Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-23
sERio.coMlc AFFAIR PllAga
OFF BETWEEN pGrAo,r Asso
on,cAoa
FOUR nAraoNs or p, q AN
PART w'rr x,R CASH
Bandit Compel. ?, !. All H,~ i.
Collecting Cell. !. s'..ey P.s-.rs
Negro Passs Hat and sssarss
About $500 In Fifteen Assn.tss -
Work Done Quietly.

Chicago. Jan. 13.-W1th the assist.
ancs OF two reluctant but badly-scarsd
porters. lone bandit held up four pas
sengers on the rear sleeper Of the
Michigan Central passenger train due
here from Detroit at 1880 o'clock this
morning.
1t was . serio-comio AFFAIR which
netted the bandit something under $500.
The robber entered tho train At Jack.
son. Mich, and left 1t about nfteen
OF the porterA G1gnaled for the smsr-
genoy brake.
T. Merits. porter OF the car attscisd.
was the first to view the rohbee. VII,
pointed . pistol at him and handed HIN.
a bag.
''Here.s said tho Intruder. who was
dressed In q black and white checked
suit and wore . cap pulled down over
his eyes. you go ahead and wake the
passengers. Tell them there's Q robbep
wants their money. No monkey bnsi.
ness. Eve got three or four pals with
me-"
Porter Passes Hss-sr Bas.
Tho porter took tho bag or hat. De
IL not sure which. but thinks Il was &
bag. and shook the occupants Of tAC
first birth he came to.
Excuse mo. sir" said the porter
'but there's man here says give him
your money"
"Ar. shut up: quit your ls0dlng snd
lot me Sleep" came the angry reply
from the berth.
Tell him I'm q real robber Win .
gun." interposed the bandit, who poloA
the weapon between tho curtaIno.
whereat there was q tinglinS oe ooln
falling in tho bag in the porter'o hands.
Only Four Molsstsd.'
From A. NJ. Todd. Of Chicaeo, the
robber got 1885, from Herman Mark,
Of Detroit, 800. ana from b. d. PA.
Il don't know how much lid,
Palmer. "but Il was what spare ehasl6e
had with me-"
There were about twenty pangpneors
IN the car and most Of them knaw
nothing Of the robbery until thsy 20 -
There were no women In the cae. me
conductor Of the train was authoraty
for the statement that there wa only
ono robber. Ono porter thought there,
were four and the other tnoukns tie,
were five.
The conductor said that 80 far a. No
was able to learn the bandits COM
rades existed only for the purpose Of
impressing his victims. It was pos.
sible. the conductor admitted. that
there might have been accomplices
elsewhere on the train, but he doubted
It.
Thought Porter Was Joking.
Later It was learned that the fourth
passenger robbed was l. j. Rhoades.
Of Chicago.
''when the porter told me gentle-
man wanted by money. told him
porters usually did. The next instant
found 1t was no Joke. for the bandit
pressed his pistol against my head. He
got only few dollars from me-"
John Toole. of Saginaw. Mich. oc-
cupied the next berth.
II had time to tuck my jewelry and
all my money under my mattress ex-
cept 81. which I kept out for the sake
OF Appearances. but the robber fed at
this point"
P. @. Savage. Of Detroit. expressed
the opinion that the robber boarded
the train at Ann Arbor, Mich. instead
of at Jackson.
Il noticed n man who got on at Ann
Arbor." said Savage. HE answers the
description Of the bandit and seemed
to be observing everything very
closely"