The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-18
USE ENGINE TO MAKE ESCAPE
Shots Fired Along Side Coaches
Keep the Passengers
In the Cars
FAIL 10 GET BIGGEST BOOTY

Springfield, H., June 1S.-Two
masked men at l9;2O this morning held
up the Diamond Special" the Illinois
Centrars fast st. Louis Chicago train.
rear Glenarm, ten miles south ot
Springfield After firing fusilade of
revolver shots along the sides of the
coaches to intimidate the passengers
they ordered the engineer To uncouplc
the express ear from the train aud
proceed two miles down the track.
The engineer complied. and five
charges of dynamite, plainly heard by
the passengers. were fired to secure
the contents of two safes IN the eX-
press car.
The robbers obtained $500 from a
small express safe, but failed to get
several thousand dollars in the second
and larger safe. This statement wa
made upon the arrival of the train
in Chicago. 10y officials Of the railroad.
\ reward of $1,000 has been offered for
Tho capture Of the robbers.
Some members of the train crew
declared that more than $500 was OBJ
tanned by the robbers. placing the
amount as high as $4,000.
Jesse Leslie. a boy of sixteen. found
by tho officers in the tool box of the
tender oc the engine of the Diamond
special. Is being held as n suspect. He
claims he was beating his way from
ST Louis To Chicago. was frightened
10y the shots and stayed IN his hiding
place The officers also found a sack
of dynamite
Some Of the express checks were
found at 10Th and Maple streets.
The authorities are of the opinion
that bandits were close to their homes
when they abandoned the passenger
cuginc and at the lower edge of the
city limits. woman in the ncighbor-
hood SAW the robbers running four
blocks away from where they aban-
doned the engine and has furnished
a GOOD description.
Covered nv brace ot revolvers III
the hands of one of the bandits, the
engineer. fremen and two express mes
ccngers were forced To stand ncarpN
md watch the attempts of the other
bandits 10 force the strong box Inc
interior of the express car was wreck
ID by the explosion
As soon az the train was stopped hN
the bandits Conductor McWilliams "'
Chicago ran mile across the heIus !"
a farm house from where ne no'lle'
the train dispatcher In this city \
switch engine, loaded with police dn'
score Of others hurried to the scene
in ou,omobi,es. The first detachment
81 police arrived while the bahu'tS
were stir1 at their attempt to blow the
safe.
Detective o'Leary was some u'S-
tance ahead of the posse, walklhE
along the railroad track when the TWO
bandits covered him with reNolNcrs
They took O'Leary's pistol aud watch
and exchanged shots with Detective
ADAMS, who came 10 In tim to cetcu
IA glimpse Of the two mon ADAMS
was armed with riot shot gun Ioan
ed with buckshot. and Is of the op'n-
ion he wounded one of the oanuits
The two men then boarded III" ehE'ne
and ordered the engineer To run iu'
ther down the track. They stoppe"
near Cotton hill three miles d's'an'
and another attempt was maze !"
force the safe. after the engineer nau
been told to "beat it." back to where
the train first stopped.
After making a final attempt 10 p'o"
the safe. and realizing they must hiaNe
their escape. the bandits boardeo '"e
engine and ran II to twentieth a"'
Laurel streets. where they Ieit !"
dead"
The fact that the desperadoes "u"
run the engine into the city cauSeu
confusion as officers were searching Nv
the country. Finally report came ~"
locating the engine. a switch ehs'""
having been sent in search
They covered us with guns oeio''
We could make any fight said '"e
engineer. we were forced To stan"
in n ditch and then 7 was ordereu' W
run the engine ahead second '''"e'
one man fred the safe and the o'"o'
covered US. The two men were ures'
ed in big busters. and wore nlasNs'
They worn slo,t.h hats Roth Ntlf