Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
FEELS BANDIT
AFTER OA RING
. train ROBBERY
Southern Engineer Slugs
Outlaw Who Had Pre-
viously Looted Express
Car; Held Up Passengers.

New Orleans, Sept. 5.--Sufferin,
from a fractured skull, the bandit
who, single handed robbed the New
York limited train on the Louisville {
Nashville railroad twelve miles cas-
Of New Orleans last night, later to b<
felled by the locomotive engineer, wal
brought to New Orleans this morning
and placed in the Charity hospital.
The bandit said his name was How
ard e. Edwards, and that his family
lived in Jupiter, Fla. He gave the po
lice information which Is expected to
lead to the early capture Of three
other members of a gang that is be.
lieved to have been responsible for q
series OF sensational train robberies in
this section. aaa.
Edwards is In a precarious condi-
ton.
After Edwards had completed .
round Of the coaches he went for
ward to the engine. Caught of his
guard for an instant, he was struck by
Engineer Baer, who welded brass
torch The bandit dropped unconsci-
Gus.
Following so closely upon the At
tempted robbery Of the Cincinnati
southbound passenger train on the
same road at almost the same spot
the night previous. the work of Ed
wards is considered most daring.
Edwards first crawled aboard the
engine not far from New Orleans and
covered Engineer Baer and the fireman
with two revolvers. He carried q
small valise in which he had dynamite
and nitro-glycerine. The train was
stopped and with the engineer and
fireman preceding him at the point Of
a revolver Edwards rifled the mail car
of all registered mail and then relieved
the men passengers in five sleepers
and club car OF their valuables. He
did not offer to modest women. He
secured almost $1,000 in cash, then
marched the engineer and fireman
back TO the engine and ordered them
After riding on the engine for about
Is miles. Engineer Baer caught Ed
wards off his guard and struck him a
terrific blow on the head with a brass
torch. fracturing the base Of the skull.
Edwerds fired one shot as he fell.
It went wild. Engineer Baer con-
tinued to rain blows with the torch
until be had beaten the bandit uncon-
scious. H ...
When the train reached Bay st.
Louis. Miss. the robber was taken of
and placed In the charge of the rail-
road surgeon, until police officers and
detectives from New Orleans arrived
there In a special train. Although Ed
wards was unconscious at intervals
throughout the night, he gave the po-
lice valuable information concerning
his alleged partners.
Edwards is Ave feet six inches in
height and weighs 1870 pounds. He
appears to be about 30 years Of age.
Superintendent Marshall of the New
Orleans division Of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. who was passen-
ger aboard the train, stated that only
one man on the train had revolver
but he could not use it because the
robber kept the trainmen in front OF
him when passed through the cars.
Many of the passengers knew Of the
presence of robber and they hid their
Kansas Amateur Bandit Escapes.
Usage City, Kan. Sept. 5.-A mask
ed man boarded Missouri Pacific
passenger train here early today, held
up the conductor, the auditor, six men
in the smoker, and after obtaining
only $40 for his pains. jumped from
the train when it stopped at a water
tank and escaped into q corn field.
The conductor reported the robber a
rank amateur. ar