The evening times., 1911-07-21
T0LNA SUSPECTS
ONLY HOPE HELD
!. IN n. P. ROBBERY
Sheriff Boyle Will Take Mel
son County Men Held as
Supposed Robbers
NOT BELIEVED THAT THEY ARE
men WHO TURNED BIG TRICK

mth MhU IUkntU bI6 lfilGk
Passengers in st. Paul Give Their Ex.
perfences-Men Were Frightened
and One Held Revolver With I'm.
Steady Hand.
Fargo. N. D.. July 21.-That the
suspects held at Tolna, N. D., are
about the only hope held by officials
in the capture of the bandits who
held up and robbed the North Coast
Limited on the Northern Pacific be-
tween Valley City and Buffalo. N. D..
Is admitted today. These men will
be brought to Cass county by Sheriff
Boyle who will go to Tolna today.
While the men answer the descrlp-
tions quite closely, still 1t is not gen.
orally believed that they are the men
who turned the trick. II they are not,
then hope Of capturing the bandits
has gone glimmering.
The bandits, In their hurried get
away. seem to have been successful
in completely covering their tracks.
Some Of the officials engaged in the
search are Of the opinion that the
men were successful In reaching
Fargo, and are sheltered here.
Reward Increased.
The reward offered by the Northern
Pacific railroad has been increased to
$2,600 for each of the bandits, the
first offer being $1,000.
Stories Of the victims upon their ar
rival in st. Paul are decidedly inter-
esting.
Neck Swollen.
A Pittsburg man. whose name has
not been learned, was ordered to "fork
over" In 80 doing the robbers spied
q valuable ring on his finger, con-
tanning two diamonds flashing on
either side Of sapphire. One OF the
bandits held q gun muzzle pressed
deep into the Pittsburg mans neck
while he struggled with the ring for
several minutes, trying to get It of.
The passengers neck was swolien
from the jolting Of the gun muzzle
when he arrived in st. Paul.
Get His Whole Role.
Another passenger handed out So.
you've got more than that, d-n
you," one Of the bandits said gruffly.
The passenger handed over a sizeable
roll, in place Of the So.
Throw Watches on Floor.
The bandits confined themselves to
cash, currency, bank checks and jew
elry Of the lighter kind. In the aisle
af tho Arof
women's watches were found, which
had been taken and then thrown
aside, probably through fear Of iden-
tif1cation.
A St Paul Mans Story.
The story Of what happened in the
second sleeper from the rear is best
told by st. Paul man, Dwight R.
Dix, manufacturers' agent.
Awakened to Confront Gun.
II was in berth No. g." he said.
nearest the door. l was sound asleep
when I was awakened by feeling q
hand pass down by body. l opened
my eyes and saw gun pointed direct
ly at me, by man who had swept
open the curtains of the berth. Where
his face ought to have been I could
see nothing but black, the handker-
chief covering his features complete
ly. Behind him l made out another
man. dimly. The man pointing the
5 feet 6 inches tall. The other might
have been 5 feet 10.
Fires at Bulge in Curtains.
1.-TWO brothers had the berth d.
rectly ahead of mine, and as the ban
dit stood there for an instant l heard
them saying there were robbers in
the train. One of them made an ex-
cited remark about hiding his watch
and the curtains bulged out as he
leaned over and tried to throw it un-
der the berth. That was what saved
me. The larger Of the two bandits
saw the curtains bulge and fred al
him. The bullet missed the mans
head by only few inches and went
into the arm of the seat.
Fires on General Principles.
"The man then fired another shot
which did not take effect. With that
they both left me and ran toward the
front Of the car.
Pullman Conductor Shoots.
simultaneously with all this the
Pullman conductor had got into the
game He followed the third bandit
! through the rear sleeper toward the
sleeper In which the other two were
holding US up, and had nearly caught
up with him as the bandit reached
the platform and closed the door. The
conductor had borrowed an automa-
tic revolver from one Of the passen'
gers and fired through the glass.
May Have Jumped.
Eve think the man was struck
Anyhow, he came running through
and followed the other two to the
front end of our sleeper. What be
came Of them we haven't found out
The glass In the front vestibule Of thu
car was broken out. 1t is possibl,