The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-27
YOUTH TELLS Of
RO B|NC TRAIN
LONE BANDIT CAPTURED AFTER
A DESPERATE STRUGGLE
ASKS FOR CLEMENcY.
PENALTY MAY Be DEATH
Under the Missouri LaWs-Darinq
H9Id Up of Passengers Inter
rupted by Conductor--Thril
ing Fight On Steps.

Marshall Mo. Nov, 2G-The ban
dit who held up 10 passengers on the
Chicago ana Alton train last night
! between Glasgow, aad Slater, Mo,
was brought to jail this afternoon
and Immediately opened negotiations
with tho prosecuting attorney offe,
ing 70 make a fun confession if the
charge against him was made burg
larry
In Missouri the extreme penalty for
train robbery Is death, and The mini.
mum ten years imprisonment The
prosecutor refused any concess sion
and the bandit then volunteered a
statement.
He gave his name as Claude Ran
dali and his home ST, Louis, age
nearly 2t. He told the story how he
boarded the train at Slater and rob
bed the passengers. getting he said,
about $500 and eight or ten watches.
He took nothing from worklngmen or
women, only f.om those who made it
easy and could afford, he said. In
speaking of h'c capture he said.
Tells Story of Robbery.
When the train reached Glasgow
got off on the platform, and as the
tt,ain sfartad ~ r,o,.-o ,,,nnpfad II
again and commenced to go through
the pa sengers in the sleeping car
where | allowed the conductor TO get
too close to me and he grabbed my
pistol and my throat He then
wrenched the pistol from me, and
broke and ran for the back of the
train. Many of the passengers and all
the train crew rushed upon me while
the train was in mot on The struck
me on the head with the pistol
and tried TO throw me overheard
while the train was running 80 miles
an hour The train soon stopped and
| was captured and pu' off at Arm |
strong and brought from there this |
morning to Glasgow and from there
to this place today"
Other Robber His Brother
He insisted that it was his brother /
who robbed the Golden Gate Limited |
recently The officers are confident /
from the evidence they had that it
wa this man who robbed the Golden
Gate Limited and that he is only
naming the brother" in the hope of
receiving a lighter sentence.
Conductor Haywood tells the story
If he capture. He says the robber
snapped h's revolver at him and that
probably the only thing that saved
his life was that the hammer de-
scended on the thumb. Surrendering
his revolver to the condu ter the rob
Der made a break for liberty.
Tells Of Thrilling Capture.
Hevwood followed closely after
firing one shot and grabbed him by
he coat collar as the rObber wa. try
ne % Jump from the car. The robber &
o the side Of the rail Of the car with
,na hand. II Hywood fought him into
admission on the steps Of the
agidly moving car. Afte- he had
ragged him into the veetibule again
ne rohber c1n inued TO fight des-
,eYately and Haywood says h. was
to pound him over the head
with the captured revolver until he
vas seDselr-g.
Think Robber Ar Er-convict
Kansas City. No Nov 26.-It is
.elisved by the police Of this city
ha, Claude Randall. the confessed
'hicago and Alton train robbe-. Is
'lyde Rumsor. Of Chicago. who wa
eleased from the federal prison a.
T. Leavenworth Kansas. November
tn.
Tha Offices here believe Rumzey
lsO held mp the Rock Island train
ear Glasgow on November Sth Rum
e. served a term In the federal
ri-on for robbinE box cars while a
'niiei States soldier. lie came direct {
D this city from Lnavenworth. / {
ought two pistols. worked iwo DAYS L
s. janitOr. and before he cult On {
'Ovember 7th. told an assoc ate that {
e INTENDED to rob train. {