The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-09-07
TRAIN BANDIT
IN A TRAP
Held Up Man Near Scene Of
Express Robbery.
MAY Be An EX-EMPLOYE
Detectives Expect 10 Capture Man
Who is Terrorizing Le~lstown -
Takes Money and a Hat From a
OroVer and Stops Two Women.

Lewistown. Pa. Sept THE ban
dit who held up and robbed the Pitts
burg express in IN, Narr1ws and
wounded Conductor Pof Hbaig-r ami
who has since evadcd nun .rels OF
search-rs. is stu! in The vi,mt, of his
crime
within a few miles OF where the
train robbery occurred he appeared
and held up Robert Little. a drover.
who was driving with his wife. child
and friend. From Little he obtain
al SO in money and hat The ban
dit also stopped two women and ask.
ed If they had any money When con
vinced they had not he permitted
them to 90.
Many detectives ars now searching
the mountain and valley and IL H.
thought the bandit is cornered
former Pennsylvania railroad EN-
ploye of Altoona is suspected as being
the robber
superintendent c. A Preston. OF the
Pennsylvania railroad said that he is
confident that the robber is insane
and predicted his capture Posses
OF shopmen have been sent from Nlif
Win and Huntingdon
Whether the robber has been pre-
vented from escaping by the search
icr him. and has a hiding place where
he hopes To- remain concealed until
the detectives shall have given up pur.
suit. is a matter OF conjecture.
Detectives on New Trait.
Ia both the ho!d-ups he showed
himself to be as fearless as on the
nirht when single-handed. he stopped
the express train. Il has been sug-
gested that because OF his mistake In
taking bag containing Sos in pen
nies. while he left behind $6OU0 ia
sold. he is in need OF money TO make
his escape The Pinkerton and rail
road detectives who have hurried 10
the scene of Little's hold-up believe
the man is desperate. or he would not
have come ont into the open.
The man who held up Little in Doe
Trough hollow. a lonely road in the
mountains. three miles west Of here.
wore burlap mask and spoke broken
En-lish II answered in every way
the description uf the bandit who rob
bed the express train. Little his wife
and child were out for drive. IN
Doe Trough hollow the high Black
Log mountain forms the upper side OF
the road. and on the lower side there
is a drop OF 300 feet into the bed of
the Juniata river. Little was driving
along. with one OF his employees walk
ing alongside OF the carriage. when
the bandit walked ont OF the brush
and drew bead on Little.
Bandit Stops Two Women.
The employe on the opposite side
Of the buggy became nervous and be-
gan moving about. when the robber
said: ~Ho, you keep still and won't
shoot YOU"
IN addition 10 the $40. he Insisted on
tai 'ng Littles hat. which has his
name stamped on the sweatband Lit.
ties vile pleaded with the bandit. re-
questing him not to take the hat. as
her husband was ill., She said II
might Kill him TO drive into town in
the cold night air without head cover
ing The bandit said he was sorry.
but that he needed the hat. and must
insi t on taking il from Little
Iittle SAYS the man is feet inches
hisa and weighs about 100 pounds O
woe wig Of light hair over a head
of eek curly hair Mrs. Little saw
the bandit poering from the bushes
wi they passed through the hollow
on their Xag west