The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-26
ONE ROBS TRAIN.
Bandit Holds Up 100 Passen-
gers on Missouri Pacific.
Takes Money and Watches, Then
Makes His Escape.
SHOT CAPT. NEWBOLD.
Student Officer Of Army School
Gets Scalp Wound.
RObber Boarded Pullman While
at LeavenWOrth junction.

Kansas City. Dec. 26.-A lone BAN
dit celebrated Christmas last night
by going through Missouri Pacific
train No. 112, due here at 10:35
o'clock, and holding up more than 100
passengers from whom he took only
money and watches
The man boarded the train. which
was from ST. Joseph, bound for st.
Louis, at Leavenworth Junction, in
the outskirts of Leavenworth, and left
it at Northwestern Junction, in Kan
sas City, Kan, after obtaining a large
amount of money and valuables and
shooting one man who attempted to
resist him.
As the train pulled out of the Leav-
enworth Junction station the robber
opened the rear door of the Pullman
car and confronted the astonished
crew with revolver after which he
robbed them. Cautioning the con-
ductor and porter to keep still, he
went through the car, taking up a col
lection of watches and wallets. Finish
ing with the Pullman, he continued
through the chair cars and the smoker
until he had robbed every passenger.
The train was in charge of Conduc-
tor May, who, with his brakeman and
porter. was forced to put up his hands
and was then robbed. The train left
Leavenworth Junction shortly before
10 o'clock and by the time the man
had finished his work it had reached
Kansas City. Kan. Here he dropped
from the steps of the smoker and dis
appeared.
When the train reached Kansas
City, Kan, the police were notified.
and a squad Of officers were sent to
Northwestern Junction to search for
the bandit.
The railroad officials say the man
who was shot was not seriously injur-
ed, and could not say how much
money the bandit obtained. The value
of the watches that were taken from
the passengers will not be known until
a claim is received from each person
who lost a timepiece.
Captain Newbold Wounded.
Among the first persons encountered
by the robber after he entered the
Pullman was Captain H. L. Newbold,
student officer of the army school at
Fort Leavenworth. When the pas
sengers were ordered to throw up their
hands, Captain Newbold did not COM
ply fast enough or raise his hands
high enough to suit the bandit. who
fired. infiicting scalp wound.
After cautioning Captain Newbold
and another passenger to keep quiet,
the robber turned as Conductor j. A.
May entered the compartment He,
too, was ordered to throw I'D his
hands, which he did. May was then
robbed of his money and watch.
Among other passengers in the
Pullman who were robbed was Miss
Sadie Beech of Leavenworth. She re-
ceived more courteous treatment than
the other passengers. The bandit did
not point his revolver at her, but sim
ply taking hold of ner purse, ex-
claimed impatiently: "Oh, give me
that pocketbook!"
He got the purse.
Entering the day coach, the robber
showed the revolver into the face of
the first passenger he met and then
fired through the window. This thor
ough1y intimidated the passengers,
who complied with his demands. Sew
eral passengers saved their money by
dropped it beside their seats or simply
handing the man small change they