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Show RIO GRANOE TRAIN HELD UP Bl TWO BOLD BANDIES Uade a Bungling Jeb of Dynamiting the 8fe, and Secured Only 360 for Their Trouble Pette In Pursuit. Iilvlllr t'nlo-Tr nrmnl men Ixwrdcil Hip pniln of IHinor & Itlo nrsnde paanenitrr train No B nt Malta 1 uesilay night and at the point of revolver re-volver rotniwllad the engineer and fireman to uncouple tho express nud biRXAfto car They then forced tho engineer to null tho ears several miles up tho road When the train stopped Uio bandits went to the eipreM, oars and, covering tho messenger wlthjhelr weapon attempted lo blow opon the ofe They only upci'eded In secur. i Inc about ICO I When tho train ncheil Malta two i maskeil nun climbed over1 ifie tender and rovcrlnK the euailuemcn with revolver re-volver ordered tlieni tu stop th train This was done and nno of tlio tho bandits marched the fireman to tho exprein car which ho ordered tin coupled This was done so quickly that tho rest of the train crew wcro not aware of what had happenod. The I Orrman and tho bnndlt then leaped aboard tho ear and pulled up tho track. When passing Klldaro sldlnc, ' tho conductor of n waiting freight train noticed tho flying train and, sus poctlnR something wrong, nodded tho . local agent ' MNUiwhilo the engine and eiprcn 1 enr sped up tho track for about two miles It wa hnlied nnd the robbers, forcing tho englnemen to walk In front of them ordered tho cipres messenger to open tho door, threatening threaten-ing him with death Ono of tho rob-bors rob-bors attempted to dynamite tho safe, but tho Job was n bungling- one, nnd It Is stated that nil the money secured .wna about f00 In looo packages 1 A pbo pf eMoveu men, headed by Bheritt O'Mahoney. la In.pursult or tho bandits, whoso dewtlptlmi Ullles with that of tho men who blew open a ssfo at Whlto Sulphur Springs In Summit county a few nights ago |