The Mena weekly star., 1907-03-07
4 KANSAS TRAIN HELD UP
Two Bandits Relieve Passengers of Valuables on Missouri Pacific
 Near Pittsburg.
RESISTING PASSENGER IS SHOT DOWN
Lou Jett, Negro Miner, Shot at Leader but Missed and Was Imne- jiately Shot Through the Head Another Passenger Wounded by Flying Bullets.

jiateIy Shot Through the Head
 Another Passenger Wounded by
 Flying Bullets.
 Pittsburg Kan, March Missouri Pacific train No 310 the Wichita ex- press eastbound. made up of smoking car, chair car and sleeper was robbed just after it left Pittsbnrg at 7.50 o'clock Monday night. by two unmask- cd men. who killed one passenger who resisted the hold-up, shot another and escaped in the darkness at Cornell. d small station about four miles east of here
 The bandits. who were not disguised except for false mustaches and i'm perials, boarded the train at Pittsburg, and began operations soon after Il pulled out of the yards One, with q 44-caliber revolver in each hand. start ed in at the front end of tho smoker and followed the train auditor, who was cllecting tickets and fares, and quietly ordered each passenger to give his money and valuables to the second man, who came close behind. Those in the smoking car gave up without protest
 When the chair car was reached, negro miner, Lou Jett, who had re- yolver, shot at the leading bandit, but missed him. The bandit shot twice. the first bullet missing the negro and passing through the hand of w. l.. Westfall of Toledo. O., who, with his wife and children was on his way home from a visit to relatives Tn southern Kansas. The second bullet struck the negro, just above the right eye. killing him instantly.
 The auditor was then robbed, and as the train was pulling into the Cor nell yards the bandits dropped off and escaped in the darkness with the loot. consisting of about s100 in cash and several watches and revolyers. The sleeping car was not entered.
 Word of the hold up was wired back to Pittsburg and Agent George Dan- nahay collected posse and started in pursuit with a switch engine. No
 
 posse returned It is supposed the bandits made for the Missouri line, but short distance away. They are described as being of dark complexion with dark hair and eyes, wearing black slouch hats and dark clothing. The one who did the shooting was six feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. His confederate apparently weighed about 1G0 pounds.
 Jetts body was taken off the train at Cornell Westfall's wound was dressed by surgeons at Liberal, Mo, and he went on to Nevada. whe- the train makes connections for Kansas City.
 The country around Pittsburg is thickly settled and is dotted with scores of villages and mining camps. 1t is reported that the news that miner was killed by the bandits has spread rapidly and that the miners are aroused and will make an attempt to capture and lynch the men.
 Kansas City, March G.--At the gen eral superintendents office of the Mis- souri Pacific railway hele 1t was stated that w. l.. Westlake, of Toledo. Ohio. the passenger who was shot in Monday nights hold ID of north bound train No BIO, near Pittsburg, Kansas, was not seriously injured, and is be- lieved to have continued on his jour ney. westlake was shot in the arm. Officers from Pittsburg are securing the country for the bandits but as yet have found no clue.
 Pittsburg, Kan. March 6.~A sher- ffs posse secured the country in the vicinity of the robery but could not trace the robbers. The Cooper blood hounds from Neodesha arrived Tues day afternoon and were started on trial about from where the robbers 1 left the train at Connell. They were trailed in a circuitous route towards the Missouri line. The hounds were l vet on the trail at last accounts with the posse close and following. M.,,o~ of rherokee Kan Injured