Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-21
ENGNEER OLSON Els BuILEr
Thieves Make Escape in an AutomO-
bile with Their Loot.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TAKEN
Movement Believed Carefully Planned
by Experienced Robbers.
Cash TAKEN FROM PASSENGERS
EnGfneer who Refused IN st0p Train
shat Twice and sIlEhtEy Wsaadsd
-Expr-ms Car Voc Wotested
~ the Bandits.

I NEElAlND E0EAh1s ~ H. atAAI
/ No 2. the eastbuund North C0aGt Limited
/ ON the Northern Pacific railroad was held
l up by three masked robbers near Buffalo.
1 n D.. about Il o'clock last night. The
I robbers secured about 500 in cash by go
! ing through ths- passengers and shot En-
/ Eineer s. P. Olson OF Fargo twice IN order
| tn make him stop the train. and mads
/ their escape in an automobile which had
! been awaiting them near the scene Of the
2 robbery.
The performance az executed was one OF
! the most daring ever perpetrated in this
I part OF the country and showed that the
men were no amateurs at the business
as every movement was clevsriy planned
and admirably execu>sd.
When the train stopped at the hiEil
bridge at Valley City the three men
boarded il and went into tho day coaches.
Heavily armed and shooting recklessly in
order TO intimidate the passengers they
first lined the train crew UP AZ one end
Of the car and then proceeted to search
the passengers In the end observation car
and the last two sieepers. In all they Sc
cured about u0a from this part Of their
robbery.
sIeepera Awnksned BY shaG.
The sleeping car was entered Gnd in
order TO awaken the occupants OF berrns
a shot was cred down the center OF ths
aisle. narrowly missing the head OF one OF
ths passengers and imbedding itself in the
woodwork.
After searching the occupants Of the
bertha they climbed out of the diner. owes
the baggage and express cars 10 the en-
gine. reaching that part Of the tram when
near Buffalo. They ordsreA Engineer o.
son 70 stop the train 50 they could gst
or and when h refused 70 comply with
their wishes two shots were fired at him.
one giancing or his watch and the other
striking him ON rib. in5ur1ng him slightly.
After being wounded and seeing that the
men we're desperate. Engineer Olson
stopped the train and the three men. wfis
were all maAked with poIkadot handker~
eninfA iazEngxlk saafckiy n-um flne train.
Engineer Olson. vino Is one Of the oldest
engine pilots ON the systsm. was brought
into FarBo with the train and is resting
at his home thsrG
Escape I'm Au48asbfIe.
After leaving the train the robbers went
to an automobile which they had waiting
nearby and drove of into the darkness.
The train was run into Fargo vllers the
aheriff. every available deputy and three
deputy United States mArsnAIs hurried
back on a special train 70 pursue the rob-
hers.
POSSES also started out OF Buffalo fiftsen
minutes after the robbery was reported
and every surrounding town in. the north
west was telephOned or tslegraphed to look
out for the robbers.
The express and mail cars were not
molested by the men,
1t Is not known what amount the cars
contained. but usually the North Coast
limited carries considerable amounts of
money and IL IL thought thar the men took
longer in going through the day coaches
than they had planned OF they would have
tried to blow up the express safe and rifle
the registered mail pouches.
one Bandit ProhaBIy woaaded.
ST PAUL July D.-rha North
ern Pacific Coast limited train No.
/ & which was held up Last night
near Buffalo. " D.. arrived in St Paul az
q clock this morning The passengers are
OF the belief that one OF the robbers was
hit by bullet fired by the Pullman con-
ductor and this was the reason the robbers
did not go through the whoIs train
/ The robbers went through the ohserva-
/ ton car. which was the rear ear Of the
/ train; the sleeper next 70 IL and part az a
\ sleeping car ahead OF this one- While the
/ robbers were at work in the second sleeper
I Pullman Conductor BslgAzd Cred from the
/ first sleeper at ono OF the desperzdoss.
/ who was standing guard AZ the door and
/ IL In beiievsd hit him In the shoulder.
/ The robbers then Immediately abandoned
/ their work and made for the head OF the
I train
/ Dr. J. W. Guest OF L0uisviIIe, Ky, oc-
/ c1Ipied A berth in the first alsrper robbsd
and was relisved OF u00 IN bank checks.
DR.. Guest attended the wounded engineer
and says his wound is not serious. being
hardly more than a Eesh wound OF the
I lower LEFT breast
/ A Mr.. STARK OF Cincinnati, representative
I Of a harvester cunCsrn. was robbed Of u50
IN bank checks and y. v. Mcmillan OF
I Louisville was relieved 0f no IN bAnA
checks and gS In caah.