The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-07
By MILLIONAIRE IN TRAIN he
WAS ROBBING
A VERY BOLD AFFAIR
With Drawn Pistols Daring Bandit
Passed Through Coach After Coach
Relieving Passengers Of Valuable.
Shot as He Leaves the Train But
Escapes.

The handy believed to be badly
wounded who escaped from the Kan
sas City Southern Gulf Coast train
after he had shot and seriously IN
jured Jesse NJ. Short, a millionaire
mine owner Of Joplin, Mo-, and rob-
bed the passengers soon after the
train had left the Grand Central sta
tion at Kansas City, Mo-, about mid
night had not been captured Friday.
Bleeding from wounds he had re-
ceived in pistol battle with Short,
the robber left trail of blood as he
fed. This enabled the officers to fol-
low his tracks until he arrived at the
Blue River, almost mile from the
point where he jumped from the
train. Here the trail stopped abrupt
ly and his pursuers expressed the be-
lief that he continued his fight in a
boat.
The train was just pulling out OF
the depot when tall men ran out
Of the darkness Of the railroad yards
and climbed up the steps of the OBJ
servation car. He wore a dark hand
kedehief drawn over the lower part
of his face and carried two pistols.
Oscar Allen, negro porter, who
saw him board the train rushed out
and ordered him away. The robber
covered him with his pistol and said:
81 am going to put over trick here.
You sit down here and be quiet, ! will
need you"
After the train had proceeded
about three miles the robber. ordered
Allen to go ahead or him through
the train: In the sitting room Of the
observation car were W. ]. Scafe of
Neck City and E. F. Seaman Of Eu-
| reks Springs, Ark. The robbers
voice trembled as he demanded their
valuables but they offered no resist
ance and gave him money and jew
elry amounting to about s2eo.
Preceded by the frightened negro,
the robber then entered the chair car
| where there were about a dozen pas
sengers, all men.
Hold up your hands," was the
command with which the robber
greeted them. The passengers read
lily complied. The bandit passed
along collecting their money and jew
elry.
The robbery Of the chair car was
accomplished within five minutes-a and
the surprised passengers obeyed the
final Injunction Of the robber to sit
down and remain quiet.
The Pullman car was entered next.
After robbing two passengers from
whom he secured small amounts OF
money, the robber came to the berth
occupied by Short.
"GiYe me your money" the robber
demanded in a whisper as he shook
the sleeping man. When awakened
sufficiently to realize the import Of
the command, Short handed over ST.
900 and a large diamond stud. AS
the robber turned to leave Short seiz-
ed revolver and fired through the
curtains. The robber returned the
fire and both men enptied their wea-
pons, each shooting blindly through
the curtain which was perforated
by almost a dozen bullets. One bull
let struck Shorts forehead, another
went through an arm and a third
lodged In his knee.
Short fell back in his berth and
the robber fed toward the rear OF
the train. Passengers in the other
cars, aroused by the shots, followed
him. They saw him back out Of the
door Of the observation car and drop
from the train, which was just being
brought to stop. He left blood
stains in the aisles and on the car
platform and the passengers saids he
appeared to be badly hurt. It was
believed that two of the bullets fired
by Short struck the bandit.
c. G. Gibson, conductor in charge
of the train, wheD he heard the
shooting, seized a pistol and, accom-
panied by porter, brakeman and
express messenger, started for the
Pullman car. Before they could
lear the aisles of passengers 80 they
could use their weapons, the robber
had ieaped from the train.
An ambulance took Short to a hos
pital. Physicians there said while
his wounds were serious, they did
not consider them fatal.
Short is one Of the wealthiest mine
owners .of Jasper county, operating
zinc and lead mines in that district.
Six years age he was miner work