The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-03-23
TRAIN ROBBERS BUSY
SUCCESSFUL HOLD
Ups REPORTED IN A YEAR.
Employees Declare Surprise Parties
Come When Least Expectcd-Only
Ecryy Candits Take Chances.

Come When Least EHpectcu-Only
Ecryy Eandits Take Chances.
Although the cowboy, the Indian,
the camp desperate and other relics
Of frontier days are fast disappear
ing, the masked train bandit with an
itching trigger and great nerve seems
to have increased. In spite of the
fact that many Of the trains in the
Western states are in charge of armed
and trusted messengers, criminals
with nerve and guns are sprlnglns
numerous surprise parties" Last
year alcne 81 successful railroad
holdups were recorded. The epl-
demic Is causing railroad officials no
little concern.
! For time it was thought that the
professional train robber had passed
into history. Holdups became much
more rare than bank robberies. With
in the last year, however. several
successful holdups in the West have
revived that special branch Of crime
until it has become an epidemic. This
is a list of them:
Jan. 20, 1910, four men held up
Missouri Pacific train near st.
Louis, Mo-, successfully >lootins the
express and mail cars.
Jan. "a, 1910, four masked men at
tempted to hold up train at. Hunt
.ngton, w. Va.
Feb. 5. 1910. three men robbed
passengers on Missouri Pacific pas
senger train near Pittsburg, Kan,
securing S400.
March 5, 1910, train robb.rs loot
ed an express car on the New York
Central near Rochester.
April 7. 1910, two masked men at
tempted to hold up the Pioneer Linn
tied on the St. Paul railroad, at La
crosse, Wis.
April. II, 1910, two masked men
held up the express train of the
Southern Pacific railroad, at Benicia,
Cal. Nine pouches of regular mail
were stolen.
May II, 1910, two men robbed the
passengers on the Southern Pacific
train at Phoenix, Ariz.
May 70, 1910, three masked men
held up trolley car at Seattle,
Wash, robbing II passengers of ST.
900.
May 12, 1910, three men held up a
freight on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at Bayway, N. j., securing
$4,000 worth of loot.
June 10, 1910, lone bandit held up
the Ell Paso and South western
passenger train at Robsart, N. IT.,
securing s217 and jewelry.
June 25, 1910, three masked men
held up the Oregon Short Line traiL
near Ogden, Utah, robbing the ex-
press car and the passengers.
July 10, 1910, three men attempt
ed to hold up the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Southwestern flyer"
near St. Louis.
Aug. 26, 1910, eight masked men
held up the Iowa Central passenger
train near Des Moines.
Sept. 2, 1910, four masked men
held up the Colorado Midland train,
at Colorado Springs. Were driven
off.
Sept. 6, 1910, lone robber boarded
Burlington passenger train In heart
of St. Louis, killing a brake man and
robbing all the Pullman passengers.
Dec. %, 1910, lone bandit robbed
all the passengers on the Sunset Ex-
press of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, at Ell Paso. Texas.
Dec. 25, 1910, lone robber held up
Missouri Pacific train near Kansas
City, shot and wounded army officer
and secured $500.
Jan. 8, 1911, two men held up pas
senger train at Reese, Utah, killing a
colored porter and robbing all the
passengers.
Jan. 4, 1911, two masked men
robbed the Northern Pacific Coast
limited, at Seattle, Wash, shooting
a mail clerk.
Jan. 27. 1911. lone robber robbed
passengers Of Colorado and Southern
railroad train, at Pueblo, securing
SILT and jewelry.
Feb. %, 1911, two masked bandits
held up an Iron Mountain train, at
St. Louis, Looting the express car
of $4,000.