Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-07-27
HOW TRAIN ROBBERS TREATED:
SLEEPING CAR PASSENGERS
Further Details of the Big Train Robbery
Near Buffalo. Many Suspects Being
Held Around the State

took place, although l am not sure.
After had called up the man I went
back to the depot and came to Fargo
,,ith the train. Both of the meu had
on caps, for l Oily saw but two, altho
l was told afterwards that there
were three.
Passengers Losses
Conductor Wheeler, who was stood
up in the observation car, had his
watch taken and SIS, but the rob-
bers returned to him the watch.
They entered the observation car
while the train vas at the high line
station at Valley City and the en-
gine taking water. AS the train
passed over the bridge the bandits
showed sign Of weakness and ask
ed the conductor ii they were across
the bridge yet. After crossing the
bridge the porter Of the car and
Brakeman Miller came through the
train and were both held up and
what money they had taken from
them. A fourth mun, porter from
the first sleeping car in front was
locked in the head end vestibnle OF
the observation ca Where thew we're
kept until the robbers had escaped.
In the sleeper one led headed man
stuck his head out Of the curtains
and was told to get back and be-
cause he did not withdraw his head
quickly enough, a shot was titsd at
his hair, which iyst grazed hin.
Train Conductors Story
Conductor Wheeler states: ~
''They tried to lock the rear door
OF the observation car but failed and
after taking the coach key they
locked the car door and took us up
to the front Of the observation car
and placed the three of us in the ves-
tibule, locking the door of the OBJ
servation car behind them. They al
so took the porter of the rear Sleep
er out and placed him in the vesti-
bule with us and locked us all there
together.
II have no idea what the loss of
the passengers will reach. They
were so excited that they could not
give any figures. One man lost
diamond ring which he said was
worth several hundred dollars. An
other man lost 500 worth of trav-
elers checks, but did not lose the
money he carried with him. The
porter on the observation car lost
$40 of the company's money besides
his own money. All the conductors
and porter on the two sleepers lost
some money. Brakeman Miller lost
As cents and they missed dollar
bill that he carried. They took up
all the tickets between St. Paul and
Chicago and the travellers checks.
The latter are negotiable anywhere
and can be cashed for their face
value.
''There are three places on the the
train where the shots went through.
One thru berth another through
door and a shot went through the
vestibule window"
A dispatch from St. Paul, inter-
viewing the passengers regarding
their experience, says:
While the robbers were at work
in the second sleeper, the conductor
of the first sleeper fred at one of
the desperadoes, who was standing
guard at the door, and it is believed
hit him in the shoulder, as he was
seen to vince, and bullet hole
showed in the door sohulder high
The robbers then Immediately aband-
oned their work and made for the
head Of the train.
DR.. ]. w. Guest of Louisville, Ky.,
occupied berth nthe first sleeper
robbed and was relieved Of 500 in
bank checks.
when the robber came to my
BERTH" said DR.. Guest, II handed
him my pocketbook, containing 800
in bank checks and my railroad tick
ct. He took the checks out and
handed back the pocketbook and my
railroad ticket. Then he asked If I
didn't have any cash, and when I
told him had IS under my pillow
he said: dig It up
"Just at this moment he was at
tracted to the berth opposite me, oc-