Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-19 | Page 1 | Holdups Rob People on Iowa Train

HOLDUPS ROB I PEOPLE ON IOWA TRAIN Secure 50 Escape When Train Slows Down at Ottumwa WA la Is Nov 19 Two 19 Two masked m men n who held u up pa passenger train Xo No 12 of ot the thc Chicago o Mi au In an kee koe 8 St. St t. t Paul railway last ni night ht between be be- tween sUe Mystic and Ottumwa secured loot amounting to about The Thc Theba ba bandits dit robbed two passengers ant and and- two employees of of- the tho company AYoun A A AYoung Youn Young a pa passenger en er from the west e t. t to toChi Chi Chicago a o gave C up 80 in cash nn and a diamond rin ring valued at l O. O 1 G G. G Zook Jook hi his Ith companion was robbed lobbed o of I Tho The rubbers jobbers boarded the train jusas just jus as it was wag lea in leaving tho rho station nI 1 Mya Mys- Mystic tic thirty miles so south soOth th of Ottumwa As the porter T Robinson was closing the vestibule doors door o of the tho o observation car a revolver re was ras pointed at his head heat and he be vms was relieved of 30 The Thc porter por ter then was RS comp compelled to lead lend tho the way ay through h the car The Tho first passengers passenger met were Y Young un and Zook Leaving the observation car tho the robbers pro proceeded eede to the sleeper whore There Pullman Davis Dayis a at th the thc point of or the guns gave n e up UI 2980 and a small diamond stud Brakeman Wells was Tas also searched but ut hi his his' money mono was overlooked o Tho The remaining twenty five miles into Ottumwa found th tho robbers siding the thc platforms of the the- theo o observation sention sen- sen tion am and sleeping cars cars holding the thc passengers in each c car r until prisoners they the made their escape when the thc train d speed at the Market street crossing in inthis inthis inthis this city Suspects Arrested The police department and the tbt sher- sher iff office with bloodhounds arc are scouring this vicinity for the tho rob robbers ers Four Pour suspects have been arrested Brakeman Arthur G. G Wells WeBs t said aid C One Ono man mall was was tall well weB built am and Ind ho had bad two automatic revolvers re The The Theother Theother Theother other was a smaller man man somewhat thin Ho had lund a n. long onA revolver Te There were were two m men D in the Ine ear car both s 's seated and holding up their hands The two men had r robbed them ant and when wo o o camo came came- ip iii t they Luv J went ent h the ie e conductors conductor's r I pockets and t took his IllS m money ney They only examined me to se seif see if I w i I W apons m r c They ThC then kept us standing there thre until the train got git t to Market street street- ii in ill Ottumwa J. J and then thea backed c out ont of the time thedoor door and jumped off