Show SECURED the haul of the blue cut robbers handled the matter like ola timers supposed to be former railroad men st loui i dec 24 when chicago and alton train 49 which was held up last night in blue oat arrived here at this afternoon express messenger fryer said that the oie safe which was consigned through from the pacific coast to chicago was not robbed one of the robbers placed a gun at fryers head and ordered him to hold up his hands they then secured the keys of the small eafe from fryers pockets and rifled the eafe entire contents con of a great deal ot jewelry and a considerable amount of money the bandits demanded that fryer operate the time lock oo 00 the big safe but were finally persuaded by him that it was impossible after which they began to drill a hole and prepare a dynamite dyn amita stick fryer argued with them that their efforts would be futile as the safe contained nothing of value and finally he persuaded them to let it alone fryer says that the anoney secured from the small safe was a quantity of gold ten and twenty dollar pieces and that one of the men declared the kind of stuff we are after after the men had cleaned out thy small site they searched fryers clothing and took all the mosey on his person demurred at abie and the leader of the eang tossed librn a 2 bill saying get yourself a drink for a christmas preE ent the robbers finally declared that they must skip as time was pressing and jumping from the car ran to the engine and started it down the track to a point about a mile below glendale station where they alighted and disappeared in the woods i when aha passengers in the train learned that the express car was being robbed they became greatly excited but nobody ventured out in the pullman coach which contained one woman and four men there was contusion the vestibules etere locked and the shades drawn while the passengers bid their money and jewelry in every conceivable place of safety from the familiar manner in which the express car was uncoupled and the locomotive handled the express officials believe that the robbers were former railway employed emp loyes and understood the nature of the irain and the fact that it ordinarily carried a lare amount of money in the express car messenger fryer insists thai far be could see there were but three men nga the robbery all 0 whom were masked and armed superintend cent williamson declares that the amount of money secured by the robbers is small and at a wide estimate will not reach 2000 passengers on the train however declare that the robbers secured at least |