The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-01
National News Association

Erie, Pa. July NO trace has been
obtained of the six bandits who held
up express train No. II on the Phila-
delphia and Erie railroad at Five-mile
curve at aboat $50 o'clock last night.
All night long posse under the direc-
tion of Deputy Sheriff Frank NJ. Du-
mond, worked its way through the val
leys in that vicinity in an endeavor to
secure some trace of the bandits but
to no avail and at daylight the posse
gave up its task for the time being,
1t is believed that one OF the train
robbers was wounded in that battle
that took place between them and the
crew and every house for miles around
is being searched for a man with q
gunshot wound.
There were six masked men in the
party that held up the train and Penn.
r. r. detectives we're in the near VI
cinity as but the night previous It had
been found that spikes had been
drawn from the tracks ii that vicinity
and the detectives thought an EFFORT
was being made to derail the merchan.
disc freight train. They were less than
half mile away and heard the shoot
ing. but were urable to get there In
time to participate in the melee
The first indication that the engi-
neer had that there was anything
wrong was when he saw a pile OF rail-
road ties stacked up in the center of
the track. He set his brakes. put on
the sand. which. owing to the compar-
atively slow speed at which he was
running prevented the train being
wrecked, as the bandits had planned.
Although every effort was made 70
stop it. the engine plowed into the ties.
and several OF them were found under
the trucks when an investigation was
made.
Before the train came to standstill
two of the bandits climbed into the
cab and commanded Engineer Albert
Carey. and Firemen Leo Schrist to
hold up their hands. Instead of doing
SO. the men began to show fight, but
they acceded to the request of the rob-
bers to leave the cab, after shots had
been fired at them
Engineers Bravery.
Carey stepped backward from his
cab, and while the men were firing at
him. he picked up stones and threw
at them. He kept going backward un-
| til he reached the edge of the en-
| bankment and fell down the sixty foot
| striking several stones and rocks on
the way, badly hurting his back He
kept on rolling until he struck fence
which prevented him from going to
the bottom, which is 200 feet below
the level of the track. As soon as Sc
christ reached the ground, he started
| to run backward from the train. The
man who was guarding him and two
or three others began shouting to him.
and it was thought by the crew, when
his long absence was noted, that he
had been killed. He managed to make
a clean getaway and ran to a farm
house, where farmers rig was secur-
| ed to take him to a telephone where
he gave information fthe holdup. A
special train with several men made
| the trip as soon az possible to the
scene, but when they arrived there
was no trace OF the bandits.
AS soon as the shooting began H.
/ D. Hart. express messenger and c. H.
Block, mail clerk, rushed to either end
/ of the car and locked the doors. Some
! of the robbers went to the front end
! of the mail car, and. breaking the
glass. began firing through the OPEN
! ing.
Hid Express vaiuables.
| Hart, placing under his coat, some
small registered packages, and il is
alleged 5000 in currency, started for
the rear door, believing that he might
be able to get away in that direction
Il and thereby save the yaluables. When
he opened the rear door he found Con-
ductor Rooney. who had secured re-
yofver from a man in the smoking car.
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