The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-18
TWO MASKED BANDITS
GOT NOT ONE PENNY

We're dressed in big busters and
siouch hats. and according to the
train crew, seemed to have no fear OF
death.
Donald Wilson, Of st. Louis, said he
thrust his head out of the window.
The bullets were flying along the
side of the train,' he said, "and un-
derstood that we were being instruct
ed to keep our heads inside. We all
did SO"
Nora stahl. Of St. Louis, was the
one who said most of rnem slept
through the incident.
Samuel J. Stout, a farmer, living
near the tracks, notified the Spring
field police that he had heard shots
and believed the Diamond Special
had been held up. The police left in
autos. They sighted the engines head
light and approached, but were fired
upon. They returned the fire but de-
cided to abandon the open approach.
They scattered and crept upon the en-
gine. 1t was then that O'Leary and
g. w, Marney, newspaper reporter,
were stopped and disarmed. They
Joined the crew seated along the
bank.
well it didn't work very well, but
got all / could" said the man who
had been at the safe. He then called
his companion and they boarded the
engine. They forced Shell to enter
the cab and left for Springfield Shell
said that after they entered the city
they stopped the engine and loitered
about awhile before they told him to
"get out" and disappeared.
The American Express officials said
today they did not know how much
the safe carried. Early report varied
from $500 to $4,000.
The holdup recalls similar stick
up" of the Alton Hummer less than
five months ago when three masked
men stopped the train, detached the
engine and blew the safe.
In this case the presence Of the
men on the train is,a mystery. No
stop is scheduled from Litchfield to
Springfield. That they boarded at st.
Louis is considered the most probable
theory.
AS the train passed Glenarm, we
were probably running fifty miles
per hour" Fireman Miller said. "a
masked man came over the tender
and told the engineer to stop. He
did so. Then we uncoupled and the
work of dynamiting began"
Express Messenger Pugh could not
account for the presence of the men.
Express Company Detectives.
CHICAGO, June 1S.--Oficials of
the American Express Co., on learn
ing of the train robbery near Spring
field, gathered together a squad of
detectives today and sent them TO
Springfield to Join in the hunt. The
police believe the robbers were Chi
cago men and that their identity will
be established before night.
Can't Find Them.
SPRINGFIELD, H., June 1s-After
six hours of fruitless search today,
Sheriff Mester and his deputies re-
turned to the city with no definite
clue to the two bandits who held up
the Diamond special of the Illinois
Central early today few miles south
of Springfield
The extent of the robbers haul is
not definitely known. They found a
bag containing checks and money
to about s4O0, Had they
penetrated the safe 1T is believed
they would have found nearly $4,000. |
The American Express Co. would make
no statement as to the amount in the
safe which was at once forwarded to
Chicago The police found a pair of
gloves, some sticks of dynamite and
some checks from the bag in field
half a mile from the track The po-
lice made one arrest. A sixteen
year old boy who was founding hid
ing in the tool box on top Of a coal |
car. He was frightened but said he
knew nothing of the robbery, though
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