OCR Text |
Show TRAIN CREW HELD UP. Two Masked Bandits Rob All Men on Freight Train. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. The Bulletin Bulle-tin today says that with tho arrival In Berkeley of Samuel Hume, a Wells-Fargo express messenger on tho Oregon run. comes the story of a desperate hold-up on tho Shasta route. Two masked men robbed tho train crew on tho Overland freight that preceded tho Oregon express by an hour or two. The men wero discovered dis-covered in a box car, and tho conductor supposing them to bo tramps, ordered them to leave, stopping tho train between Chico and Biggs so they might get off. Thoy then drew rovolvers, robbed tho train men and a colored laborer who had $60, and made their oscape, firing at tho cars as thoy departed. Three sticks of dynamlto wero 'found In the car thoy hnd occupied. The nows of the hold-up had not been officially roportcd to elthor Wells-Fargo or tho Southern Pacillc up to this afternoon. |