Show I u M MASKED f ROBBERS t tILL KILL ILL M f bt First Demanded That He lie Open The Express Car Which He lie Refused to Do no DELIBERATELY MURDERED HIM Then hint Blew Open Cur Car and Took the Treasure the Amount bOring Unknown Hedding Cal Cui March masked men held up 1111 the Oregon Ex I mess nt tit Copley 10 miles north of here herent nt at It 11 tonight killed I ONeill and ant carried oft off tho the contents of ot the tho treasure box Tim The train Is lii known as its No 16 15 anti ami stopped at nt Cop Copley icy ley 11 station illation for tor water The Tho robbers blew up liP time the car anti and kill hill hilled ed eel time tha messenger me before getting tho the treasure The highwaymen forced ld the train I crew crow to uncouple uncoil pIe the front engine and compelled Its engineer to thaw them to station live JIve south where they the disembarked anti and disappear disappeared ed cd According to the story trout from the robbery occurred shortly before 11 As the train which was wan reached Copley near three men moan Jumped on all board anti and cut the train In two taking the en cn engine engino gine gino and express s car down tho tint track a 1 I short distance They fhe stopped the engine and demand demanded ed that messenger ONeill open the ex cx express press car Ho lie they ht blew up tip tho the express ear car with dynamite I anti and deliberately killed ONeill by b shoot shootIng shootIng Ing him through the head Tim Thin bandits then robbed the express car of or Its con Comm contents tents but It Is not known how much they the got After Afler robbing robbIn the express car the time men cut the car loose loo c antI and getting on omi th thin thA en engIno Kino glue compelled Engineer Toe Joo Sink Rink to togo togo togo go ahead When near the themen themen themen men dropped off oct the tho engine anti lint pared ared In the night with their plunder W v J ONeill the Ito was kill kIU killed cd ed by II bullet Presumably tho the three o masked men attempted to rob the tho ex express press car time the messenger mos made macic II n light tight Tho The first that Joe Jot Sink knew know of tIme the holdup was Willi after atter ONeill was killed Ho lie antI and his hili J T 1 F I 1 vore compelled to dismount tram from the engine They The with R H 1 A HII ell engineer er of ot the second engine A Raymond a n lire fire fireman man muni Jack Jock conductor of ot the tho train and n II brakeman were compelled to march back baek to the lie express oar Where thero they th tile saw III dead deadlie The lie robbers robber tiled to force forre helper who was in im time Ihl he baggage car ar when n ONeIll O III was wall killed to open Olon tho tim sate safe but the helper r showed that he lie could do so Thui jhen the limo robbers compelled thin party of seven to place linro six Ix sticks stick of ot giant powder on top of ot time wife Then Thon they huh had n it heavy Ilav box sot art on th thin to te tl which a Il fuse was wa ordered attached hel Thou Then till all nut halt one of ot the robbers robbert left th the oar ral Ho lie lighted the tho fuse The Tho par lar party party t tty ty had Just reached reachel the locomotive l hon the explosion occurred U It wrecked the entire cm emit Engineer Ton JOB Sink Kink la is t not lIot certain that hat tho the rob mob robber i born ber Rot got any an plunder lie He was made mado to get gel on his hla engine and stay there thore until I further orders came to him butt to curry carry the th highwayman south Ills His had been bon uncoupled He lie knows knowlI not by byI I whom wheat He lIo compiled with the time order f fI I but hut was not allowed to oven even tale take his i tinman along alun TIme The robbers stood at his hili iti back on the tho trip down clown their rifles d pressed Pleased against him he dared not look around 1 He lie says It if they hail had any plunder ho h did 1111 not see lIel It i At 12 1230 30 be lie started lack back with I i MR his heavily armul crew crl There being I neither n nor com corn possible with Collie Copley the tho nf of the tho killing kulming or of I t the inn 4 ann a mm nt i li h hI tea ii t un ii n II I I the th train that hat t i mi jH lH 1 ii imp III tills Mills south t ii 1 i |