Show HI HELD LLO UP I 1 THE 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i i lf I 1 11 two robbers loot tile express car 1 l 1 ir i r GOT SEVERAL THOUSANDS i 1 t L C caught aughta tho he D denver er train near hear ot tumba tomba la ia flud and made a clean so job b express Idos messenger and mail brail Clerk Kept still with revolvers vol verr bandits mako their escape closely pursued 1 1 omaha neb jan 1 12 A special to the dee from ottumwa iowa says highwaymen sot got in their work tonight I 1 it was one of tho the most daring train robberies ever attempted it was executed on the burlington passenger train no 1 4 near this city to A no 4 Is the burlington through pas train from denver to chica chicago go and carries large quantities of mall mail and baggage baa ease it was not known that the train carried a more valuable cargo careo of mail or espres tonight to night than usual or it so it was ke kept E quiet but it seems that two bold robbers knew that the express would make a valuable haul and they planned to has bag it they held up the train but molested nothing but the express car though after they had finished this job they stood for or ten minutes and waited for the train to stop step long lone enough to have robbed the mall cars or lite hie passengers coaches the agent at Chilli chillicothe a small village several miles west of here says he saw two men about the depot in the afternoon and when no 4 arrived at they were on the ahe platform but disappeared while the train was standing at the station wien the heavy string of cars began to move out of the station the two express messengers and bagga gernen shut the side doors of the car lor for the wind was blowing strong and cold UP THEIR HANDS express messenger john page stopped to the end door at the front of the car which though usually secured and fastened was loft left unlocked by some one passing through it he meant to lock it and was just stepping to do it when the door opened and two men sprang inside they cried hold up your hands hand bjone Sj one running to the rear of the car to cover the assistant and ed wright the train men taken by surprise threw up their hands the robbers compelled them to bunch in a corner of the car and one kept them covered with two bis big pistols while the other bound and gagged the them M he then turned its his attention to the safe which lie he unlocked with the keys taken from pages pockets pocket stuffing the contents into a big sack which they had with them at this juncture the mall clerk cleric in the alS adjoining bInIng apartment carne came in attracted by the noise and lie he immediately med lately received the bind and gag treatment and was thrown in the corner with the others after filling the sack the robbers quietly waited until the train whistled and slacked speed for the milwaukee railroad crossing a mile west of town showing by every action a perfect familiarity I 1 mili mil arity larity the lay of the land and the bablis ft CC tho the train inglr i I 1 when til the e kral irain n copped stopped tor for th the e c cross ss 1 irig I they bath jumped to the door sprang 31 out and started on a run a across the des dea river by this ti time the had worked himself loose from the thongs which bound him and ho he released his companions just as tho the train was pulling into the Ottumwa depot the alarm was given and an engine with a posse sent out to chillie ot he where no ail night ht agent is retained by the company another josse posse was led by a burlington detective jim harrlson harris on who recently had a desperate fight with bandits at batavia Ba tavla in which one was killed this thi one started from ottumwa and the search tor for the robbers Is a haty one it Is believed they escaped to an island in the river from where it Is thought they crossed to tho the opposite side of the river and escaped by horses hidden in the woods and from there to the abandoned coal mines near at al bla where there Is n question lu estion that a gang of moon shiners make their head quarters qu aiters lers it w as the theory of the railroad men that the two men beang belong to this g gang ang members of which assaulted deputy united states marshal wray with nith shotguns it a short time ti me ago and rele released ased one of their number under arrest nearly killing wray GOT SEVERAL THOUSAND the robbers were medium sized men they wore caps with drop masks to them one had on gray jeans an and 1 I the other overhauls and both wore vo re brown overcoats adams express officials in this city disclaim any knowledge 0 of f the amount taken but it Is believed to be several th cusand s the train men think from the coolness displayed by the bandits that they are old hands at the business probably recently from the territory who planned this raid after careful study I 1 local officials als at a late hour estimated the abou amou amount nt taken at but on account of it being a habit of banks in fiall towns to sell send money to chicago on saturday night it is bel believed levell the amount Is larger |