Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17

unarmed and the robber threatened
to kill him If he made a move toward
thwarting him.
"The robber took me unawares,"
said the conductor, land he got the
drop on me before I knew what he
was after. I couldn't have gotten him
If had had a gun. although | prob
ably would have offered resistance
didn't know he was on the train
till he showed a gun in my face and
told me to move lively. The bandit
must have gotten on the train when
we stopped at Winnings, for it was
shortly after we passed that station
that the bandit drew his revolver on
me.
Just after we passed the station
I went to the rear OF the car to file
my report. and the porter came to me
and said a passenger wanted to know
whether we were passing through
Bolton or Winnings. | went to the rear
of the train to see, and when | got
TO the rear platform we were about
two car lengths past Winnings, which
| told the porter. Before going back
into the car | folded my arms across
the railing, stood looking at the coun
try for a moment, and then turned
AS I did so I saw the door had not
gone completely shut and started to
close it. AS | placed my hand on the
knob the figure of a man appeared
directly in front OF me, with a leveled
revolver pointed at my head.
Threatens to Kill.
Get out of the way" he said. "or
I'll kill you"
At first I thought 1t was someone
n a nj
laughed and said
Quit your kidding!"
Shut up and get into the car"
snapped the bandit, cor I'll blow your
head off,
Then | saw that the man was
masked and that there was no jok
ing in his manner or in the express
sion of his eyes. l was unarmed, and
there was nothing for me to do but
go inside the car like l was told. |
walked through the car as quietly as
| could. intending to go to the for
ward part of the train and get re-
volver and hurry back before the
bandit could complete his operat tons
II found the train conductor in one
of the front cars, and told him what
had happened He didn't have a gun,
either. but we both started back to-
ward the Pullman, asking passengers
for a revolver as we walked BY the
time we got back to the car, the rob =
Der had done his work and had
Jumped off the train. The bandit APP
peared to be a tall. slender man.
with a light checked cap and light
suit, and a blue handkerchief was
drawn across his eyes so we couldn't
tell just what his face looked like"
Passengers in Terror.
The terror which followed in the
wake of the bandit and his big re-
volver spread to other parts of the
train, and in the day coaches and
the smoking cars passengers hid I'M
der seats and buried their money in
the bottom of their shoes. Brakeman
e. l.. Shelton, who was in the smok-
ing car during the holdup, said he
saw several men hiding under the
seats, frightened almost out of their
wits at the report that a bandit was
on the train
THE first I knew of the holdup,"
he said. was when the passengers
from other parts of the train began
running on into the smoking car
frightened almost to death. Several
men on the train, who were armed,
however, tried to push through and
go back where the bandit was work
ing, hut by the time they got through
the crowd the robber was gone. The
| robber was gone when I reached the
Pullman car"