Show THIN NS UP CH two boys take a hand in the hob rob bang a of passengers and are cap aured but declared they did not know the robbers seattle wash the great north era rn overland train leaving seattle at a p 20 a clock monday night was held hold up and the baggage and express car dynamited halt half a mile east of mile post 10 about five miles from ballard at 8 45 p in three men are known to have done the work ork two bos who got on the blind baggage here is soon as the holdup began entered the passenger coaches and began holding up the pas they were captured they say two of the men were on the blind baggage when they got on and the third got on at ballard all were well dressed with rain coats and slouch hats ts f arthe the train was nagged flagged near the brickyard and as the engineer slowed up two men with rain coats climbed over the tender and presented rev 01 vers to his head when the train stopped the baggage and express car was uncoupled by one of the robbers and the engineer instructed to pull ahead which he did tor for several bun hun dred yards when he was again corn com banded to stop two of the robbers then lumped jumped off making aking in the engineer and fireman do the same and all marched to the bag gage car cat door the messenger was commanded to open the door and re fusing an extra heavy charge of dy was placed against it and ex plodded the explosion tore the car almost to pieces the safe was then dynamited after securing the contents of the safe the three men started off in an easterly direction it is believed other members of the gang were ah ahead ead of the scene of the holdup and the rob frers hers joined them the two boys claim they never met the holdups until they got on the train and are in no way connected with their work the idea to hold up the passengers occurred to them after the explosion |