Evening star., 1909-09-01
BIoodhounds Take Scent From
Train Robbers Mask.
FOLLOW MOUNTAIN TRAIL
Face Covering Dropped by Fugitive
Only Clue for Pursuers.
BANDIT MISSES HALF MILLION
Safes Containing Government
Funds En- Route to st. Louis
Overlooked in Looting Cars.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ALTOONA. Pa. September 1.-The
daring train robber who held up Penn
sylvania railroad express train No. 50
at Lewistown early yesterday morning
has not yet been captured. The blood
hounds brought from Chillicothe, Ohio.
last night were given the trail this morn
ing at : o'clock, in charge of the man
who came with them. They went into the
mountains, but nothing has been heard
from them since that time.
The hounds were given the scent from
the mask worn BY the robber. 1t was
made from gunny sack and covered the
entire face. Two holes were cut for the
eyes. The mask was either dropped OF
thrown away by the robber IN his flight.
and was found by one OF the officers III
the search yesterday.
1t was reported here that nineteen men
had been arrested yesterday near the
scene of the hold-up as suspects, and
were being held pending an investigation
as to their whereabouts at the time of
the crime, but this is denied at the head
quarters of the division here.
In Danger From Ambush.
1t turns out that Albert Miller, flagman
Of the Pittsburg and Northern express,
gave the first alarm of the hold-up. As
soon as he learned why the train had
been stopped he took his white lantern
and red lantern and started to run back
to the nearest watch tower, one and one
half miles back, to notify the track
watchman.
He was protecting his train in the
meantime. He did not know whether he
would be shot from ambush or not. but
he took the chance, nevertheless. Find
ing the watchman, he told him Of the rob-
Dery and haGfpnad the U2fchman back to
West LeWistown to give the alarm. Thus
the first news of the hold-up was given
to the public from that point
Robber Overlooked $500, 900.
ST LOUIS. Mo-. September 1.-THE rob-
ber who looted the express car of the
Pennsylvania train at Lewistown Mar
rows, Pa. missed a chance to acquire a
half million dollars or more in govern
ment funds, according to Oscar l.. White
law, subtreasurer of the United States at
st. Louis
Mr.. Whitelaw said last night that the
five iron safes In the car were filled with
currency. and that their contents total
$5O0.OOO il the shipment is confined to one.
two and five dollar bills. He added that
bills of a greater denomination may be
included, and in that case the total would
run into the millions.
PITTSBURG, Pa. September 1.-That
which the Cambria Steel Company was
suspected OF having sent on that train
from its Philadelphia headquarters to
JOhnstown for the monthly payment of
the men, Is information brought here by
Pennsylvania railroad detectives. This is
the train which has usually carried over
the big pay, and on its arrival at Johns
town the money was always taken to the
First National Bank. from where it was
disbursed to the workmen.
For reason pYn19ina6 We
not put on this train, the cashier of the
Cambria Steel Company deciding on an
other train, and while the robber was
at his job the money was in the Johns
ber knew something at least of the in
side workings of the Cambria Steel
Company. for there were not few who
knew OF the original intention Of the
train. Very few knew. however, of his
change in plans.
Treasury officials Not Advised.
Treasury officials said today that no
possible loss of government money
through the hold-up on a Pennsylvania
train a few days ago. They had no
means of knowing that government
money was on the train unless there
should be reported from some direction
the loss Of packages sent from here. The
first the Treasury would know of such
loss. 1t was stated, would be through an
official report from the point of destina-
ton of the money. The Treasury turns
all OF It's currency and coin shipments
over to the express companies and keeps
no track of the trains the shipments are
made on. 1t holds the express companies
responsible for losses. Treasurer Treat
said today that he had not the remotest
idea whether there was government
money on the particular train that was
held up by the bandit. He would not
know until reports came in from some