The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
ANOTHER GREAT
TRAIN ROBBERY
a..
Complete Motion Pictures OF This
Daring Robbery will be Shown
at Dodee's Tomorrow
Night.
AN EXCITING PICTURE
Most interesting Feature in This
Picture Shows Race Be-
tween Two
Engines.
AN EXCITING PICTURE


Central Railroad was held up am rob-
bed yesterday afternoon between
Flagtown and Neshanic, on the main
line. Two of the masked bandits
were shot by the train crew and Cied
almost instantly and in quite the cor
rect hold-up form. Four others, fully
armed, escaped through a patch of
woods between the two towns, pursu-
ed by posse.
Three passengers were struck by
bullets fired by the bandits, but were
not hurt severely They were e. j.
Sanborn, F. j. HALEY and r. J.. Will
son of Noatown. Va
The hold-up was on its face the
most daring in the history of railroad
ing in the east and also the most
easily explained for its object was to
get material for moving pictures
1t was due to the courage of the
crew of the train that the bandits
were put to flight. Buck, Denham
was the engineer. An open draw on
Newark Bay had held up the train
for several minutes, and when he
struck the stretch of fine road be-
tween Flagtown and Neshanic, Dun
ham opened the throttle wide. He
was making forty miles an hour when
he saw red flag waved across the
track five hundred yards ahead. He
threw on the brakes and the train
stopped opposite a clump of woods.
AS Durham leaned from his cab
window revolver was showed under
his nose and he was compelled to
leave his cab. Five other bandits
masked and mounted, dashed out of
the woods with revolvers drawn.
Lester Brightman, the conductor. sur
Drised at the halting of the train, ran
forward. Levelled pistols subdued
hirl and two trainmen.
Three bandits ransacked the second,
third and fourth cars. The passen-
gers, about one-quarter of them wom-
en-, were in panic, some diving I'M
der seats. Sanborn leaped at rob-
Der to disarm him. but was shot in
the right arm. The desperadoes
made every passenger hold up hands
and went through their pockets in
approved western fashion. After get
ting all the money and jewelry that
could be found the masked men lined
up the passengers along the track on
tho outside.
It was in the first car that the rob-
bers met their Waterloo. Three of
them entered that car and gave the
order Throw up your hands!" Will
son and HALEY laughed.
Other passengers crawled under
seats, but came from cover when
shots were fired at them. 1t was
then that HALEY and Wilson realized
the hold-up was in earnest. Like
good Virginians they reached for Their
shooting irons. The bandits began
hring. Wilson and Haley, drop
Ping behind the backs of Their
seats, returned the fire.
Just then shots outside were heard
and the robbers made for the door
wilson and HALEY pursued The
courage of the two virginians made
o'ner passengers recall they too hat
reVolvers. The robbers in the frs
car leaped to the ground only to SCI
mat the passengers who had beer
imed UP outside had started battle
The express messenger, Wiley, a
the start had closed the safe door
and getting his revolver had iumpe,
on the car. He was met with bullets
put dropping to his knees he fired, am
one desperate dropped. A secon
shot broke the pistol arm of anothe
roooer It was then the passenger
showed fight, and those who wer
armed joined in the fusiiade begun b
me train crew Another shot fror
,ne express messenger killed the fe
low whose arm had been battered.
me four remaining robbers leape
70 their ponies standing on the edg
VI the woods and rode off.
FIREMAN Lawrence had detache