Show ROBBER A question the govern government ment Is s now considering WHAT DEPEW SAYS ABOUT IT A plan of campaign whereby the government will soon rid kid the country of these pests why train robbery Is quite different from holdups hold ups tips in the old road agent says mays mechanical contrive 11 1 ances to thwart the robbers Bob bers 2834 az bv bacak llcy bohnson xam letter Wl Al leorta sorts ot of problems cami up tor for ro lulion lution by ra railway cillick ils some of oc chent are kept on the un unsolved olred list a long lone whim while train robbers arc among the cha latter holding up an has broome become wu wi organized industry okd and ha be who mho con cm point a way out of the difficulty thus jhc thc presented will oil be a public in tile the loftiest loft Oft iest lest alon of tho the term it Is on an len aror to that dime covol tactics a are an n vogue among these ll end knights ot th road now ever exciting actual 0 I 1 abon at ja 1 I iray may sonni tuie title enterprise itself Is abw we clr atul and executed la in the coolis cocilo Wt and nd most like mariner the recent re cent haaf dozen robberies s in different parts ot of the clou country were in cours 5 ot of prepa raZon at let latest six alx be forts the ithe consummation nor do the robbers bers organize two it a bri ral giorid bland anc the ahe fadhil of one cl in terear ing gitry areto sir whose hands gil GI I 1 il 4 I 1 4 I 1 1 I 1 4 I 1 i i I 1 I 1 1 ri le P I 1 11 1 I t 1 ai ill 1 Z 4 4 it I 1 il 11 the tha safe after robbers H had ad attempted to blow it open blas bias was so ha ITil pless ns is to fall on the contrary train robbers scatter in sit all directions atter after the accomplishment of a successful holdup and as aa the terror ert ricken of the regions in which they operate dare not acknowledge way amy acquaintance with them detection has in ili every case proven very difficult not infrequently the robbers have bave put pill up sized sums on the princ principle aple of throwing ing a spat to catch a ti erring and binen sl lit Is remembered that treasure laden trains axe are continually fly ingup up and down clown aid actors the alida of our continent the magnitude magn itule le of tile hie field of operations becomes manifest I 1 now how Is this new danger to je be d alth nith that is what many of the officials 1 it iras blas been all sug heaed that thai the government man tile llie w wt stored trains with wit 11 ll troops ready to loa down lany any one who presents hiar self suspiciously in ithe lah vicinity of trie the tracks but this expedient has its ite drawbacks it if the trainmen are not e enough armed and equipped as they usually are who can tie be taire sure that tro troops 0 Ps va wll be moreover lore over even the united unite 1 I states sa its can afford no guarantee against the adoption of a stratagem strat egem gerri whereby the mere brute force of suns guns and brawn can n be outwitted nother another suggestion Is to equip the treasure oars ith electrical devi devicens cels similar to those now in Ser em oeral raa usa amig ban banks ks u whereby hereby safes and vaults ere are rendered ly impregnable the records of the patent are filled with evidences of efforts to solve the problem but the inventions so projected are not as yet in general use again it is suggested tham Is no adequate setti ing of tor for train robberies TObb eries there is no method now of holding any one cespon responsible elble except in ill cases cf government gov funds in itlie idle olden times when stages out west were the marked prizes of picturesque highwaymen the elie companies exhausted all their official dinst nully in efforts to tha one road agentis bu but to no purpose finally filially the plan of discharging the stage driver was hit bit upon no ino neater who was to blame blaine for the holding up of th the e s tage the driver of the vehicle was d provided with a successor lit in cases of robbery from the adoption of chat method ethod rn very few highway epol lations were recorded in the same me way vay tt it is pointed out that government treasure ji very rarely the spoil of train robbers yet the government of oe the united snares Is perpetually sending heavy em is of gold across the continent A really historic was that of in gold which the treasury sent ecar clear across the lie country from sail francisco to lo new york tsia the itil versed the wildest wildcat regions end and 0 of course the usual precaution against apoll spoliation were adopted the money came unmolested to its of course armed 11 with maders to 0 o shoot were on the cars the sated safe were or of tile he strongest gent awl and most dan erous land to kraan robbers berd land md above all ail the elpis ot of the secret bervice were T arc held hr ld pe Siy rt pax tor for the sate safe arrival of that train lut the great objection to precautions u of 0 tilts tills kind with re ferenc to the railroads themselves Is ig the opposition of certain members of 0 congress it is asserted that atrice the government must tn en do ao much for or th tha rall railroads roads it ought to Kume control over them ihm ih m altogether tO and there are certain mag among the tha railroad rai roid in mn inn n them who do not particularly y tho idea of government krotec protection tion for I 1 their tio fieo sure lisure wherever sur h protection is it Is immediately followed ol by legislation on the port of congress which according to railroad nin men Is prejudicial to railroad inter lets le ts it follows therefore that government protection hia has not mt met m t with the favor one might have eap exp expected acted train robbers exclaimed chauncey M depew when the subject was brought to tire the attention fort ot of that genial 1 I 1 and nd brilliantly resourceful railroader oh ell they trouble us ui very little I 1 an am I 1 speaking you must understand fion the point of ft view of the new york 1 central railroad that corporation I as all the world knows has hail the most ir superb railroad equipments ever devised ai by the ingenuity neP nully ot of man mail ailts cars are marvel ot of mechanical genius and its operations over allona are so ao well contrived with a view to the safety ot of its pashen gers and freight that ilsk dal danat I 1 r are practically eliminated front I 1 its oun vu cab nevertheless eternal vigilance N la Is the price of tills condition as w of liberty aud we are always ready I 1 to welcome any good idea lit in this train robb trig matter I 1 think the ca capacity pa it i of 0 the mon men who run the aral trains n h how much to do with it the erh I 1 A andu I 1 tars and brakemen on the ibe new york tork central railroad are amone alev alie 1 I 1 moet intelligent people I 1 in I 1 this country I 1 no tiala robbers living could get th the e best of them at the e same L n e I 1 time I 1 e I 1 it la Is necessary to coo co o with their h lr ln in tell ig once no to speak by adopting all reas reasonable 0 precautions and that wo we do d it la is in the west where here wild districts have to be traversed travel bed that the dangerous oil robber la Is encountered how Is it to be denit dealt with by making train robbery as dangerous g as aa leaping front from a precipice armal arm d men should be nit nil every train irain that runs through a threatening region ind and the first intimation of danger should lip lie the signal for a deadly volley public sentiment Is always back of any one lie who defends property and a few liot hot arguments from a win in chester cheater will send bend train robbers they can call do very little further mischief cl ler another desirable liln thins Is tile the all adoption or of campaign methods by ill the e government similar to those now employed in fP out counterfeit ers we are jiava ji a ve in ill tills tills country tho the best detective skill in the world the records of the police departments show allow this ihli before very long the train rain robbing gentry could bo be lull to earth precisely esthe moon shiners arid and of uia 1 queer are so cleverly cle clo hunted bunted down train robbing lq li practically a 11 new phenomenon for although we have had bad of 0 tills this class among us ua N IF tp it t I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 11 f I 1 I 1 i alit 1 ail I 1 VV 4 I 1 r 44 1 I 1 ae rao e 4 X na A u 1 fl J I 1 11 1 11 Y 1 12 11 I 1 I 1 7 MI 5 1 I 1 1 l I 1 W 1 e I 1 1 1 ia 01 l V 1 L 02 a 1 I 1 1 i 1 P 11 ai I 1 I 1 ire I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the railroad safe I 1 since trains first began to travel they have not operated so dari daringly nily and systematically as at present but a determined ter mined effort efam accompanied I 1 by bir th thorough r study of so perfect a system as thil that of the new york central railroad vill va I soon rid r I 1 d us its of the evil 1 what 0 of mechanical contrivances and the vailous vat lous patent devices for outwitting the robbers they rhey are very well weil in their way but no contrivance can ever be an effective substitute for human ingenuity Ince nulty the time will soon come when these rob robbed beiles ies will be things of the past always assuming that the public mind Is properly aroused to a of the ell eil there Is no telling where this matter may stop if not adequately dealt with now and nipped jn in the bud as it were and the great depew turned to his piled up desk dealt and went eerily cheerily c ap about its ills business it is noteworthy in this connection that the pay nay trains of the great ereal railroads which at times are heavily freighted with money and go from station to station at stated arid and well known intervals are rarely attacked there have been some exciting episodes however when the cars have been attacked but not often have the would be robbers made away with the precious freight they were after the pennsylvania railroad has taken the most elabdi elaborate ate precautions against any attempt at a holdup hold up and he must be a bold robber indeed who would make an ail attempt of the sort not long ago ag 0 one robber was killed in the keystone state and several others were sent to prison for long tot tei ms tute difficulty with the roads la in the far west is that they a are re as a rule too poor or affect to be to deal with the matter at sit all wany of them ore are in rec receivers elvers hands and in some cases they cannot command the best railroad talent and therefore the very merl men who could devise a a plan of campaign against robbery are in ili the service of eastern bittern roads moreover th the stockholders and even the alicel tors tora in some cases are eastern men not on the spot mid land therefore not able todeal with tha matter from p pers onil now lede the officials ollida ls in charse charge are a e not willing to proceed without fl farst asking fsr instruction and th ill robbers are naturally rit aljy quick to take advantage tit of the favorable 4 thus afforded j them it la 13 important to note however that tile itha united states government Is planning what pro promises mires to be a most effective against train robbing chief ilaben of the ithe secret service liaa has pet fet about gaith gai erins through his subordinates di lilI nates a full set sei of reports utan the whereabouts and haunts of all train robbers or those suspected of being implicated in in these expeditions A very ery careful watch will be upon movements of a suspicious auspicious character and by a thorough systematizing ot of the campaign holding up a a train will be t come even more risky than counterfeiting fei ting smuggling or moans bining it Is gene generally pally conceded that offering rewards for the apprehension of the rascals ts Is of very licile utility as a d deterrent ter rent the only feasible plan Is to keep tile the best men in the service constantly upon the track arack of the robbers arid and to police their held of operations as well as aa may be it Is known that leading railroad rall road and express company idali i aali have been baen in consultation with ill chief mazen hazen lately al thai train iraln problems have been funy fully dis cussed cawed the chit chief eind and the officials are keeping their plans plana to ito themselves but enough 1 is known to warrant the asser ilioiu blat the knight of the itlie road will not lot loi f nourish flourish lit in our republic |