The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-25
TRAIN IS LOOTED,
BANDITS ESCAPE
Masked Robbers Hold Cars at
Standstill for Two
Hours.
HEADED FOR OKLAHOMA Ne
Express Company Official Says
Loss Will Not Exceed
$500.
D FOR OKLAHOMA
HEADED

Coifeyville, Kansas, March 24-Fed-
eral officers tonight joined in the
search for four masked men, who early
to-day blew up with nitro glycerine
and robbed the express safe of north
bound passenger train on the St
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
| Railroad on lonely prairie twelve
, miles south of Coffcyvlie,
II was discovered to-day that sew
eral packages of registered mail were
stolen. The value Of the stolen mail
is believed TO be small Passengers
on the train were not molcsted
It IS believed that tho bandits head
ed for Okla hoMa in n buggy after the
robbery
Early reports wero that about $40
900 was taken from the wrecked safe
III. w. Walker, superintendent OF the
Pacific Express Company, tonight
said that the total monetary loss in
, Guiding The paper money that was
destroyed by the explosion, would not
be more than $500
For two hours the masked men held
passenger train No 104 at a standstlIl
while they blew open Il safe In the
cNDrcsS car
| The train left Little Rock at $40
=. NJ. yesterday. bound for Kansas
City. 1T was made up OF Il com bina
| tlon baggage and express car. y day
coach, chair car Il sleeping car, i
dining car All observation and "a smok-
ing car.
Just after the train left Lenapah,
Okla. Engineer Lynch heard ii cry,
! Hand up
\ masked man sitting OH tho ten
der, pointing a revolver AT him, said
I'm going TO ride a little way with
you. Drive on
Mnde to Stop Train.
About four miles out OF Lonapah
/, n ma ctr 4 no
/, train near a clump of trees. Three more
; masked men came up. and taking posi-
lions on either side ,bo Of the train be-
sides of the train.
Then, while two OF the men stood
guard Ia prevent passengers from com
gincer and fireman To the day coach
and locked them in.
One man then took a position to
guard the rear Of the train. and three
Went into the express car.
After nearly an hours work tho men
succeeded Iii inserting Il charge of
nitroglycerinc into the Through safe
IN the express car. They blew the
tents over the i1oor OF the car
They made no. haste. They had
chosen 4 strategic position in which
TO stop the train. and were at least
three miles from any human habita-
ton.
Escape In Duggy.
hour over he packages taken from
the safe buggy drew near from the
, direction Of the Oklahoma line, As il
came within about 200 yards Of Inc
train on tho country road it VAS stop-
ped
When the train reached This city
the sheriff was notified and. with two
deputies started on horseback south
ward in pursuit Of the six hnntiits
Mail Pouch Riged.
Tan In Moy ~
sand dollars in currency was stolen
from q mail pouch in transit between
TAMPA and Clear Water last night Tha
theft was discovered when tho mail
ROUGH reached saint Petersburg this
morning alto o'clock, having been
carried by us destination. Clear Water.
There was m eight inch slit In the
pouch. 4 registered package had been
torn open. the moheM extracted and
the casing apmsheh back in the mail
bag
/ The money was sent from Tampa n t.
LILO o'clock yesterday afternoon bv The.
I Exchange National Bank. and was con-
signed to the Bank of Clear Water
, Postal officials dcclineto give any In
[ 7ft (COu tinuel on Seventh pupcN