The Washington times., 1910-12-26
Tells How It Happened

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Tells How It Happened
We had just left Leavenxorth and I
was in the forward end Of the observa-
ton car when the robber boarded the
train." said Conductor May today Al
Johnson, a civil engineer OF Leaven-
worth, was sitting IN the observation Of
the car and saw the rObber climb onto
The rear platform and over the guard
rail- He thought fer a moment that
the man had made q run for the train
after IL had started. As the robber en-
tered the door Mr.. Johnson noticed he
had a blue bandana handkerchief tied
around the lower part OF his face DC
told Johnson TO throw up his hands, and
when he did not suit the action TO the
word fast enough, struck him on the
side Of the head with his revolver, al
most telling him
II entered the observation Compart-
ment at the moment, and, thinking that
some OF the boys were playing q Christ
mas joke, said, Here, here. what are
YOU COtngE
Hold I'D your hards" replied the
robber- 1 didn't get them up fast
enough. and he made swat at me with
ms sun His next command was. Turn
your faces TO the wall As We turned
Ire porter and the Pullman conductor
entered the compartment They faced
about, with their hands Up, as did Cap
tain NeWbOId-
Shot on First Move.
+'NeWbold turned and made q move
that was Interpreted as unfrieDdIy to
the r0bber, for at that instant a bullet
was sent through his scalp
'One by one the robber took US and
searched Us, throwing our tickets and
papers on the floor and taking our
money and watches. As he finished he
pulled out a knife and cut the signal
cord This prevented Us from signal
ling the engineer at the outskirts d
Kansas City We made the usual stop
for the Northwestern crossing The rob
Der compelled the porter to open the
vestibuie door and he jumped on the
train
The distance in which the robber
operated is twenty-siTen miles There
were no stops, and from the manner in
which the robbery was accomplished It
Is believed the bandit had studied the
ground thoroughly and was also IA
miIiaT with trains and equipments
Among other passengers on the Pull
man who were robbed was Mss sadie
Beach. OF LeavenwOrTh- She received
more courteous treatment than the
other paSSeD gers When the bandit
reached her he did not point his re-
vOlver at her. but simply taking hold
Of her purse, exclaimed. ''Oh, give me
Inat pOCkeLbC ok
Fist One He Saw.
81 was tbs first one he saw after he
had swung on the car said Robert N.
johnson, Of Leavenworth, Kan, a civil
engineer. 4 guess I looked surprised.
Any way, he struck me e blow with the
barrel OF his revolver The blow stun
ned me, but Tot before I heard him
shout: Hands up there, and face the
frontr He got so from ne-every cent
I had
A. 3 Morrison, Pullman conductor,
was in the observation car when he
train left LeavenwOrth-
II saw the man jump on the train
just as we were leaving said Morri-
son Il was standing talking to several
passengers. 7 thought the rObber was
Just q beIated passenger. He stood on
the platform for a moment 1 guess he
was adjusting his mask then When he
entered the car he had a dirty handker-
chief tied about his face"
G. @ Carton, Of Kansas City. and his
wife were in the sleeping car. The
man came in the front door," said Mt.
Carton Then he stood around IL the
Vestibule awhile, Ike he was uncertain
Then he ordered every body to throw
up his hands I had about S65 and some
rings Ny wffe's jeweIry and my money
and the rings I hid under the seat. SO
when he came to me he only got some
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