The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-02-21

Vile, at 2.lo O'CLOCK THIS morning anu
the express car dynamited. A bandit
entered the express car and attempted
to blow open the stationary safe, con-
tanning thousands of dollars, but the
attempt was not successful.
He then placed stick of dynamite
on a small safe, covered with dirt and
touched off the fuse. The safe was
blown to atoms and some 800 were
secured.
Their Ruse Successful.
On a straight line of track just
north of the 5S7 mile post, Engineer
ID. J. FAINT was induced to stop his en-
CINE by the waving of a red light
across the track, some three or four
hundred yards ahead of the engine.
He applied the brakes and slowed
down, picking up g. nan, who told him
that there was a broken rail ahead
and that the same was being repaired.
At the same time bandit climbed
I'D on the other side of the engine ana
the two covered the engineer and fire
man with revolvers, ordering them to
hold up their hands. One of the ban
dts Informed the engineer that 1t
meant a hold-up. Leaving his part
ner to guard the engineer, the bandit
then got down and went back to rob
the express car, telling the engineer
before he left that when certain
signal was given for him to start
the engine.
Express Messenger Threatened.
The bandit attempted to cut loose
the express car but failed. He then
severed the air pipe and went back to
to the engine, when ne ordered the en-
gineer to get down and bring along
shovel Going back to the. express
car once more, the express messen-
ger was ordered to open the door.
When the messenger failed to respond
to the order, the bandit threatened to
blow I'D the entire car with a stick OF
dynamite, which he held in his hand.
The door was thrown open and the
messenger was covered with a reVol-
yer and ordered to throw up his
hands. A bandit then entered the car
and placed stick of dynamite on the
stationary safe and touched off the
fuse. The explosion failed to accom-
plished the desired result, and he
turned his attention 10 small safe
close by.
Small Safe Dynamited.
A stick of dynamite was placed on
top Of it and dirt piled on top. The
explosion completely wrecked the
safe, damaging the car and express
matter. Anumber of packages were
taken out of the demolished safe by
TWO bandits, a second one having en-
tered the car in the meantime.
After having looteSthe safe, the en-
gineer was told that he could go. He
went back to his engine and pulled On
to Lula minus a fireman and a flag
man. The former, a colored man, was
made to get down from the engine and
fee through the WOODS, Dy the bandit
who was left in the cab when the en-
gineer was carried back to the ex-
press car. When the train stopped
the fagnan dismounted and went
back to flag later trains.
:, Conductor AlsQ Helpless.
When Engineer Fant was carried
back to the express car by the bandit
he called to Conductor Mooney, who
he thought was in coach short dis
:tance back. The conductor, however,
was under cover Of a bandits revolver
from the time the tram stopped. When
the train first stopped Conductor
Mooney stepped to the ground to see
what the trouble was and was in-
mediately covered by bandit Hav-
ing looted the express car the bandits
backed off, keeping their nevolvers on
the trainmen all the while. When they
had gotten into the Woods cney turned
about and beat a hasry retreat.
At I o'clock this morning No. Sc
ColleI into the Southern passenger
station, on Washington street, only &C
minutes late.
Express Car Badly Damaged.
Every window in the handsome eA-
press car was blown out and portion
OF the roof was torn off by the eX-
plosion.
Arriving III Greenville, engines were
changed and fresh crew, with the
exception of Conductor Mooney, took
charge of the train and proceeded
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