The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-02
BANDIT ROBS TRAIN;
SHOOTS PASSENGER
Lone Desperate Begins Oper-
ations Soon After Leaving
Kansas City.
ONE MAN SHOWS FIGHT
Engages in Duel With Rob-
Der and Is Fatally Wounded;
Latter Also Shot.
ONE MAN SHOWS FIGHT

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, May "a
Southern train No. ) Mt the depot here.
lined up and robbed the passengers
soon after the train left here early this
morning, securing about $500 in money
and iewelry,
Jesse e, Short of Joplin, Mo, one Of
the passengers, and the robber engaged
in pistol battle in which both were
shot, Short dangerously.
When Short was commanded TO
throw up his hands he drew pistol,
and began firing at the robber. The
man returned the fire and Short soon
fell badly wounded. The robber also
was hit BY bullet, and, fearing the
resistance by the passengers was to be-
come general, jumped from the train
and ran The wounded robber left a
trail of blood behind which was ex-
pected to lead to his captrue
Attracted No Attention.
The train left here at midnight for
Joplin and the south The man at.
tracted no special attention as he
took a seat in the chair car. After the
train had proceeded about three miles
through the cast bottoms district Of
this city, the passengers in the chair
car were startled by a sharp command
to "Throw up your handsl'i
All obeyed Mt once, and at the com.
mand Of the Tobber they lined up in
the aisle
After robbing the passengers in the
chair car, the robber ordered the train
porter TO lead him through the train.
He then robbed several persons in the
observation car and forced several pas
sengers TO leave their bcrths in the
PuIlmans and give up their valuables.
Duel With Passenger.
Coming TO the berth occupied by
Short. the robbcr awakened him by a
rough command 10 "Give up your
money and .iewelry." Short, who is a
millionaire mine owner of Jasper coun-
ty, gave up thousand dollars in
money. a gold watch and two dia-
mouds. AS the robber was passing
on to the next berth Short pulled his
automatic pistol from under the pillow
and fired at the robber through the
curtains The robber turned and
emptied his pistol, also shooting blind
" through the curtains of the berth
One bullet penetrated Shorts head,
another hi him in the shoulder and
third lodged in his knee,
At least two Of the shots fired by
Short took effect in the robbers BODY
and, realizing that he was badly hurt,
he ran TO the vestibule, hoping to cs.
cape by jumping from the train. which
had Just been brought to stop He
left pool Of blood on the car plat.
form. and officers and trainmen be.
lieved his dead body will be found in
the railroad yards near the scene of
the holdup.
Injuries Fatal.
Short was rushed to hospital.
where physicians said he was injured
fatally.
After being detained for more than
an hour the train proceeded on its
journey.
Three Of the trainmen, T. w Ball,
brakeman; o. W. Gibson conductor
and r. B. Sales, porter, armed them.
selves with guns, but were unable ia
use them lest they iniure some of the
passengers. They had just planned to
make an organized attack on the rob
Der when he escaped
Engineer Charles Haag and Fireman
Peter Simmian knew nothing of the
robbery until it was all over
The police hero wero notified bv
passenger who, dressed only in his
nightclotbes, ran to saloon n Quarter
of milo away. and telephoned the re-