Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-09
LONE BANDIT
HOLDS UP A TRAIN
Was the Eastbound California
Limited on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific.
ONLY ROBBED PASSENGERS.
with Two Hc,oIycrs lie Made Train
men Prcccde Him and Wake
Them Up.

Kansas city. Nov "A lone robbcr.
heavily armed, boarded the rear sleeper
Of an eastbound California limited train
on the Chicago Rock Island and Pa
cidc. known as No ~ between Slater
and Glasgow, Mo- at HES last night,
robbed three passengers and escaped IN
the darkness, According TO the local
officers OF the Pullman company, the
robber secured but 49,, Among the
three men forced by the robber to dis
gorge was r. Il. slaglc Of Kansas city.
assistant superintendent Of the Pull
man company.
The train was the through passenger
from California which. between Kansas
city and Chicago, uses the Chicago x
Alton tracks. II left Kansas city last
night at o'clock aud was due IN Chi
cago at O'Clock this morning. The
robber who is described as behig tall
and wearing a long black oyercoat and
a mask, boarded the rear sleeper NJ
Slater. When the train had gained
Roadway he entered the sleeper, an OBJ
servation ear. He encountered l.. >.
Pearson the Pullman conductor c w.
Roller, a iiagmsn II. Wood negro
porter, all Of Chicago. LeVeling two
revolyers at the trio OF trainmen the
robber commanded them to proceed
ahead of him and wake up the passcn-
gers. As his command was carried out,
the robber forcing the conductor, por.
ter and nagman ahead of him. secured
h.a I'm
march through the car. When he had
reached the front end of the car he
started for the second Pullman. Tho
porter. however had managed to get
far enough ahead of the others To make
a dash for the second car and slammed
aud locked the door in the face OF the
robher. The train then was at point
about one mile east of Glasgow. Real
izing that he could proceed no further
with his work. Nhe robber pulled the
air rome While the train was slacken-
ing it's speed he jumped off and disap-
peared in the darkness.
Early this morning officers were
started out from Glasgow slater
Kansas city and other nearby places
to trace the robber The territory N
which he worked u thickly settled and
It viii be difficult for him to escape
THE CONDUCTORS STORY.
ST. Louis. Nov. IA special to tbs
1 Post Dispatch from Armstrong, Mo.
I says;
pullman Conductor Searson made
| the following statement after the train
arrived here this morning.
when tho robber walked up the
steps OF the rear sleeper as we pulled
out Of Slater and pointed two revolvera
at my head. | could do nothing but
comply with his demands, He was
nan aud heavily masked. He wore a
long black overcoat He quietly told
me 10 30 ahead of him and with the
negro porter's assistance get all the
passengers money | told Wood the
fellow evidently meant business, ana
the trembling porter followed me. IL
was amusing 70 see the faces OF some
OF the passengers when we told them
what was wanted. Some Of them pro-
tested, but when they saw the two re-
volvers pointed at them. they meekly
complied.
after we had awakened all those In
the rear car, the robber told as to pass
into the next one Then 1t occurred 10
me that II / could get into the second
sleeper with Wood before the robber
could enter | could lock the door and
then summon the other trainmen
Wood and ! hurriedly passed into
the second sleeper and then ! slammed
the door and locked It before the BAN
dit knew what was taking place, While
| called to other trainmen and passen-
gers | felt the car brakes grinding and
the train stopped | saw the robber
leap from the last car and run quickly
into the woods at the side OF the track.
He will have difficulty in escaplng AS
this part of the country Is pretty thick
~ settled. and we lost no time IN In
forming all towns in this neighborhood
of the robbery"