Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-03-30 | Page 3 | Forces Conductor to Assist in Robbery

FORCES CONDUCTOR TO ASSIST IX ROBBERY FAIRK1I0LD, Neb., March 20.A masked train robber held up train No. 0, the Llneoln-I'airfield local, on tho Purllngton, last night, forced tho conductor con-ductor to carry a suck through the passenger pas-senger coach and collect tribute from Hie passengers nineteen women and two men which lie pocketed and dropped off tho rear end of Hie train. Tho train was stooped by a red slcrqal near the bridge a mile east o' here. Tho robber, wearing a white mak, nt ojkc boarded it. and when the conductor came forward to investigate the can.. of the stop he was given a sack and orden d to assist in robbing the pass.?n-ii. He. rrt 'mates that the robber scc ivod about $2i0 ano seventeen watches.