| Show BANDIT SUSE I 1 express car on missouri Plis pacific blown up TRAIN ROBBERS AT WORK quarterly holdup hold up of 0 a railroad train occurs near kangas K angas city this differs from others that have occurred near the western missouri metropolis only in the fact that robbery was not mot committed in the blue cut made famous by the jesso jesse james gang I 1 kansas city mo sept 23 the colorado and Coffe coffeyville express train on the missouri pacific railway which A left kargas kansas city at tonight was hold held up by robbers near leeds a suburban u station about six miles out from the union depot th the locomotive and bags baggage car were detached from the train end and taken down doin the track toward dodson atler after M u aich the robbers shattered the pacific express companas comp anys car with dynamite at midnight it Is not known what the robbers secured officials is of 0 the hie ex company state that the sate safe contained little treasure as the messenger carried nothing destined tor for points belond Coffe coffeyville kan the explosion of 0 the dynamite used by y the he t robbers e was a s heard by many persons bo robb n s in the e southeastern a retith e astern part 0 of kansas as city filing debris aiom do 13 1 the shattered car carried down telegraph telca r aph wires along the frisco track which parallels the missouri pacific at that point before committing the holdup hold up the robbers entered the frisco station static n at a t belt line just east of leeds and 0 overpowered the operator arter after smash smashing ing the instruments in his allce they took the operator eulth them to the seeve scene of the robbery it Is reported that the robbers wrecked the lovorn loco motle othe alter after running it almost to dodson but the report lii Is not conf limed superintendent moore the pacific express companas comp anys thief chief official here insists that tile the train carried very little treasure tile the robbers numbered seven it Is reported the scene ot of the holdup hold up Is not for or from brush creek or the blue river where there Is thick brush and heavy timber and the he e escape pe of 0 the robbers front from that locality would not be a biffl cult matter A special train has taken take n police and railway detectives to I 1 the scena at ata a I 1 latu ate hour the train was till still detained there owing to the wreck of 0 the baggage ear car so far as can be learned the passengers were not molested le ted john kennedy whose name has been connected with many 0 of the train robberies in the vicinity 0 of kansas city and who mile has been twice tried tor for robbing trains was released release d from the county jail only a few days ago on ball pending his trial for or the murder of miss emma schumacher who was shot down by robbers lit in her grocery store As kennedy left the c county oun ty jail he remarked it will be just my luck it ft a train robbery comes oft off in a day or so now kennedy could not be found tonight ile he is supposed to be at his fathers home lit in the cracker neck district INTO OFFICERS AIMS would be assassin captured as he ha leaves ft a train in HI sept 23 21 noble abner kent who shot and a almost most fatally mounded oun ded his brother wl win kent a prominent young man near girard a few months ago because their father had disinherited noble in favor of WI will it and ho he tied fled the country returned yesterday and again attempted to shoot his brother at his home but the revolver missed fire the assassin be boarded rd a train and arrived in springfield today alighting from the train he ran into the arms armson of the officers and Is now la in lill jail |
