The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-03
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other. As soon aa the engineer and
fireman saw our guns they threw M
their hands without being told. and
begged us not 90 shoot. saying they
would do anything We wanted them
To.
''Itit the ground" I ordered. and
they both jumped off. We drove
them before us down the side of the
train. While this was happening.
Tom and Ike had been blazing away,
one ON each side of the train. yell
Ing like Apachcs. NO as TO keep the
passengers hcrdcd In the cars. Some
fellow stuck a little twenty-five cali
bre out ono OF the coach windows
and fired Il straight up In the air.
l let drive and smashed the glass
Just over, his head. That settled
everything like resistance from that
direction.
ny this timc my nervousness was
gone. I felt kind of pleasant ex.
element as II were at dance or
frolic OF some sort. The lights
were all out In tho coaches. and. aa
Tom and Ike gradually quit firing
and yelling. II got to be almost as
still az a graveyard. remember
hearing n little bird chlrplng In
bush AZ the side OF the track. as II
Il were complaining Mt being walked
up.
l made the fireman get a lantern.
and then | went TO the express car
and yelled 10 the messenger TO open
az kataf. a n A
door back and stood In Il with his
hands up, Jump overheard. son.
! -aid. and he MT the dirt like
lump Of lead There were two safes
In the cara big one and little
one. by the way. first located the
messengers ar-~nal-a double bar.
relied shotgun with buckshot cart,
ridges and thirty eight in a drawer
drew the cartridges from the shot
gun. pocketed the pistol. and called
the messenger inside. showed my
gun against his nose and put him 20
work. He couldn't open the big safe.
but he did the little one. There WA.
only nine hundred dollars in II.
That was mighty small winnings for
our trouble. so we decided 10 70 thru
the Passengers We took our nris,
oncrs TO the smoking car. and from
there s-nt tho engineer thru the
train TO light up the coaches Begin.
ming with tho first one. ". placed
man nc each door and ordered the
passengers 10 stand between the
seats with their hands up.
II you wan, to find out what
towards tn. majority OF men are. all
you have 10 do Ia rob a passenger
train. | don't mean becaua they
don't rcsdst-i1i tell you later on
why they can't do that-but I,
way they lose their heads. Bis.
burly drummern and farmers and CT
soldiers and high.eotlared dudes and
sports that. few moments before.
wer. filling tho ear with noise and
Dragging. get ~ scared that their
ears flop.
There were very few people In tho
day coaches at that time Of night. so
". made a SLIM haul until we go, 10
met me at one door while Jim was
going round to tho other one. lie
very politely informed me that ]
could no, go into that car. as II did
not belong TO IN. railroad company.
and. besides the passengers had al
ready been greatly disturbed by the
shouting and firing Never In all my
life have I mrt with a finer instance
OF official dignity and reliance upon
the power Of Mr.. Pulifnans great
name jnbbed my six shooter so
hard against Mr.. Conductors front
that sf,crward found one Of his
vest buttons 80 firmly wcdgcd In the
end 81 the barrel that had to shoot
IL out He just shut up like n weak
springcd knife and rolled down the
car steps.
opened the door OF the sleeper
and stepped inside A biz. fat old
man came wabbling up to me. puff
ing and blowing. lilo had one coat.
sleeve on and was trying TO put hts
vest on over that ! don't know who
he thought ! was.
Young man. young man." says
he. you must keep cool and not get
excited. Above everything. keep,
cool"
Il can't" says I. 'Exe1te~nen,s
just eating me up And then | let
out a yeii and turned loose my forty.
five thru the skyilght.
That. old man tried TO dive into
one OF the lower bcrths. but a
screech came out OF Il and a bare
foot that took him In the bread
basket and landed him on the floor.
saw Jim coming in the other door.
and hoIlercd for everybody TO climb
out and line up.
They commenced 20 scramble
down. and for a while we had a
three rinRed circus. Tho men looked
as frightened and tame as a lot OF
rabbits In deep snow. They had
on. on an average, about a quarter
OF a suit OF clothes and one shoe
apiece. One chap wak sitting on the
floor Of the aisle. looking as IL he
were working a hard sum In arith.
metic. He was trying. very solemn.
to pull a lady's number two shoe on
his number nine foot
The ladies didn't stop 10 dress
lFFF WIRE ~ tht A'as W ~ ~ f'Ht
live train robber, bless 'om. that they
Just wrapped blankets and sheets
around themselves and came out.
squeaky and fidgety looking. They
always show more curiosity and
sand than the men do.
We got them all lined up and
pretty quiet. and ! went thru the
bunch. ! found very little on them
Il mean in the way OF valuablcs.
One man In the line was sight
He was one OF those big. overgrown.
solemn snoozers that sit on the plat.
form at Lectures and look wisc. Be
fore crawling out he had managed
TO put on his long. frock tailed coat
and his high silk hat. The rest Of
him was nothing but pajamas and
bunions. When / dug into that