Show BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY dynamite boi bombs abs safes wes in a st panl paul Eli press car THE efflin SOIE SWIG eat leate several sites sires by the roadside da tec tives sheriff ami fosse pone la in forsmit or Skill ral and lervy crooks MILWAUKEE nov 12 the midnight train from chicago on the al milwaukee il st paul road was robbed by masked men near western union junction at 1 this morning the train had been out of the junction twenty three miles bouth south of this place about half a mile when the fireman edward averill Averl ll who was putting some 0 me coal into the furnace was startled b by y a noise behind him lie ile tamed turned around and discovered two masked men clambering over the engine g I 1 ne tender both levelled bevelled level led their double guns at the fireman and engineer bill McKay with the ID junction dont movena move an inch till we tell you to or we will blow the top of your d d heads off engineer mckay waa was directed to run the tr train in to a point about one mile from western union junction here be he was commanded to stop both men were ordered to step down and out of the cab they were marched to the express car under cover and then the work of blowing open the express be ca car r beg began a n 8 several e v bombs were need used T the b e fi fireman r so thinks they were thrown into the car and the explosions were terrific and ad must have awakened every passenger on the train but nobody appeared on the scene the ro robbers were undoubtedly not lees less than six or seven in number judging from the manner in which they conducted operations the train men believe they bad a team close at hand 1 with which to c cart art away the safes safea which were bodily taken out of the car fireman Ave averilla rills story la Is the most comprehensive they made me walk ahead of them to the express car he said and they gave me a jimmy to pry open the boxes they got the messengers keys though be he was in no hurry burry to give them up and they will have no trouble in getting away with the money the train was held over half halt an hour tho the entire efforts of theroa the robbers were ere centered on the express car and not a passenger was molested the fireman thinks there were half a dozen men guarding the coaches however the first news of the robbery was brought to western union junction by the flagman the milwaukee and racine police were telegraphed for immediately and detective hansen was provided with a special train on which be he left at 3 40 less than five fire minutes out of western union junction said messenger murphy the train slowed up suddenly A musket w was 1 81 poked oke through the top window of the e car and a second later a terrific explosion ion bocc occurred that knocked both myself myall and mr mr cook in a heap half a dozen more explosions followed and both doors flew flaw off their bolts then two men wearing big black masks maske clambered quickly into the car and and covered A it with revolvers we were cautioned to maintain silence on penalty of getting our heads blown off after glancing hurriedly about the car the robbers fastened their eyes upon the two iron boxes of the american express company the robbers brou brought the fireman in a little later and went through all the boxes they compelled na us to hand over the keys they dumped lam ped the boxes out on the road bed one of the robbers kept us covered with bis his musket all the time while the other super intended the operations of th the fireman Mas messenger murphy stated that they secured all the rolls rolis of money contained n in the safe and that the sum was undoubtedly a very largo large one it Is probable that the the total amount of the robbery today to day will amount to and possibly more an official of the st paul road said the train which was held hold up was the one which gane generally rally carried carri ed all the money received by the Mil milwaukee banks from the east in the mornin morning 9 agent john F bell of the american amerian c an E express company said to a reporter porter that an approximate statement athe of the amount taken by the robbers could not be learned lie ile said in local packages was certainty certain certainly go gone Is besides the sum contained Tn in two sealed envelopes some of the passengers wha ho were a asleep sleet did not know anything anything about the holdup hold up until the train arrived in milwaukee other of the passengers ge ro thought the there re were wore twenty or thirty robbers still stil I 1 others thought though t they saw only a dozen while others other said there were mire robbers than ro when the train started up fp ag sin the passengers pise engers saw the safes lying if ing beside the track but the robbers bad d disappeared appeared Is when the train arrived at the union depot at the express car presented an appearance that would indicate that it had been attacked by heavy ar artillery e every e door and window being b bbown own C 0 off rl aad aud the platform and walls were shattered in half ball a acx dozen n places while the contents were piled plied in an indiscriminate heap in the centre of th the e car messenger 0 0 murphy and his assistant si 0 II 11 cook were found path gath ring up the fragments of iva y bills and looking over the bremna remna ate left aft by the robbers CHICAGO nov 12 general man alan acer ozer earl earling in g of the st paul railway received a dispatch this morning sayin baying saying in g that the robbers did not get any booty from the express car held up near western union junction this morning the dispatch said that the robbers after gaining admission to the express car commanded the messenger to open the safes her lie used and the sates safes were then pitched off the car on tho the ground in the meantime tha the rear brakeman understanding the situation rushed back to junction and stud got an engine the engine and land P posse 1 e at once went to the ccone scene and t the b robbers fled the robbers nad tried to force op open 0 n the doors of tha the were the train went sent on to milwaukee and the fist mail train which left chicago later bricked picked up the safes sales and carried them to milwaukee the police of milwaukee and the secret service of st paul together with the sheriff of racine county are in pursuit of the robbers their flight was GO so hasty that they did not take the precautions to cover their track so 0 o the officials believe tuey va ill gat get them before noon today to day express mcf Mer bonger blur murphy phy reported at the headquarters of the american express company here and gave an account of bis his experience lie ile detailed the facts aa its given in the previous interview inter view adding that a number I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z I 1 L I 1 I 1 i J rf i SieS arai ii 1 n of shots were fired the three thre s ro robbers b bers after gaining g entrance c d demanded e naf an and d go got t th the k keys to th the asuit safe f at the muzzles of their guns the engineer was compelled to force open the local safe oafs containing money and valuables consigned from chicago tor for points between chicago and lacrosse As the through bates sates had combination locks locka the robbers were unable to get into them the robbers then compelled the train men to assist in throwing their treasure boxes from the car and the fireman I 1 messenger and bis his helper were or ordered dered to leave the car followed by three robbers with their rifles rides leveled upon them the tour four trainmen were compelled to walk about a q quarter barter of a mile up the track meantime the locomotive headlight bad been the robbers then sent the engineer and fireman into the cab and ordered the train to pull out oat of the way the safe contained between 2000 and and the way bills which were taken and probably destroyed when the train arrived at frankville Frank villo a I telegram was sent to western union junction and a posse sent bent to the scene |