Salt Lake Herald | 1900-09-23 | Page 2 | Train Robbed in Nebraska

THAIN B IN NEBRASKA F Men Secure Secue Large Sum Prom rom an V Express s Sa S Sate t e eLincoln Lincoln Neb Sep Sept 22 Four masked men tien ten held up the eness ex s carbon car the St t of t the Burling BurIng r road early lly Id att t the village vIage of w miles s northwest of ln i J The men commanded the express messenger to open olen the local safe for them thel The Th through safe saCe which the messenger could not non OPen ana anU ana which contained con a large not sum sm of money was not molested The robbers secured a large sum from the local safe hafe fer going through the th safe sare the th men left Vie tie express car cr and disappeared The train left Lincoln shortly shorty after midnight m and it Is supposed the rob robbers robbers bers bets boarded It I at this place A who In toda young man came today from the scene said that the engineer was wa struck over the bead head with wih a re revolver revolver revolver volver and that the pockets of the th pas passengers passenger passengers were rifled The railroad au authorities authorities say no U money noney 1 ney was wa secured except pt from the local safe They ad admit admi admit mit mi the engineer and fireman freman were covered coverd with wih revolvers and were com corn compelled to stop the train trin but say nei neither neither neither ther was hurt Th four crent over the ten tender tender tender der to reach the The he fire fireman fre freman fireman man yeas was ordered to detach detch the express car from the remainder of the train tram but this he was unable to do doThe doThe The Burlington company compan l has i of offered offered offered a reward of each forthe fo th ap apprehension apprehension of the robbers