Show TRAIN ROBBERS GET I 1 IN IN r CURRENCY Posses Continue Search r for Bandits Who Who Held Held Up B B. O. O E Express press WASHINGTON Oct 9 I Postoffice inspectors today I after investigation of yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- days day's holdup on on the Baltimore Ohio train near Central Station W. W Va said that less than in currency was gotten by the robbers First reports placed the amount of currency in transit between th the treasury and Western banks at atmore more than WHEELING W. W Va Oct 9 Posses Posses are continuing their search for the two masked bandits bandits bandits ban ban- who held up and robbed a Baltimore Ohio express train en route from New York to St SL Louis two miles iles west of ol Central W. W Va One automobile party which returned to Parkesburg sixty miles from the scene of the robbery reported that overcoats supposed to have been worn by the men as well as two revolvers revolvers re reo volver were found In fn the country back of Tollgate where they left the c engine gin il car ear but there was f i P id ideh n tits my- of df the men Engineer Grant Helms who was at atthe atthe atthe the throttle when the holdup occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc said he believed the robbers boarded the train between the engine and the mail car at Central l when the train stopped to take on water Shortly after the train started again two men climbed into the cab covering covering cover cover- ing him and Fireman T. T R. R Knight with pistols and ordered that the train be stopped The command was not obeyed until until un un- til II after Engineer Helms struck at atone atone atone one of the men mep thinking it was somebody somebody some some- body trying to play a a. joke on him However on seeing that the bandits meant business he stopped the train One of the men then ordered Fireman Fireman Fire Fire- man Knight to uncouple the mail and express cars This done the bandits bandits ban ban- commanded the engineer to run his engine a short distance ahead Helms was then made to leave the cab Three mail clerks were in the car when the bandits entered and the clerks thought they were trainmen Showing their pistols the robbers demanded demanded de de- de the registered mall mail of which there were about ninety packages on the bench The clerks were then ordered ordered ordered or or- dered to leave and the engine and mail mall car were t taken ken on to Tollgate by the bandits At Tollgate the two men abandon abandon aban aban- don d the engine and car and got into an automobile which was in charge of an accomplice They were seen to togo togo togo go in an easterly direction from that place |