Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-27
Seven Pouches Of Registered Mail
Taken off Train Just Out.
side of Omaha.
Big POSSES SEARCHING
Wave Found Only Two Empty Nnu
Observation-Disclosures Hnd We'll Laid
I'lan and kent lip n Fusiiadc
of shots TO Intlm;dntc
tho Passengers. .

omaha Ncb, May o5.--AlthouEh tho
police and the sheriff have had large
Forces of men securing the country
around the scene of last nights mold
M Of n Union Pacific passenger train
three miles west Of omaha little prog
ress has been made toward tracing the
escaped robbers.
Two of the seven mail pouches be-
l,evcd to have been taken from the
train were found to-day some distance
from the point where the robbery oc-
CURED They had been cut open ami
their contents removed. the outlaws
overlooking only one package.
That the robbers had laid their plans
we'll is apparent. Two of them climb
Cd on TO the engine with drawn re-
yolvcrs and forced the engineer TO
stop the train. The engine crew was
ordered from the cab and two of the
robbers stood guard while the Other
two escorted the engineer and fireman
~ the rear The quartet were appar-
emily we'll acquainted with the ground
nc they forced the train to stop in
deep cut.
There were eight clerks on the mali
car and they were forced to open the
mud asked to point out the registered
,,, This he did and the robbers
Gathered ND seven pouches. The lean
or then remarked; TINS Is All W. ~"
ret into our automobiles.
They left the scene quickly ""'N'"e
aown the track 800 feet and clamberins
out of the cut. a continuous Iu''lS""e W
.,oo,,rp WAS kept up during the rob-
Jate
ye,s and crew fagman who went TO
the rear narrowly escaped oel"s sno,'
covora, messengers who had not retired
,a.,,1 ~ 90, ont Of the vestibules. but
G., mn uncertain tones the robbers order
cd them back into the cars Inc "a,'
w,S stonped only IL minutes and made
a quick run to the J'n'on STATION wiz.
.na no,,ce were quickly notified. WITHIN
h.1c an hour snecial agent Canda. Of the
r.nior Pacific and big :a.ad of police
s,,r,.d for the scene Of the hold up IN
an automobile. Sheriff Bradley ana
ta.oa ~ denuties also soon started out
Conductor wallace. who was IN charse
-, ~. twain believes the robbers got on
tho train at Fremont. All four OF tne
men wore long rain coats ana 'he'i
lures we're entirely masked
Tho reeist cred pouches were all des-
,i,ed to Eastern points, the greater par'
or ,hen, being for Chicago and New YORK
t,er, whitmore says that the poucnes
wore among the less important OF ths
resIstered mail. The robber VINO en-
tered the car asked for the bank mail
Nm, whether there was any great amouh
~ money in the pouches IL not known
Union Pacific officials at once oHerec
reward of 5000 each for the capture
~ tive robbers and a big force OF ponce
,nd deputies from Omaha and Souti
rr,aha started in search OF them
Desnite the shooting very few passen
GERS were awakened.
The empty mail pouches were fonn'
ntar 43rd and Jackson streets. "hlc'
leads the police to believe that the ROB
l..rs came towards omaha after holdin!
w the train.
The Union Pacific railroad has mad
tvory effort to trace the men. The post
tf1ce department has taken steps to ali
IN the search.
The fact that only two Of the rihe
touches have been found indicates tina
they were in no hurry ito divide the'
booty and CAPTAIN Savage OF the Oman
detective department believes that hi
,ren will be able to find some trace q
tho outlaws before they can get IA
away
The automobile theory Is strengthene
Tonight by the discovery OF a greas
glove which the robbers had droppe
where the two empty mail pouches wer
found The police believe it belonge
to chauffeur.
A signal fire was burning near wher
.he robbery occurred evidently as sia
lal for the robbers on the train to exc
cute their designs AS the robbery oc
CURED at the city limits. the police be
ieve that the outlaws went to render
vous in Omaha where they may be still
The spot where the holdup occurre
10 only two blocks from where Eddi
trdahy was kept a prisoner after beln
Kidnapped several years ago.
Conductor Wallace said: II got OIL
Of the rear sleeping car when ! hear
shooting and the robbers promptly bt
gan using my lantern target
walked forward to the next car and or
~ the robbers yelled at me get insd
there before you get your head shot ON
1t did not take me long to obey. ! wei
forward inside the train. When | got
the dining car just behind the baggas
cor the robbers had about finished the