Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-22
The Evening Story
AT rain Holdup
That Failed
By EDWARD SEYMOUR

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place, in fact, for robbery.
The train came to full stop. A
shot was heard. 1t came from the ex-
press car. but the passengers In the
smoker and two passenger coaches
couldn't tell where Il came from.
There were not many passengers any
way. The train was running very
light In the smoker were several
men. way passengers. who appeared
to belong to the country through which
the road ran. In the next coach were
two ladies' sitting together face to face.
while in the seat behind them was
dandl6ed young man. apparently ten
derfoot. On the other side was girl
travelling alone. In the next car In
tho rear sat an old man and an old
woman, the personiAcation Of John
Andersen My 10 John. Near them
was 4 maiden lady Of fifty. With Cog
giles.
Suddenly the front door Of the fore
most coach was thrown open and a
man appeared with a short rifle, with
which he covered the passengers, while
another man with his revolvers in his
belt stepped into the car and said:
produce your valuables"
He was followed by another man.
who held revolver In each hand.
With the man at the door covering the
passengers with the ride and man
behind him with six shots In each
hand, the collector was well pro-
tected in his work. The passengers
sat perfectly still. each one pulling
out his or her valuables with alacrity.
After going through the car as the
collector approached the rear door the
man with the ride followed him. The
passengers had submitted 80 passively
that this, 1t seemed. would be attend
ed by little risk. As he passed the
girl she whiskea a long knife from
under her skirts and. turning. drove
1t into bis back. He fell with gr0an.
The two men who were at the other
end of the car, completing their rob-
berg, turned in time to see him fall
One Of the ladies' mentioned-the one
who was facing the rear of the car
pulled revolver from under her man.
tel, fred at the collectors attendant.
and he went down. This left the col
lector the only robber in the car. In
the few seconds that followed the dis
patching Of his two pals he knew that
he was in danger. but from what per-
son be was ignorant. He had seen
young girl stab the man with the rife
and a handsomely dressed lady shoot
his attendant He could not single out
which OF the passengers would at
tempt to finish him. There were sew
eral able men who sat near him, but
not one Of them moved. His eye was
on them for a second, md during that
very small space Of time the dan.'itied
young man who with others hac turn
ed to see what was going on In the
rear put bullet through his forehead
The same plan had been devised and
enacted in the second car. though with
Il different reception. When the col
lector and his support came to the old
man and old woman the woman with
goggles, who sat farther IN the rear.
suddenly clicked a revolver ana shot
the man standing In the front door
covering the passengers. This divert
ed for the moment the attention Of the
! collector and his attendant. and the
old woman with marvellous quickness
put a bullet through the attendant
Before the collector could draw his re-
volver the old man had shot him dead
The events in the rear car first came
to q conclusion. The old maid threw
away her spectacles, ripped up the
embellished with flowers on the door
and, being rid Of women's apparel.
stalked forward. strapping man. The
old man and old woman each doffed
a white wig. The woman tore OF her
outer garment, and each with a re-
volver In each hand followed the "old
maid" ''She" threw open the door,
and the three of them stood on the
platform az the last shot rang out In
the forward cur.
A similar transformation scene had
been enacted there. The girl Th0 had
knitted one Of the robbers became {
young man of nineteen. the two ladies
turned out a sheriff ana his deputy
while the dude was Quiescent looking
man noted for being one Of the coolest
and quickest shots in that region.
When the last robber fell the dude
threw open the rear door Of the car
and those who had done the shooting
In both cars jumped Oh. Three men II
the smoking car arose and Joined tht
scattering posse. Three robbers. wht
had captured the express safe BY nrin:
n single shot that had hurt no one
were endeavoring to open 1t when. a
each end Of the car. appeared maj
bristling with revolvers. The robbers
seeing themselves hedged In. tough
desperately. but were mastered.
In the front car two robbers hat
been killed and one wounded. while ii
the rear car one rObber had been killet
and ten wounded. The whole nght ii