| Show BOLD ROBBERY passenger train held up tip m a day light EL RESU 0 T oct acm L Barid bandits its robbed the southbound rack lland passenger train and all its passengers gera at 11 ocla k this forenoon at Siding Ne 1 about live five miles south cuth of minco micco in the indian territory the railroad and express officials cisla have feared a hold bold dp in that on for several weeks and armed guards have been bean put aboard all night trains at bireno and carried to 10 chickasaw 1 it had ad no not been thought that the outi ws would be bold a enough to attach altac 1 a train midday mid day this morning the trai trainmen umen wera sera completely surprised and they were not cot prepared to offer adv resistance wh when I 1 I 1 five masked men inen came upon them at the lonely siding aiding the place is ia habited and the only persons in tte vicinity at the time were four section men these section men flagel the train the robbers having compelled them to do so BO the bandits were hidden bidden at the time in a brush pile and jumped out as soon as the passe pasE neer enger train had taken the siding under vie tae ores ure sure aure of winchesters Win chesters Eters and ugly looking alix shooters the trainmen express messenger and all of toe the score or more of passengers were made to climb down from the train and egand in a line hands upon the prairie along the railway while three of the robbers covered ane badly fight f lightened frightened ened crowd with their guus guns the other two coolly and carefully robbed them passing from one passenger to another down the line the tha bandits secured about aco in cash and such euch other valuables in the way of watches plus pias and jewelry as were in eight the few women passenger were not compelled to give up their valuables and rev bev mr roe BOB one of the gers gere who was sick was not compelled to leave the coach jim wright of minco showed a disposition to resist when the bandits or dered 11 hands up they shot one os of his ears off to prove to his that his bravery was ill wrights hands then went up no one elet elee was injured jbf and trainmen having been thoroughly plucked bucked ked three of the bandits turned their attention to the express end mail coaches the others standing andine st guard over the hapless crowd on the prairie pr airis the registered eJ mail pouches were quickly rifled but the through safe cafe in the express car resisted all the force and ingenuity of the road agents when the messenger bad sono con vinced the bandits that he could not open the strongbox strong box bos they resorted to dynamite several heavy charges were exploded but the tha safe prayed bandit proof and though it was waa badly shattered its contents were saved to ts express company having taken borei forcible possession of everything p that they could carry away tho the bandits mounted their horses and rode off toward the west As soon eoon as the train men could collect their wits they got their seared scared passengers gera aboard and hurried on to the ahe next station south chickasaw Click Chic kasa asa fro from rn which point the rail railroad roRd officials were notified of the holdup hold up at Chic chickara kaza a boesa of citizens was iraa hurriedly formed thesa ailias set out ont in pursuit of tha sang gang rud find officers ficera of have been dispatched from el esno and other paints in aba section it is ia hardly pos possible sibe that the bandits can bs be overta overtaken kenin in the prairie country and thay will wil pio babiy able be able to reach the ichita puebita mountains to the west of the scene denb of the holdup hold up officers here believe the gang to be the same one that held up santa fe tz ains at edmunds twice during last month |
