New-York tribune., 1906-11-27
TRAIN ROBBER CAUGHT
Rafed Passengers on Missouri Ear
press, but Conductor Got Him.

Kansas City. No. Nov. 26-One of the most
daring train robberes in the history OF the
Southwest was committed hundred miles
east Of Kansas City early to-day Between
Slater and Armstrong, Mo, distance of TWEEN
ty-one miles masked man robbed twenty pas
sengers in three cars OF the fast eastbound COM
bination Chicago & Alton Chicago Burlington
& Quincy express train He got some $4,000,
several watched and 1ewelry. The man was final
ly overpowered by the train conductor and
placed in Jail.
The robber. who said his name was Truehart
and that he came from California. was recog-
ntzed by the engineer as the same man who on
November last in a similar manner and at the
same place went through the sleeper Of
eastbound Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
overland limited. which on this division
over the Alton tracks.
The train left Slater at midnight. and five min
utes later Truehart entered the smoking car. his
eyes covered by a mask Level1ing a revolver
at two passengers in the seat nearest the door.
he ordered them 10 pass over their money and
valuables quickly. The men complied, and
Truehart placing the stuff beneath his belt,
systematically robbed the rest of the passengers
in the smoker. No resistance was made. and
he passed to the door. keeping them covered
It is a twenty-five minute run from Slater TO
Glasgow. and he awaited the arrival at the lat
ter place, AS the train stopped he swung off
and boarded the chair as 1t rushed by a mo-
ment later. Through the chair the robbers
tactics in the smoker repeated. He next
entered sleeper
z. B. Haywood, the conductor, appeared on
the scene here. and Truehart with the COM
mand. Throw up your hands," pointed his
volver at the conductor. Instead Of complying,
the conductor knocked the weapon from the
robbers hand. threw himself upon the man and
bore him to the floor. The two struggled fierce
II. but finally the male passengers came TO the
conductors aid and the robber was secured.
When Armstrong was reached at IL: 80 a. m.
q marshal boarded the train and Trueheart was
tisd hand and foot and taken into the station
He refused to talk. except to berate the passen-
gers for oowardice and TO declare that Haywood
was the only nervy man among them
Trueheart was taken TO Glasgow the next
westbound train and at $3.50 this morning-not
quite four hours after he boarded the eastbound
train at Slater-he was placed in Jail. He
talked freely. but would not speak definitely
about himself than to say he came from
California and that his brother had robbed the
Rock Island train of Slater on November 9
and escaped.
A passenger on the train who returned TO
Kansas City this morning from Glasgow. No.
said:
The robber covered the trainmen and the
Negro porter in the chaircar and made them aid
him rob the passeng Conductor Haywood
got the upper hand when the robber. while op-
Grating in the sleeper stopped momentarily u
put away securely some of the booty he had
just secured. Haywood although sixty years
old, grapped with the man. wrested his revolver
from him. and then the robber dashed down
the aisle fired shot at him. He snapped
the revolver a second time, but it did not fire
Then II that Conductor Haywood literally
bore the man to the floor and the passengers
jumped upon him.
ST. Louis Nov. 26-Everett B Haywood the con-
ductor who overcame the who early this morn
ing robbed the Alton Burlington fast train reached
st Louis to-day. He said that the man admitted to
him that he had robbed Rock Island passenger
train at almost the place about a month ago
Haywood says that the robber snapped his re-
volver at him and that probably the only thing
that saved his life was that the hammer descended
mis- thumb. Leaving the revolver in the grasp
Of the conductor, the robber made a break for
liberty. Haywood followed closely after firing one
shot, and grabbed him by the coat collar as he
tried jump from the The robber slipped
from his coat and, clingng to the side rail OF the
with one hand. Haywood fought him into sub
mission. After he had been dragged into the vest-
bUe again the robber continued 70 fght desper-
ateIy and Haywood says that he compelled 10
pound him the head with captured re-
volver until he was senseess.