Show TRAIN W HELD UP two boys take a hand in the rob bing of passengers and are cap aured but declared they did not know the robbers 9 B seattle wash the great north ern overland train leaving seattle at 20 clock monday night was hell aup and the baggage and express cap dynamited halt a mile east of mila post 10 about five miles from ballard fat 8 45 p id three men are known to have done the work two boys who got on the blind baggage here as soon as the holdup began entered the passenger coaches and began holding up the pas they were captured they eay twp of the men were on the blind baggage when they got on and the hird got on at ballard all were well dressed with rain coats and slouch hats j the train was nagged near ehg brickyard and as the engineer slowed up two men with rain coats climbed over the tender and presented vers to his head when the train stopped the baggage and express car was uncoupled by one of the bobbera and the engineer instructed to pull ahead which he did for several hun dred yards when he was again corn banded to stop two of the fers then jumped off making the engineer and fareman do the same and all marched to the bag gage car door the messenger was commanded to open he door and refusing 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 ahead oi the scene of the holdup and the rob bers 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 |