Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-20
Cash, Checks and Fountain
Pens in Booty Taken.
BRAKEMAN UNDER ARREST
B. & O. Employe Accused of Hold
Up on Mile Grade
WENT THROUGH PULLMAN CAR
Included Passengers, Conductor and
Brakemen Among His Victims.
Held at Keyser.

BALTIMORE, Md, February 20.-A
man giving the name of f. y. Becker was
arrested near Altamont. w. Va. early
today in connection with the robbery of
the Pullman car passengers on the New
York and st. Louis express of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad last night.
The man had S133.31 in money, four
watches said to correspond with those
taken from passengers. and two re-
volvers. He was lodged in Jail at Keyser,
w. Va, where he is said to be freight
brakeman employed by the road.
The suspect claimed that another man
gave him the money and other valuables
found on him. He was taken by Balti-
more and Ohio policeman at a watering
station a short distance east of Alta
mont. He had just alighted from an
eastbound freight train.
According TO information received at
the executive office of the Baltimore and
Ohio here the bandit secured S1I0 in cash.
a check for 500 and five watches valued
at about 500 The railroad police and
regular authorities are still searching the
country about the scene of the hold-up,
with the idea that the rObber may have
had an accomplice.
Said to Be Brakeman.
KEYSER, W. Va. February 20.-F. A.
Becker. under arrest here and charged
with holding up the Baltimore and Ohio
express last night is about thirty-five
years old and is a freight brakeman on
the road. He lives at this place. and was
arrested at Forty Mile water station, nine
miles from Piedmont.
AS the hold-up occurred in the state of
Maryland, it is said, Becker will be turn
cd 70 tl,a o.,th Of &ho,
The robber, wearing a mask, boarded
the train at Keyser or Piedmont. and
while the train slowly climbing
Seventeen Mile grade made his appear
ing revolver from his pocket, he COW
cred the Pullman conductor, the negro
porter and the fagman, who chanced to
be in that part Of the train.
He compelled the fiagman 10 walk in
front of him and arouse the sleeping
passengers, of whom there were fourteen.
With the utmost GOODNESS he demanded
their valuables, and. frightened and
scarcely awake, they freely gave him
When ne had Completed his work and
the train had reached the top of the hiH
al Altamont, the robber dashed to the
rear of the train. still holding the train
men under his revolver, and leaped to the
ground.
After the hold-up the train was de-
layed for short time and then pro-
ceeded on its way to Cincinnati and ST
Louis by the way of Parkersburg, w.
Va. over the Baltimore and Ohio South
western. The passengers were none the
worse for their experience.
List of His Victims.
Among the robbers victims and their
losses were the following:
Miss Elizabeth Flynn, New York city,
&13 in cash and $50 check: H. c. Cham
bers. Hagerstown. Nd. $40 and SIS
watch Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lawrence
of Hamlin. N c., watch worth S25 and
a fountain pen: T. :. Funkhauser,
Hagerstown. Md. 81; Frederick MenZ,
Cincinnati S4S. 40: Mr.. and Mrs. William
l.. Bond. Chillicothe. Ohio. so; Pullman
Conductor f. G. Hubbill, SO cash and
SO gold watch: Porter w. l.. Scott, $1.JO
and SO watch: Brakeman II. Shingle-
ton, gold watch.