The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-27
Brave Conductor FEELS True
hart, the Robber
WHO WAS LOOTlNG TRAIN
Ignores Two Desperate Bat
tie in a Pullman Car, While the
Frightened Passengers stard
Aloof.

| Kansas GUN, Mo-, Nov. 27.--One Of
the most unique and daring train rob-
berries ii the history 81 the southwest
was committed 100 miles west 81 kan
sas City early yesterday. Between
Slater ana Armstrong, a distance Of "a
miles, masked man, single handed,
robbed 20 passengers IN three cars Of
the fast east bound combination Chicago
Il Alton and Chicago, Burlington 4 Quin.
cy passenger trein. After half an hour
he secnred approximately $4,000, besides
several watches and other pieces Of
jewelFy.
The man finally was oyerpowered BIZ
Conductor Haywood, who knocked a rais-
ed revolver from the robbers hand and
forced him % the floor The robber was
secured made ID disgorge. and four
hours after THE robbery was committed,
was placed III Jail.
The robher, who said his name was
T'ruelialt, and that be came from Cali
fonia, vas recognized by the engineer
as the same man who All November D
last, IN exactly the same manner and at
the same place on the road. went through
the rear sleeper Of an east hound Chs
eage, Rock Island q Pacific overland
llimited Truehart said that It was his
brother who held up the Rock Island
train.
The train robbed yesterday morning
lleft Kansas City az O'Clock sunday
bright Alt reached Slater Al midnight
i#ndtwlicn il started ont of tli:st plaee fFe
8niplitgs later TruehaTt boarded tho
smoking ear His eyes were eoSefed
with mask leyelIing revolver pt
two passengers iii, The seat nearest The
NooT, he tordered them 10 pass over their
money gnd yaluables and 90 il quickly
The men compiled When the robber bid
systematically robbed the passengers IN
/ tie smoker Of their belongings. he passed
to the door, keeping them covered He
sboarlei THE chair car, robbed its pas
Isengcrs, and then went TO the sleeper
and began again his command to the
luckless passengers to surrender their
xaluables.
Conductor Haywood appeared upon
the scene here, and Truehart with the
command; Throw. mp your hands."
pointed the revolver at the conductors
breast. Instead Of complying, the con.
dnctor, quick as d fash, knocked the
revolver from the robbers hand. threw
himself upon the man and bore him 30
the car floor. The TWO struggled iieroe
liz while the passenaeS syere instantly
IN a panic Finally The dozen male pas
sengers III the car came to the conauc-
tors aid and the rdbber WAS literally
pinned to the floor.
When Armstrong vas reached at Il $50
a. m. marshal boarded the train ami
Taebart was tied hand and foot and
carried into the station. He refused To-
take chair and began to berate the pas
sengers for cowardice and TO declare
that Haywood was the only nervy man
among them. Thesmouey and iewelry
was taken from him and after more De
lay and confusion among the excited pas
sen9ers, the train continued.
Iruehart appears to be 30 years old.
He Il fye feet five iiiclics HI height and
weighs about 1875 pounds His descrip-
ton tailed with that Of the Rock III
and robbrr, and the engineer ~ ycster-s
day mornings robbery positively iden
titled him as the same identical man.