Show HOLD AAD JJKAVE Excellent Work J a Wells Fargo < Co Jlcsselc Pond Creek O T April 9A the I southbound train No 1 on the Rock Q Inland was aprqaohing the Arkansas i river fur aproaoing miles south of here at 111 I oclock tonight a masked robber jumped jump-ed aboard the engine which was running run-ning slowly as usual on approaching the bridge at his point leveled two pistols pis-tols at the engineers head and commanded com-manded him to stop the train The engineer at first made a show I of resIstance but the threatening atti tude of the robber overcame any desire he might have had to guard the comI j panys property As soon as the train stopped several other masked robbers J the actual number of which is not known made for the express car I Jack Harman the Weils Fargo Co I express messenger realized that an attempted 1 at-tempted robbery was being perpetrated and quickly picked up his revolvers and 1 f stood at the car door ready to meet the onslaught of the bandits When theater the-ater reached the car they and the messenger commenced to parley as to whether the door should be opened or r not Harman finally positively declined t to open up The robbers then placed a stick of dynamite under the car door and an explosion which tore open the I whole side of the car followed After the explosion the robber approached ap-proached the car and as soon as he was seen by Messenger Ha man the latter opened fire and killed the robber rob-ber instant As soon as the other robbers saw the game was up they attempted to retreat but Harman followed fol-lowed them with a constant fusilade and succeeded in wounding another of the gang gng The injured man fell in his tracks A but the others managed to get away IL I is thought however that some of t them have been seriously wounded The trainmen then picked up the dead and wounded robbers and after placing then aboard the train came ito i placng to Pond Creek Up to a late hour this < Tuesday mOrning neither of the men I have been identified Some of the citizens believe they are members of the Dalton gang The sher Jiff J-iff was sumoned immediately upon the arrival of the train and a posse was I quickly organized and the country is being scoured I While the express messenger would i not say whether or not there was any considerable sum on the train i is be li ved here that the robbers had information 1 infor-mation that the train carried a large amount of money I |