Show messengers ERS STORY robbers opened the small sate safe and made et a good haul kansas city dec 23 at this ihla morning the express car was brought b back ac k to independence and impress Men frier told the story of 0 the robbery rob biry about ivo five rol minutes after his car was detached from the train he said he heard i a rap at tile the side aide door and thinking it waa mas a opened it A man mail lilt a shotgun compelled him to lo retreat into lie in cars while two others followed with lilt revolvers anti anil ordered II 11 him tin to throw up his hie hands brands then men then hen Il pulled tilled him from the ear car find and asked him if he ila had any money lie he was avas too excited to aneser they then picked him up and chlow him bodily back into tile the car ant and one of tho men who mora a meek as did the others other climbed in I 1 i the man got into the rm ear and pro to the laige safe and threw down a kit of tools in front of 0 it the other two held guns guna at priors friers head while the third one proceeded coolly t to bit ak horwit the safe gate prier frier told the man mail who was at work on the die langs largs giffe that it waa useless for him to blow it open its as there wm wis no money in it IL ont one of the other men who stood at the door covering frier all al the time eulth a revolver then said gald well damn you give us u the keys f for or the small ewall safe prier frier reused refused to do this and the tiia two men cal who nho had remained on oil tile the outside jumped into the car they leaped called on l aler phin tc him to the floor and took t the h 0 key 0 or of t the he smaller maller ft safe away bioni il lihn im 1 lie je aam aj then chucked up into inlo a corner anti anil with two shotguns held at j his hl head told to stay slay tiler ther the third man then h look the keys opened the lh emall rafe fafe and took from it a number ot packages 0 money and alter after this the robbers had seemed ed the contents of 0 the small safe they again attempted to open the large one A small hole about nn an eighth of 0 an inch was made lit in the large safe and two sticks ot of dynamite iut siut in prior frier again told the men they were wasting TI sting time lime as there was not a penny in the large sate safe at this they resisted desisted des deg isted from their attempt to open calven it and prepared to leave before they went away one of the men walked over to frier and taking a 2 3 1 bill from his pocket said here holp yourself to a present we made a 0 good haul they then started to leave the car but before doing so turned to prior frier who wh by this ume waa avas greatly excited and told him that they had used him fair and that lie he outfit to give them something out ot of his salary frier said sab person lie he did not have any money on oil his person but they did not believe him and made it a search of his clothing two of the live men then jumped flora the car avid and tile hie third one pushed frler frier through the open door to the side of the track they then compelled him t to 0 ca climb it no up on oil the front end of the carand set the brake after the brake had been set the robbers drove frier rier back into his car and closed the door telling him at the same game time lime to remain there on pel 11 or of hla his lire life As soon as the express mes messenger seager had been dilvon into the car the robbers boarded the engine and went at at a hi high gh rate of speed about two tivo miles where it anas as abandoned it it Is impossible to estimate the amount of money taken from the small rate fare as aa thi the spiess messenger refused to diate elate lie he admit admitted tod however that there was a gi meat eat deal of money N hach was being shipped for christmas ch itan IF as it Is fair to estimate 11 t at several thousand dollars |