Show a roll FOILS iF A ATTEMPT TO ROB TRAIN I Robbers Abandon Train I v C When Workman Wields r j Controller Bar t J- J ALAMEDA lEDA A Cal Cat pec ec 11 An An unusually un un- us usually bold att attempt of ot two armed r ilien men to hold up a Southern Pacific i train Operating between Oakland Oak- Oak land hand and Alameda was frustrated by bY the I br bravery very of ot a motorman who t uck at one of ot the robbers with a o tr r bar according to a report made mado to the police of ot Alameda i The Th robbers halted the i car at Santa Clara Clara avenue and Versailles street thrust revolvers in the faces of ot the motorman and conductor and terror- terror teed the tho passengers When hen Robert Ragsdale the motorman swung the c. c controller bar the man facing him d o off f the car and and when when the motorman threw on full speed the remaining bandit Jumped for safety The car car was was brought to a a. stop by bya a a. man mann who stood In the tracks and waved his arms Jumping to the the step the tho man held out a revolver and de demanded demanded demanded de- de that the motorman open the gate gato to the front platform In the meantime another robber had climbed to the tho rear platform and held heM a re revolver revolver revolver re- re volver against Condu Conductor tor Durand Duran Newman Instead of complying wit with tho the mans man's demand Motorman Ragsdale Ragsdale Rags Hags dale struck out at the robber wh who who dropped to the ground The other othe bandit followed when the car nicke nicked KIcked up speed peed Tho The crew of ot a car bound from Alameda Alameda Alameda Ala Ala- meda to Oakland a few minutes later late said that two men answering the description delon description de de- de- de lon of the robbers boarded it and rode to Twelfth and Webster The The men were about 35 years ears ol old One Ono was 5 feet 11 pounds i In I weight and wore a soft dark hat an and black overcoat the other was an inc inch shorter about ten pounds lighter ha had hada a red face and wore a gray ove overcoat coat and soft hat |