The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-12
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CIR ACK 500
LINE FLYER
Two Youthful HOldup Men
Get $500 From Is to 20
Passengers
ESCAPE IN YARDS
Bullet From Bandit Gun Mar.
rOwly Misses Train Con-
ductOr

MinOt. Sept. 12.-(P)-Twe
youthful train robbers, who early
this morning boldly held up and
robbed bet ween fifteen and
twenty passengers in the smOk-
ing coach and an adjoining car
Of 500 Line train No. lOs, as it
left MinOt, obtaining about $500
from passengers. early this af-
ternOOn. remained unapprehend-
ed. although all authorities Of
MinOt were conducting a search
for the pair. who jumped off the
train as Ii neared the outskirts
Of Min0t.
Conductor Rice Of EnderIin, n.
d.. who narrowly escaped death
when the bandits fired at him
rs he fled before the gunmen to-
ward the baggage car, declined
to give The Minot Daily News
any details Of the holdup, but
Thomas Barry of Harold. s. d., u
passenger on the train, who stop
ped at Velva. n. d., described
the robbery in detail.
Describes Robbery
~ was sitting in the smoking car,
just as the train began to move,
when ] heard a disturbance in the
'estibule at the rear Of the car, and,
looking around, ! saw the two mask
ed men with their guns, forcing the
conductor up the aisle toward the
baggage car said Mr.. Barry.
Everybody hands up. dig up yorr
money the two robbers ordered, and
n ut hn
As he ran into the door of the bag
gage coach.
by that time nearly everyone had
ais hands up, realizing it was rob-
berry.
"The two men did not search any,
one. They took what was offered
hem gave them $3.50 and kent
500, and several other passengers
lid similarly, although some Of them
gave up all the money they had. One
nan who handed over only 81 was
ordered by one Of the robbers to dig
up some more money, but the vic
i'm said that was all he had, and
hey passed him up. Afterwards he
showed good sized roll of bills.
"A hurried checkup before | left
he train indicated that about 5000
n all was taken.
II saw the two robbers in the de-
BOT before l got on the train, they
'eing particularly noticeable be-
'ause of the loose fitting clothes
which they wore. They were about
80 years old. ! believe. Evidently
hey were inexperienced in their
work, because they appeared nerv-
,us.
"The whole robbery took only
lbout five minutes, and the men
eft the train while it was running
'nly about fifteen miles per hour.
When | saw the two men in the de-
'ot they were just standing around,
md were unmasked.
could easily have shot both of them
IS they had their backs turned to
ne most Of the time.
1.-Two young fellows who were w.
ng down in their seats were not mo-
ested by the robbers. although they
we're awake. They pretended they
we're asleep.
"The conductor and baggage mas
er came into the smoking car with
'uns just after the men had gone out
md left the train"
Minot, N. D., Sept. 12.-(P)-Two
nasked men early this morning in
dinot held up and robbed the occu-
'ants of a smoking car of the noun
alneer crack train of the 500 Line.
operating between Vancouver. B. G..
md Chicago. One of the robbers
s reported to have fired at Con-
iuctor Rice of Enderlin, N. D., who
vas not injured.
The men, who are believed to have
,oarded the train in Minot. staged
he robbery Immediately after the
rain started to leave the Minot sta
ion. Both of the robbers were
lrmed. Passengers in the pullman
md day coaches were not molested.
Disappear in Yards
The two men jumped off the train
IS it was leaving the Minot yards.
The train did not stop until it re-
ported at Velva where the first re-
'ort on the holdup was turned in to
500 officials.
Police Sheriff Fries and 500 de-
ectives are today engaged in search
or the holdup pair. The two men
we're described as being small of
stature, each carrying a 3S calibre
'evolver.
Report of losses, available in Minot
include: A. Wise, news agent, $50:
George Baker, address unknown, $50
n travellers checks and ticket to
Burlington, Iowa; A. j. Hawley. who
boarded the train in Minot, sos in
ash and currency.