The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-08
SEARCH FOR BANDITS PROVES UNAVA|[|NG Arkansas Robbers Make
 Good Their Escape HAD LITTLE TROUBLE Hurry Call Sent to Memphis for Police, But Before Posse Arrived
 Bandits Had Made Good
 Their Escape
HAD LITTLE TROUBLE

Memphis, February 7.-An all day search of the heavily wooded territory bordering the Mississippi river opposite Memphis in an effort to locate the i've men who held up and robbed Rock Island passenger train No 43 near Hubert, Ark this morning was barren of results so far as can be ascertained tonight. A score or more railroad detectives and a posse under the direction of local off cials searched the woods and undeforush in the hope of finding the hidins place of tn paeh Trains i,ssiug tF'ouea tiias area also were searched and officials ot nearby towns scrutiniz d newcomers, but ap to a lat1 1out tonight no a rests had been made
 With the expectation that the men might attempt to cross tonight patrol of police are stationed along the river with gaso- line launches
 It was consistently reported that a ship ment of specie destined for an Oklahoma City bank was in the safe dynamited' This. however, is denied by express com pany officials. The amount of loot se- cured they declare is small.
 Postal officials assert that one pouch Of mail is missing.
 Search for the men will be resumed to- morrow.
 Five Are Implicated
 Five men held up Rock Island passen- ger train No. 4S. west bound, early to- day near Hubert, Ark. They dynamited a safe in the express car ransaeked the mail coach and made away with plunder the amount of which has not been deter mined.
 The explosive blew the superstructure
 The explosive blew the superstructure car to splinters and a fire which followed reduced the wreckage of baggage express matter and what was left of the car to ashes.
 The passengers aboard were not moiest- ed and the robbery was accomplished without the firing of a shot. The men escaped. going into the woods in different directions. The train left here shortly after midnight and was boarded an hour later by two men, masked and heaYlly armed immediately after 1t cleared lhe western terminus of the bridge over the Mississippi river from here. Crawling over the tender of the engine the two men took charge of the engine crew and sev- eral miles further on the tram was stopped at their direction, where their three companions were in waiting about camp fire. Here the baggage and mall cars were detached from the passenger coaches, the engineer made to disembark and the fireman forced to drive the en- zine with the two cars attacked several miles.
 No Resistance Is Offered
 In the meantime four of the bandits had forced their way into the express and mail cars and had brought the postal clerks and express messengers to subiu- gation. Practically no resistance was of fered When point about a mile east of Hubert and within few yards of where the same train was robbed last November was reached, the engine was brought to a stop. The express safe was dynamited and the registered mall pouches were rified.
 Coincident with the holdup tele- graph wires went out of service and inc first intimation that anything was wrong with the train was when the explosions were heard by railroad em ployes stationed at the Tennessee end of the bridge
 What was taken to be a heavy fire of small arms, but which proved to be the explosion of a consignment of ammunition, occurred when ine DdS- gage car caught on fire. A nasty call was sent to the Memphis police for aid A posse went to the scene aboard a switch engine, but before their ar rival the bandits were well out of sight and superficial search of the sur rounding woods was without result When telegraphic communication was restored detectives were summoned from Little Rock and at dawn posses had been organized and systematic search was being instituted.
 To prevent the robbers escaping to the Tennessee ,side of the Mississippi river under cover of darkness. men were stationed along the levee and gasoline launches were employed in ratrolling the river
 Chicago. February 1--Advices were received here today by officials of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific rail- road company that nothing was taken form the train held up by the robbers near Memphis except ono pounch con- taining registered matter.