The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-01-27

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st. Louis, Jan. 25.-with more thar
a hundred deputy sheriffs. constables
and special service men in pursuit, It IL
believed that the four men who held
up Missouri Pacific train No. 8 last
night near Eureka, 80 miles from his
city. will be run to earth today.
B~loodhounds were put on the trail
today, the dogs being brought from
Jefferson City. 1t is believed the four
men are hiding in the foothills near
Eureka. The men had three hours the
start OF their pursuers, but the country
is wild and inaccessible, and the off,
GERS think they were unable to reach q
place Of safety before the pursuit start
ed.
Just how much the men got from the
car Is unknown. Twenty-Five sacks
OF mail were ripped open and hundreds
OF letters were rifled, while many 9TH
er letters and packages are supposed
to hav been carried away.
Safe Resists Efforts.
The safe in the express car resisted
all the efforts Of the robbers to open II
with timmies and crow bars and they
did not attempt to use an explosive.
Two bandits boarded the train, due
into st. Louis at 1O:40 o'clock from
Kansas City. at Pacific, nine miles
west Of Eureka, at 1915 o'clock. The
other two tagged the train a mile east
OF Eureka in a lonely spot, with red
lanterns.
AS the train slowed down, the two
on board climbed over the tender and
covered the engineer and fireman. The
engine, mail coach and combination
baggage and express a were cut off,
after the express messengers and mali
clerks a been ordered from their
cars. +. e. Beeton, the baggage clerk,
hesltated about leaving his car and q
bullet carried away his hat and a lock
Of his hair.
MaiIs Are RifIed.
With n Of the robbers at the throt-
tie, the engine and two cars ran to
Castlewood, six miles distant, where
the four took their time about rifling
boiler and the engineer and fireman
were ordered to walk east for Is min
utes under threats of instant death.
The quartet then disappeared into
the woods. The stranded passenger
coaches, three in number, lay on the
main line until 2 o'clock this morning,
when they, together with the engine
brought into st. Louis by a freight
train.
The engine and the two cars with II
were not located until the engineer and
fireman ran the six miles back to It,
after getting their orders from the
highwaymen.
E. ]. Karn, of Toledo, Ohio. one of
the passengers on the train, said, when
he arrived in st. louis this morning:
w heard shots and then the engine
stopped. The conductor came running
into the car and said: It's a hold up,
sure Some Of us stuck our heads out
of the window, but several bullets went
whistling by. We found it convenient
to stay inside"
w. w. Dickson, p~ostoffice inspector
In charge at st. Louis, announced on
reaching his office this morning he
would offer a reward Of 81, 900 each for
the capture Of the robbers. He had
just returned from the scene Of the
robbery where five Of his assistants
were working.
He believes the loot Of the robbers
was small. So far as he can tell now,
only 16 registered packages were taken.
Three big registered pouches were
overlooked by the bandits.
The bloodhounds, as soon as they
were put on the trail, followed 1t east
from the scene of the robbery to Man
chester, st. Louis county. and thence
along the Manchester road toward st.
Louis. This caused the belief that the
robbers came here M the local police
have been ordered to join in the search.
Train robbery In Missouri is now q
capital offense.
The five mail clerks were changing
their clothes when the train was. held
up and they were forced out into the
cold without their trousers. They took
refuge In the smoker and ~passengery
supplied them with clothes.
HADLEY OFFERED REWARD.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 25.-Gov-
ernor Hadley today offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of each Of the men who held up and
robbed the Missouri Pacific train near
Eureka last night. The reward is the
maximum allowed by the state.