The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28

pouches" one 81 the masked men
said. and N you don't hand thcin
ont well kin you. Get busy We
mean business"
Two pouches were handed over by
q T. Barrows. Of No. 363 Cass-sv"p
ono OF the clerks. The robbers de-
mAnded To know n those were the
only registered sacks In their care
and whom answered Ia the afnrma-
tive made the clerks produce their
receipt book.
Grabbing the pouches. the men
Jumped 70 tho ground. leaving the
engineer and clerks in the car.
closed the door and ran ahead 10 the
engine Cutting on the mail car
they drove the engine east towards
Detroit and abandoned IL between
Miller and Lonyo- rds. Before Ieay-
ing II they drew the FIRE and put some
OF the mechan.sm out OF commits
sion.
Passengers Are Calm
Up TO this time the passengers
were ignorant Of what was going on.
As soon as the bandits had departed
| IN the engine. Fireman poherty. his
face covered with blood, climbed
aboard and informed the passengers
OF the robbery The announcement
caused ripple az excitement IN the
coaches and some az the women were
inclined 10 be hyztericAl
| poherty was escorted "a the smok-
| ing room. where attention was gwen
! 20 his wounds.
! When the train was brought 90 a
stop Conductor Bouchard was At tho
rear end and was az loss 10 account
! FOR the halt Descending 10 tho
! ground. he made his wAy- towards -tAa
! head Of the train, but had covered
only about hols tn" distance when hc
saw tho engine and mail car pun
away from tho rest OF the train
! Unable 10 ciroumvent the robbers.
re did the next best thing which
! was 10 safeguard the passengers. \
! fagman was sent. back 20 Gag tho
second section, which was following
while another tralnmau was sent "a
wire the dispatcher the news OF the
hold up.
Tho sh"rin's oface and police head
quarters were quickly notified and
several automobiles loaded with dep
Iuiy sherlns were rushed To the scene.
while detectives and the police were
scattered along the city limits and
! the roads leading into the city. Spe-
c.al orncers Of the Michigan Central
| railroad -1rSu were sent out. but up
70 late hour Thursday morning
mother Of the robbers had been
! caught.
William II venn. one OF the proba
| ton officers % police court was a
passenger on the train. lie wac re-
turning 70 Detroit from Jackson.
where he had taken some prisoners
earlier In the day lie said
we were all seated In the smoker,
talking and -mok!ng when tho train
came 20 stop We thought II odd.
/ bat never dreamed that a hold-up
was iu progress. The first We knew
! Of IL was when the injured hreman
was carried into our car"
HoId-up Carefully Planned
The police and sherirs force are
! ~ tho opinion that the robbery was
carefully planned beforehand and
that every detail was carried out as
per schedule. II IS thought that a
confederate with an automobile met
the robbers near where the engine
was abandoned and whisked them
away
MeaEcr descriptions Of the robbers
! were furnished by the engineer. Both
he said appeared 90 be about 81
| years old. were about i've feet nine
inches In hight and weighed about
lT5 20 $50 pounds Both wore dark
clothing and were Of stoclty build
! Their faces could not be seen be-
cause OF the black masks
Halted at 1l.35 o'clock. the train
was not able 20 resume it's Journey
TN about 1sR5 o'clock. Thursday
morning, lapse II more than two
hours The delay was caused by the
inability OF the railroad company "a
u4Ae- Lhe--rInille A-l4-AI4--t4-a--I-A b.
was finally repaired. a new nrc was
! kiudlcd and th" locomotive was
backed up 90 the stranded mail car
The remainder Of the train was then
! picked UP.
purns tho wait. which was i'm
patiently undergone by the nervous
and frightened passengers. Doherty
! the injured 0reWan. was transfcrrcd
20 a wcst- bound passenger train and
removed 10 Jackson.
Because Of their familiarity with
air hose connections and their ability
70 handle the locomotive, chief Depu-
~ sheriff John Smith. who led che
posse 20 tho scene Is OF the opinion
that the bandits we're formerly en-
| ployed as railroad men
Marshal Henry Kronberg Of Dear
born. told the deputies thSt two au-
| tomobiles. one containing rive mcr
| and the other two. drove up 70 the
| Dearborn station shortly before the
train arrived. made Inquiries con
corning the train and then drove on
II Is thought that these men were
| confederstes and assisted IN tn,
| hold-up and escape. However. only
two men were seen by tho clerks and
| engineer.
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