Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
CASH Of ONE MAN
SOUGHT BY BANDIT
Object of Train HoId-Up Said
to Be Robbery of Joplin.
No., Millionaire.
PISTOL DUEL RESULTS
IN SHOOTING OF BOTH
Jesse N. Short Relieved of $1,000
While in Pullman Berth.
Robber Gets Away.

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Robber Gets Away.
! KANSAS CITY, Mo-. May The rob-
| berry of the Joplin millionaire, Jesse NJ.
! Short, was the real object of the giant
bandit who held up a Kansas Southern
passenger train in tile Kansas city sub
| urbs early today, and the holding up
| of several other passengers was merely
incidental, according to the theory OF the
| police. who instituted thorough search
| for the robber
After duel with Mr. Short i'll the Pull
man the robber fell off the train wound
ed. carrying $1,000 of Shorts money. and
the mine owner was left lying in his
berth with three bullets in his body.
Physicians attending Short at local
hospital say he will recover unless un-
foreseen complications arise.
Believe He Shadowed Millionaire.
The fact that a mysterious person of
such stature had been seen about local
hotel where Mr.. Short stopped reached
the ears of the police and eventually
resulted in the theory that the bandit
had shadowed the millionaire and believ-
ed Pullman berth the best place to rob
him.
According to telegram sent to the
police today from Grand View by G. G.
Gibson. conductor of the train. which
continued on its way south. the total OBJ
tanned was SLIGO in money and a
diamond. OF this Gibson said Mr.. Short
lost $1,000. w. J: Scafer. Neck City, Mo.
S65. and r. A. Seaman. Eureka Springs,
Ark, $s5 and a diamond stud.
Robber Wounded Seriously.
Conductor Gibson said the robber must
have been wounded seriously. as he left /
blood in pools in the Pullman aisle and
on the platform from which he leaped.
When daylight came the search for the |
big robber went forward with double !
vigor. The escape was effected in
region of switch tracks, box cars and |
market gardens.
Sergt. Myers, who a few minutes after
notification OF the robbery reached the
police through the night operator at Air. !
line Junction was on the trai with Il |
squad of half dozen patrolmen, search
ed more than hundre box cars. Mount |
ing switch engine and bearing torches
and lanterns. Myers and his men went up
and down the track searching, but with |
out success.
Boards Train at Station.
The bandit robbed the passengers soon
after the train left the Grand Central
station here about midnight
Bleeding from wounds he received
in the pistol battle with Short. the rob-
Der left trail Of blood as he fled from
the scene Of the robbery. This enabled
the officers to follow his tracks until
he arrived at the Blue river, almost
mile from the point where he jumped
from the train. Here the trail stopped
abruptly, and his pursuers expressed
the belief that he continued his flight
in a boat. 1t was suggested that he
might have had confederate await
ing him at the river.
The train was just pulling out OF the
depot here when tall man ran out
and climbed up the steps of the obser-
vatiOn car. He had handkerchief
over the lower part Of his face and
carried two pistols.
Oscar Allen, a colOred porter, who saw
him, board the train, rushed out and
ordered him away
Orders Porter to Act as Guide.
The robber. covered him with his
pistol and said: Il am going to put
over trick here. You sit down there
and be quiet I will need YOU
After the train had proceeded about
three miles the rober ordered Allen to
go ahead of him through the train. In
the sitting room of the observation car
were Scafe and Seaman. The robbers
voice trembled as he demanded their VAL
uables, but they offered no resistance and
gave him money and jewelry amounting
to about 500.
Preceded by the frightened colored man.
the rObber then entered the Pullman and
mt tl,a 1R0rf u, .s<.A
Passenger Fires at Robber.
Give me your money the robber de-
| manded in a whisper as he shook the
| sleeping man. When awakened suf-
| ficiently to realize the import of the COM
| mand. Short handed over a thousand
dollars in money and large diamond
| stud. As the robber turned to leave
Short seized revolver and fired through
| the curtain. The robber returned the
| fire and both men emptied their weapons.
each shooting blndly through the cur
| tain, which was perforated by almost a
| dozen bullets. One bullet struck Shorts
| forehead, another went through an arm
| and third lodged in his knee
| Short fell back in his berth and the
robbe-- fled toward the rear of the train
| Passengers in the other cars. arous-
| ed 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 a stop. He left bloodstains
| in aisles and the car platform and
| the passengers said he appeared to be
seriously hurt. 1t was believed that two
OF the bullets fired by Short struck the
bandit.
c. G Gibson. conductor in charge OF
the train. when he heard the shooting
| seized pistol. and, accompanied by a
porter. "A brakeman and express messen-
ger. started for the Pullman car. Be-
| fore they could clear the aisles of pas
| sengers they could use their weapons
the robber had leAped from the train.
/ The police were notified of the robbery
and an ambulance summoned to take
Short to a hospital. Physicians there
| said while his wounds We're 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
1 Six years ago he was a miner working
for wages.
Short Tells of the Robbery.
| Short was able to make a statement
regarding the robbery after his arrival
at the hospital
II had two pocketbOoks concealed in
my BERTH" he said lone containing a