The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17
Gave Up Life to Save His Train.

Gave Up Life to Save His Train.
BUTTE, MONT, Mays7.-The North
Coast Limited eastbound train No. % on
the Northern Pacific Railway was held up
by two masked men near Welch's Spur,
a siding Is miles east of Butte, at 2.15
this morning.
Engineer James Glow was shot and
killed and fireman James Sullivan was shot
through the arm. Without making an
attempt to blow up the express car, as was
evidently intended, the robbers jumped
from the engine and ran down the noun
tainside, disappearing in a gulch several
hundred yards from the track.
Sheriff Henderson, of Butte, was mott
fed, and with posse left on train for the
scene of the holdup. Sheriff Webb, of
Yellowstone county, was on the train, and
with one of the train crew started on the
trail of the holdup men five minutes after
the shooting. He trailed the men half mile
and after picking up their masks lost all
track of the bandits.
On the tender of the locomotive was
found telescope grip full Of giant powder,
evidently intended for use in blowing up
the express car. The men boarded the
train presumably at the Butte transfer,
where locomotive for the Montana Divi-
sion was attached. One mile west of Welch
the men crawled over the tender and with
drawn guns commanded the engineer to
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Glow, however, made a show of resistance,
and one of the robbers fired, shooting him
through the body, killing him instantly.
The other man shot at Sullivan, breaking
his arm.
When the train stopped Conductor Bert
Culver and the train crew ran to the en-
gine, where they found colored man,
who related the circumstances of the
holdup. This man said that he had been
stealing a ride, and that the men offered
him a third of the booty if he would assist
them He said he had refused and had
taken no part in the holdup. He says he
can identify the robbers, and the man is
being held for this purpose. The body of
Glow was taken to Whitehall, where an
inquest will be held. Glow lived at Liv-
ingston, where he leaves widow and son.
He was 55 years old, and had been in the
service of the Northern Pacific Is years.
The Northern Pacific is sending special
trains from Deer Lod dge to the scene, carry
ing officers as we'll as seven bloodhounds
from the penitentiary. Sheriff Fenner, of
Deer Lodge county, was joined at Welch
by men from the Butte Police Department
with horses. At later accounts the dogs
had struck the trail and were following it.
The country where the holdup took
place is extremely rough, being six miles
from the summit of the main range of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is unsettled and
the trail is not likely to be crossed by other
men on foot, so that the bloodhounds will
have fair chance to track the men. Off
GERS believe that the men are trying to get
back to Butte. The party with blood
hounds was Joined at Welch by r. I'll.
Goddard, chief of the Northern Pacific
detectives at Livingston; Deputy Sheriff
James Keon, of Gallatin county, and by
James Latta, of Bozeman. Keon and
Latta are the men who tracked and cap
tured Ike Gravelle, who sometime ago
tried to force the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company to pay him $50, 600 black
mail.
A reward will be offered by the railroad
company for the arrest of the men.
The attempted robbery occurred about
in rfI rIt n1rrrh
part of the mountains. Engineer Glow
was hauling his train at pretty fair speed,
according to the report received at North
ern Pacific headquarters, when he wassig
nailed to stop. Upon bringing his train to
standstill fusilade of shots was heard.
Glow knew then what was going on, and
opened the throttle for full speed ahead,
but was dropped by bullet from the gun
of one of the robbers. The latter ran to
their horses nearby, and, after firing wildly
in an evident attempt to terrorize the
trainmen, rode away.
When the train was again brought to a
stop by the 6remen search of the train
was made. On the water tank suit case
filled with dynamite was found, clearly in
dicating how the robbers intended to get at
the contents of the express car.
This afternoon word was received from
the posse that the bloodhounds had trailed
the robbers 10 Woodville, near Butte.
Engineer Glow, who was killed, was on
the Burlington engine drawing train No.
on that line February IL, 1908, when
George Cole and James Howard held up
the train six miles east of Butte. These
robbers blew open the safe in the express
Car and secured 1915. The robbers were
caught two days later and sent to the pen
itentiary.