Show BOLD TRAIN T AIN ROBBERY NEAR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI four masked men hold up express train wrecking safe with dyna m te four masked men at 10 0 clock monday night held up west bound burlington missouri river train no 41 five miles north of st joseph mo me the safe in the he express car was dynamited and the car wrecked of ficiala of the road say that the safe contained but little money other reports say that it contained form 5 to 10 in money ev grything ery thing in the sate safe was taken and the men escaped in the darkness with horses A posse was organized and is in pursuit of the bandits not a eingle single shot was fired the train was stopped by means of a red light the engine and express car were uncoupled from the balance of the train and backed half a mile further on where the safe was dyna cited the train nas vias la in charge of conductor harvey who burned hurried to the city and gave the alarm the of fibers lost no time in organizing and making a start it was necessary for the entire train to be brought back to the city and a new train made up which left at 1 0 clock according to meager reports re calved from the scene of the hold holdup up at midnight the instant the train was stopped two of the robbers climbs cl imbe into the engine and with drawn weapons compelled the engineer and fireman to obey orders one of the men uncoupled the en NIT gine gme and express car from the bal ance of the train the party then climbed into the cab and the engine and car were run up the track the explosion followed As soon as the safe was dynamited the men rushed to the wrecked car it is asserted they did not get a cent as a result the train was loaded with gers for the west and the on created a panic 10 |