock Island Overland hmltead'
which on this division runs over the A.
ton tracks. Truehart. who refused 70
give his full name, or tell what town ne
came from, said that it was his oro'llef
who held up the Rock Island tfahA' wa,
The train robbed this morning wa" Ss
No. "a, which left Kansas CITY at
o'clock Sunday night From. Kansas
City. TO Mexico, Mo-, the train Is rah
over the Alton tracks At Mexico II Is
cut in two, the Alton portion contlnallis
and the Burlington portion gong 10 81
Louis.
The train reached Slater at midnight,
and when it started out Of that place
five minutes later, Truehart bearded tht
smoking car His eyes were covered o.
Il mask.
Does Some Merry Work
Leveling Il revolver at two passengers
in the seat nearest the door, he ordered
them to pass over their money and val
uabes and do it quickly. The men com
Piled and when Truehart placed the
stuff beneath his belt and proceeded TO
give his command in 4 loud voice to the
man in the next seat forward, the ca
full Of passengers was tnOfouShl!
aroused and ready to comply. When the
robber had Systematically robbed IT."
passengers in the smoker OF their De
longings, he passed to the door, keep
ing them covered. 1t was twenty five
minute run from Slater to Glasgow, and
he awaited the arrival at the latter
place.
AS the lraln SlOppeu at IIdSSON, iS
swung off, and boarded the chair car as
it rushed by moment later Through
the chair car the robbers tactics in the
smoker We're repeated. Next he entered
a sleeper and began again his command
to the luckless passengers to surrender
their valuables.
Conductor Is the Hero.
Conductor Haywood appeared OH the
scene here and Truehart, with the coin
mand ''ThroW up your hands, pointed
his revolver at the conductors breast.
Instead of complying. the conductor as
quick as a fast. knocked the revolver
from the robbers lands, threw himself
upon the man and bore him to the car
floor The two men struggled ferce,y
while the pa. >;enGers We're instantly in
a panic. Finally the dozen male passen-
gers in the car came to the conductors
aid and the robber was literally pinned
tC the floor.
When Armstrong was reached at
1880 a. m. a marshal boarded the train
and Truehart was tied hand and foot
and taken into the station. He refused
to talk, except to berate the passengers
for cowardice and to declare that Hay
wood was the only nervy man among
them. The money and jewelry We're
taken from him and after more delay
and confusion among the excited passen-
gers the train continued.
WAS taken 10 TlaSSOW on the
next westbound train. and at $50 this
morning. not four hours after he board
ed the eastbound train at Slater, he was
placed in Jail Truelart appears to be
30 years old. He is feet 3 inches in
height and weighs about 135 pounds.
His description tallies with that of the
Rock Island robber.
Conductor Everett E. Haywood, who,
singlehanded overcame the robber, SAYS
that the man admitted to him that he
had robbed Rock Island passenger
train at almost the same place about a
month ago.
Cries, ooh, My Mother"
\ passenger said:
The robber was one of the nerviest
ina ginabIe. He only weakened when
Conductor Haywood and a number of
passengers literally jumped upon him
after the conductor hau pinned him to
sengers kicked and struck at him. cried:
"'Oh, my mother, and gave in.
THE robber covered the trainmen and
the colored porter in the chair car and
made them aid him rob the passengers
Conductor Haywood got the upper hand
when the robber, while operating in the
sleeper. stopped momentariy to put
away securely some of the booty he had
just secured.
Conductor so Years Old
Haywood. although 60 years old,
grappled with the man, wrested his re-
volver from him and then as the robber
dashed down the car aisle. fred a shot
at him. He snapped the revolver a sec
ond time, but it did not fire. Then it
was that Conductor Haywood literally
bore the man to the floor. and the pas
sengers jumped upon him.
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