Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-30
CONDUCTOR GETS ROBBER
BANDIT REPEATS HIS STUNT NEAR
SLATER, MO, BUT MEETS
HIS WATERLOO.
VALUABLES RECLAIMED.
Train Executive Pounces on Daring Grim
NAL Despite Big Gun Pointed
at His Breast.

KANSAS CITY, No. Nov. 26.--One
of the most unique and daring train rob
berries and captures i'll the history of the
southwest was committed 100 miles east
OF Kansas City early today. Between
Slater and Armstrong, Mo, twenty-one
miles marked man, single-handed
roboerobbed twenty passengers III three
cars OF the fast east bound combination
Alton Il Burlington passenger train.
After half an hours work he secured
approximately $1,000 besides several
watches and jewelry.
The man finally was Overpowered by
+. b. Haywood, the train conductor
who knocked Il raised revolver from the
robbers hand and forced him to the car
floor. The robber was bound, mace TO
diSgorge and four hours after the rob
berry was committed, was placed III JAIL
Got Their Man or His Brother.
The robber. who said his name was
iruehart, and that. he came from lan-
fornia. was recognized by the engineer
as the same man who on November y,
last. in an exactly similar manner and
at the same place on the road, went
through the rear sleeper OF an east
bound Rock Island Overland limited
which on this division runs over the Al
ton tracks Truehart. who refused to
give his fall name. or tell what town he
came from. said that it was his brother
who held up the Rock Island train.
The train robbed this morning was
No. 81, which left Kansas City at y
O'Clock Sunday night. From Kansas
City, to Mexico, Mo-, the train is run
over the Alton tracks. At Mexico II Is
cut in two, the Alton portion continuing
and the Burlington portion going to St
Louis.
The train reached Slater at midnight
and when it started out of that place
five minutes later Truehart boarded the
smoking car. His eyes were covered by
Il mask.
Does Some Merry Work.
Ieveling Il revolver at two passengers
in the seat nearest the door, he ordered
them to pass over their money and val
uables and do it quickly. The men com
piled, and when Truehart placed the
stuff beneath his belt and proceeded to
give his command i'll 4 loud voice to the
man in the next scat forward. the car
full OF passengers was tn0roughly
aroused and ready to comply. When the
rObber had Systematically robbed the
passengers i'll the smoker of their be
longings, he passed to the door, keep
ing them covered. 1t was a twenty-five
minute run from Slater to Glasgow, and
he awaited the arrival at the latter
place.
AS the train stopped at Glasgow he
swung off, and boarded the chair as
it rushed by Il moment later. Through
the chair car the robbers tactics in the
smoker were repeated. Next he entered
sleeper and began again his command
to the luckleSs passengers to surrender
their valuabes.
Conductor Is the Hero.
Conductor Haywood appeared on the.
scene here and Truehart, with the COM
mand Throw up your hands, pointed,
his revolver at the conductors breast.
Instead of complying, the conductor as
quick as q flash, knocked the revolver
from the robbers hands. threw himself
upon the man and bore him to the car
floor. The two men struggled fercely
while the passengers were instantly in
panic. Finally the dozen male passeni
gers i'll the car came to the CONDUCTOR 5.
aid and the robber was literally pinned
to the floor.
When Armstrong was reached at
100 a. III. Il marshal boarded the train
and Truehart was tied hand and foot
and taken into the station. He refused
to talk, except to b2rate the passengers
for cowardice and to declare that Hay
wood was the only nervy man among
them. The money and jewelry were
taken from him and after more delay
and confusion among the excited passen-
gers the train continued
Truehart was taken to Glasgow on the
next westbound train, and at 800 this
morning. not four hours after he board
ed the eastbound train at Slater. he was
placed in Jail. Truehart appears to be
81 years old. He is ) feet ) inches in
height and weighs about 13J pounds
His description talles with that of the
Rock Island robber.
t'OD6uctor u
singlehanded. overcame the robber saws
that the man admitted to him that he
had robbed a Rock Island passenger
train at almost the same place about a
month ago.
Cries. ooh. NV Mnthern