The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-23
BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN.
DYNAMITE EXPRESS SAFE AND SECURE
ABOUT S7G0.
new YORK-NEW ORLEANS TRAIN

7Ough to StandstilI With Danger
Signal. Engineer, Fireman, Con-
iuctor and Express Messenger
Norced at Point of Pistols to Obey
prders of Outlaws.
reenville, Feb. IL. - Special
thern Railway train No 36, New
ans to New York, which passes
~ Senville ot 6:20 a. IN. was held
by five masked bandits one mile
y of White Sulphur, Ga, and
miles from Greenviile, at 2:15
FIX this morning and the express
pynamited. A bandit entered
Express car and attempted to
open the stationary safe, con-
ing thousands of dollars, but
attempt was not successful
then placed stick Of dyna-
on small safe, covered it
dirt and touched off the fuse
bsafe was blown TO atoms and
500 were secured.
Their Ruse Successful.
IN straight line of track Just
~ Rh of the 5S7 mile post, Engi-
ir ID. ]. Fant was induced 10
his engine by the waving of q
flight across the track, some
ee or four hundred yards ahead
the engine. He applied the
y.Ses and slowed down, picking up
y Aan, who told him that there was
~ roken rail ahead and that the
he was being repaired.
BAt the Snma tip,o hand;t cli
4 up on the other side of the
hgine and the two covered the en-
ineer and fireman with revolvers,
ordering them 10 hold up their
hands. One of the bandits inform
ed the engineer that il meant a
nold up. Leaving his partner 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 a certain
- signal was given for him to start
the engine.
Express Messenger Threatened.
The bandit attempted to cut
ID. loose the express car but failed.
He then servered the air pipe and
went back to the engine, when he
ordered the engineer to get down
and bring along a shovel. Going
back to express car once more, the
\ express messenger was ordered to
open the door. When the messenger
failed to respond to the order, the
bandit threatened to blow up the
entire car with a stick of dynamite
which he had in mis- hand. The door
was thrown open and the messen-
ger was covered with q revolver
and ordered to throw up his hands.
A bandit then entered the car and
placed a stick of dynamite on the
stationary safe and touched off the
fuse. The explosion failed to accom-
plish the desired result, and he
turned his attention to a small safe
close by.
Small Safe Dynamited.
stick OF dynamite was placed on
top of it and dirt piled on top. The
explosion completely wrecked the
safe damaging the car and ex-
press matter. number Of pack
ages were taken out of the demol-
ished safe by two bandits, a sec
ond one having entered the car In
the meantime.
After having looted the safe. the
- engineer was told that he cold go
He went back to his engine and
pulled on to Lula, minus a fireman
and flagman. The former, a col
: ored man, was made to get down
from the engine and flee through
the woods, by the bandit who was
left in the cab when the engineer
was carried back to the express car.
When the train stopped the flagman
dismounted and went back to flag
later trains.
Conductor Also Helpless.
When Engineer FAINT was carried
back to the express car by the
bandits, he called to Conductor
Mooney, who he thought was in a
coach a short distance back. The
conductor, however was under cover
of bandits revolver from the time
the train stopped. When the train
fist stopped Conductor Mooney
stepped to the ground to see what
the trouble was and was immediate
II ly covered by a bandit. Having loot
ID ed the express car, the bandits
backed off, keeping their revolvers
on the trainmen all the while. When