Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-19
PASSENGERS
RE'HELD UP
BY FUGITIVE.

(OilVtI ! dOiiII ViItOloIo tt0N
Begun to Hire Armed Guards
To Protect Its Trains When
PIunderer Began Operations.
Cheyenne, Nov. lS.--A special
train en- route form Rawlines carry
ing a,posse to Medicine Bow was
reported to have been robbed Of !
three rifles and quantity of am
munition near Medicine Bow,
when the posse had left the train
to search the country for Carlisle.
The report said Carlisle is be-
lievcd to have replenished his am
munition.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. Nov ls.
Westbound Union Pacific passenger
train No. 10 was held up and pas.
sengers robbed at $40 Tuesday
night, according to an unconfrned
telgraphic dispatch received here
The train robber. is believed to be
William Carlisle, escaped train ban-
dit, for whom posses have beer
searching since Saturday.
The robbery was said to llave
taken place between Medicine Bow
and Rock River, about 100 milesA
westof Cheyenne.
prison at Rawlins for robbery ioI
three Union Pacific trains in 1915.
He escaped by conceaiing himself
in a box of shirts.
Robbery Report Confirmed.
The report OF the robbery csrns
sthrough local railroad Offices
The. robbery was confirmed by
Union Pacific officials here. AL
though it occurred about 100 miles
east of the place where the posse
is hunting Carlisle, railroad officials
were confident Carlisle was respon-
sible. The train is the Los Angeles
limited, one of the best trains on the
road. No retails have been res
ceived.
A man answering the descriptions
OF Carlisle was reported riding the
rods of an eastbound passenger
train at Rock Springs this morning.
1t is believed Carlisle was concealed
on this train when it passed through
Wamsutter, Wyo., this morning at /
the same time posse was detrain-
ing at the Wamsutter depot. &.
Enters Baggage Car.
The bandit entered the baggage
car at Rock River, forcing hH, way
in past the baggageman aAthe point
Of a pistol. After the train left Rock
River he entered the passengcr
coaches, robbing the passengers Of
their valuables, dispatches received !
here say,
The bandit leaped from the plat
form of one Of the coaches when
the train reached Medicine Bow. Al
the same time 4 train guard sighted
him and opened fire. fhe bandit
apparently was not hit and escaped.
The bandit lost his hat and pistol
in jumping from the train. They
were recovered. The HAT it was
said, answered ehe description of the,
hat stolen from a sheep herder yes..
trday by Carlisle. The identifica-
ton was not positive, however, ad-
vices said. ~ n
Hire Guards Too Late.
The Union Pacific earlier in the
day had begun to hire armed guards
to protect its trains through Wyom-
ing from possibility of d repetition
by Carlisle of his 1916 spectacular
robberies.
Mounted posses were reported TO
be on the trail Of Carlisle near Wam-
sutter.
Carlisle is believed to have out.
witted the posse, doubling back on
his trail and catching an eastbound
train. 1t always had been custom
with Carlisle to do the unexpected
| thing.
Carlisle was captured April ~,
1916, by an armed posse 20 miles
north of Wa1cott, Wyo.. after rob-
berry of Union Pacific traiu No. n.
west of Hanna, Wyo., Tuesday be-
fore. Fouy-three passengers were
relieved oftheir va1uables. He con-
fessed and was sentenced to life im-
prisonment.
Model Prisoner.
During the war Carlisle was con.
sidered model prisoner, buying
Liberty bonds and subscribing to tho
Red Cross from his savings. In
September his sentence was com.
muted frcm life Imprisonment to Is,
to 50 years. He is about 80 years
old.
The special train sent to the scene
of the robbery carried troop, Of
United States cavalry from Fort
Russell in addition to the posse. It
should reach the scene Of the holdup
m two and om-half hours.
The bandit, according to reports.
robbed the passengers of one tour.
ist car and leaped from the train as
Eit was travelling about 20 miles an
flour. He rolled down an embank-
msnt nssrds amid rain Of shots from
Saturday fellow convicts nailed
Carlisle up in a. box of shirts being
shipped out of the prison shirt fac.
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