Show MASKED MEN OLD UP BURLINGTON TRAH > St Joseph Mo Sept 22Four masked men at 10 oclock tonight held up > the westbound IJurllngton Missouri Mis-souri river train No 41 five miles north of this city EXPRESS SAFE DYNAMITED The sale In the express car was dynamited dyna-mited and the car wrecked OfTlclals of the road say that the safe contained but little money Other reports say that It contained from 3000 to 10000 In money Everything In the safe was taken and the men escaped In the darkness with homes POSSE IN PURSUIT A posse > was organized and is In pun Hull of the bandits < Not a single shot was fired EXPRESS CAR DYNAMITED The train wan stopped by means of a red light The engine and express cat were uncoupled from the balance of the train and backed half I a mile Lu It hot on where it was dynamited CONDUCTOR GIVES ALARM lime train was In change of Conductor Harvey who hurried to the city and gave the alarm The officers host no time In organizing anil making a start It was necessary for the entire train to be brought back to the city and a new train made up which left at 1 oclock PULLED GUNS ON ENGINEER According to meager reports received from the scene of the holdup at midnight mid-night the Inslanl the train was lopped two I of the robbers climbed Into the en gIn und with drawn weapons compelled com-pelled the engineer and fireman to obey orders EXPLOSION FOLLOWED One of the men uncoupled the engine and express car from the balance of the train The parly then climbed Into the i cab I and the engine and car wore run up the track The explosion followed PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS As soon IK the mate s wns dynamited the men rushed to the wrecked car It Is asserted they did not get a 1 cent as a result The train WHS loaded with passengers pas-sengers for the West and the holdup created a panlc The hillu pre being searched but without with-out success up to midnight One of the robbers Is reported r to have been hurt the extent of his Injuries being unknown un-known WITNESSED BY FARMER The train was held up near a gnadlng I camp and was witnessed by a farmer I who went to his house and telephoned to Amazonia the nearest station Citl sent there armed themselves and started to the scene of the robbery but the bandits were gon when they arrived ar-rived |