The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-01
LONE BANDIT
 ROBS EXPRESS Makes Train Crew Aid
 Him. LITTLE MONEY IS SECURED Lone Thief Was Masked and Ex-
 hibited Goodness. Country is Aroused By ostr.gs An1 BIoedhouads Arc h Pur-
 suit of The Dars.x
TITLE MONEY IS SECURED

Lewiston. Pa. Aug. alone of tho most audacious and startling nold-upe of a railroad train in the East for years occurred on the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains early today. when lone highwayman stopped a Pennsylvania Railroad express train with a dynamite cartridge. and at the point of revolver, compelled the crew to carry thousands of dollars in cotn and bullion from an express car to c spot in the wilderness.
 When the conductor of the train attempted to interfere with the rob< and the bold bandit succeeded In ma> king good his escape. In the darknes& however. he mistook bag contAininH 10000 new Lincoln pennies for gold coin and staggered away with ft. le&y@ ing the real gold bullion to be recov- cred by the railroad.
 When the news of the robbery reach@ ed the railroad and express company omcials. they were deepry concerned n< it's boldness and immediately ordered every available detective from tha East and West to the scene of the rob- bery in an effort to capture the rof,~ Der. Bloodhounds were also put on hiH track, but up to a late hour tonight n0 trace of the man had been found. Begin Search for RsbbeR. Superintendent Preston and other of~ ficials of the middle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad have estah~ lished heedquarters at the signal tow<| near the scene in order to make z | thorough investigation of the crime :< possible. The general saperinte1d1uf and general manager of the Adaina Wx press Company. are also on the grounas The footed train was made up of A8 | engine, three express cars and twa sleeping coaches filled with passenRef9. At about 1880 a. m. tt was rsuNluH
 through Lewiston Earrows. wild pn# lonely mountain forge through whfc4 | flows the Juanita River, when sud4e1@
 ly dynamite cap exploded and The tu& zine driver brought the train to a standstill. When he looked out co ne8 Il what the trouble was. he waa con~ fronted by a masked figure holding 4 revolver in each hand.
 Are there any mall cars 5n 4his trainY' demanded the highwayman. N "Ne,7 was the reply cf sl1s startled engineer.
 The engine crew was then forced si
 the point of the gun. 10 accompany ti4s
 robber to the first express ear. wza4ra
 the messenger was looking out to Aiee cover the cause of the sudden stoppfn& of the train. A revolver was points4
 at the messengers head.
 I Crew Helps Hohber.
 Threatening to blow up the car with | E0IlZM sengers of the two cars and 1ha an&fna
 crews to carry all the gold and bul<
 lion stacked in the first car Co tho sid4 of the track.
 Conductor Pfennberger of Harr<s~
 burg, Pa, who came up while tiie work ! back by the bandit. who empfied on@ | of his revolvers at him. one 1f the nhutH l penetrating his hand and the okhorx | grazing his body.
 Despite the appearance of three p&as sengers who had been awakened by kh& shooting. the robber calmly 1TxeFT& the crew back on the tram and cons- pelled them to steam away, leaving t'la bullion beside the track, ft was xex covsred later by . posse sent on q special train.
 When tlle train was leaving he called to see you again."
 It was reported tonight that M nA. dition to the missing pennies, Sa&aHa f thousand dollars in currency was Ns}3N ing. but the express cosnpany ef'zhi1ie refuse to announce the exact amount
 No ciew to the robber's fdenssfx haa yet been discovered. Hasfg dMsnF1h&4 as being about feet 6 Inches in hziehz. and was dressed in dark clothinR and wore a siouch hat. pulled well down over his eyes. He had a slight foreign accent. l
 Agent Hamaker. of Lewiston. sent < safe to the scene of the robbery to re- ceive six bags of pennies on which ff% seals had not been broken. but which had been cut open with sharp .kni1e to ascertain the contents and abafl don-. ed by the rnhber in disgust.
 With practically every detective ans officer employed by the railroad, msf sisted by special detectives employed by the Adams Express Company engaged in search of the lone bAndit. the prediction was made tonight hv Pennsylvania Railroad offlcora xhmh hts apprehension Is but a few hours off
 The highwayman. it is aaf1. tox $5.0O0 in bullion ana t2o0 in penn from the car and ali of this ha1 found along the trail, but $sk.