The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-04-14

The order rang out Hold up your
hands"
Conductor Shumway disregarded the
order and leapcd upon the l""Ger of the
bandits.
Hand-to-Hand Fight Follows.
4 hand-to-haud tussle followed in
which the railroad man was finally over
powered. The tail man then reached
down under the steps and cut off the air
connection and the train came to Il stop
Sleeping Car Conductor :. T. Mills
was in the third sleeper when PortcrS
J. H. Matthews and William j. Johnson
dashed in saying the train was held up
and calling for revolvers. Conductor
Shumwuy was graphing with one of the
men in the sleeper. Porter Johnson So
cured a revolver and fired twice, but the
men got away after returning the fire.
No one on the train was hit
:. Is, Sabin, mail clerk, was thrown
forward when the train stopped after
the. air was cut and Engineer James
Hennetty saw the shadows of the men
going into the swampS. one was tail
the other medium height, but otherwise
there is no description of them as both
We're heavily masked.
From Mauston. Wis. comes the re-
port that the men took a gold watch and
a $500 diamond ring from Conductor
Subway. This report also says that
the robbers went through the day coach
les and held up the passengers, obtaining
considerable cash. The report is not
confirmed.
Although the description obtained of
the robbers is indefinite, the police are
looking for tall, slim man and shorter
man. The knowledge of train construc-
!tion showed by the bandits in cutting
off the air has led the police to believe
! that at least the taller Of the two men
had formerly been n railrOader.
LA CROSSE, Wis, April S.--Not a
cent of money and no yaluables were OBJ
tanned in the robbery of the Pioneer
Limited. according to an Official state
ment made by Conductor a. L. Shum-
WAY here today Until the conductor
reported, the widest rumors were in
circulation and even at the railway of
tices no assurance could be given that
n large amount of booty had not been
obtained The Pioneer Limited is long
train of a dozen coaches and sleepers
and is patronized by the best class of
travellers. so that the booty, had the
would have been heavy. That they failed
is due to the nerve of Shumway, and a
negro porter, whose name has not been
reported.
Conductor Shumway authorized the
following statement:
Nv hen | entered one OF the paSsen-
ger coaches as the train was speeding
toward Tomah | came face to face with
a tall man in a narrow passageway. I'M
mcdiatcy a gun was stuck into my face
and the command came: Hold up your
hands and don't he foolish | threw up
one hand and struck up the revolver and
struck out with the other hand, dropping
my lantern. My blow fell on the mans
face OF neck. At the time | thought
there was only one man, but as he
stumbled back | saw the CLEAN of re
volyer over his shoulder. 1t was held
by a shorter man who stood behind the
other The first man had fallen back
wards through he door of the compart-
ment and the other went with him like
n flash for he saw n negro porter com
ing up behind him. | think that black
man saved my life.
only the sleeping car conductor in
the first car and the porter who was
with me responded to my cry for help
as | ran into the first car. Before we
reached the compartment again the men
had jumped off and made their escape
although several shots were fired after
them. Not n cent of money and no val
iuables were obtained by the highway
men"