Show HELD UP A TRAIN four band ts rob passengers Pass engere on train in III no s four highwaymen heavily armed and tao of them bearing masks held up the passengers on the illinois central chicago bt louis ex press train no 1 known as the dia mond special as it beaded matteson ills the robbers secured all the money and valuables carried by the thirty passengers in the two pullman sleeping cars stopped the train and escaped in the darl new the forward sleeper was entered first the occupants aroused and with nothing on but their n clothes were marched back to the pullman car behind two of the passengers who were slow in responding to the command of the robbers were hit on their heads with a hatchet and one was seriously injured so systematic was the work of the robbers and with so little contusion that the train crew was unaware of what was going on it was abot until the engineer in response jophe sig nal brought his train to a stop and seeing nothing of the of the crew walked back to thet fear of the train to ascertain what fa as the ta matter that he learned of th bery asro attempt was made to rob the mail or express cars J 1 e rol bers secured more than 1000 in money and valuables v |