The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-10
Fleeing in Darkness, Fol
lowed by Fire of Bullets,
He Starts Train.
FOUR MEN ARRESTED,
ONE BADLY INJURED
Attempt to Raid Baggage Car Car
Tying Coin Causes Panic
Among Passengers.

ST LOUIS, No. July 10.-HeId up
cary today barely outside the city
limits of St Louis, the passengers on
the vsestboUnd Missouri. Kansas ard
TeXas Southwestern flyer. and the bag
gage car. containing thousands Of dol
lars. were snatched from the hands
OF the hiChWaymen by the plucky en-
EInner and fireman. who, under a rain
Of bullets. reEained the engine cab ara
brought the train 10 safety.
For forty minutes the train was in the
hands Of the bandits. Escape was ef-
feetsd only because Of their inability 10
uucoupTe the baggage car. and the call
ing Of the engine crew 20 help them
When Engineer Quinn, with his FIRE
man, once more got his hand upon the
throttle, after slipping from the clutches
Of the bandits, his train was pulled
away amid fusiIlade Of shots fired
by the robbers. which threw the already
frightened passengers into panic
-Four Men Arrested.
As a result of the alarm spread by the
-raIn crew after the ban6I-s had been
eIuded. four men. one OF them with
a fractured skull and torn BODY, have
been arrested
The four were taken in custody vhen
encountered driving from the direction
Of the Columbia Bottom station Each
refused 10 make state ment. though
the injured man who was taken o. the
city hospital, was heard 10 humble the
words train" and fall between bis
EroaUS Of pain Those arrested are
Conrad Eueble-, 553 Pope avenue
Herman Briakman, 80 Pope avenue.
Thomas Hines. S57 Pope avenue
Charles Meier. 55I Carrie avenue
Esri1knau is the injured captive His
wounds and his appearance give the
Impression taat he fell from a moving
tra5D-
Halted By Red Lantern.
The Katy FLYER. which left St Louis
at -l-51 last night. was held up one
mile south Of I.arimore- at 1880 O'Clock
by three masked men The train was
r.uninE slowly at that point, as is the
rule until j. reaches Spanish Lake. the
next stop
By waving a red lantern. the highway
men halted the train. Placing the en-
Eiueer and fireman under guard. the
bandits at once proceeded 10 try 10 un-
couple the baggage car from the pas
seugeT coaches Their purpose was %
compel the engineer 10 haul the single
car 10 a safe distance from the rest
of the train
Unable TO manipulate the coupling. the
robbers forced the engineer and fire.
man On 20 with them 20 the baggage
car. at the point Of revcIvers. While
tiukerinE about IN the darkness, under
the pretense OF assisting in uncoupling
the car Quinn and the fireman glided
away from the bandits once out OF
range Of the robbers lanterns, they be-
gan 60 dash for the engine
Bandits Open Fire
Hearing their footsteps. and divininE
their purpose. the bandits opened FIRE
Unable to- see tlo escaping trsinmeu.
they shot indisc~-minaJe1v None was
injured
SprineinE into his caS. the engineer
threw She throttle wide open Slowly
tile train gathered headway. slipping
away rom the bandits. and then in a
few moments was running at express
speed from the scene of the hoI6-up
and attempted robbery
Meanwhile the passengers. panic
stricken AT the firing about the train,
were little less assured by the wild
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