| Show MEN HOLD UP EXPRESS st joseph mo sept 23 four j men at 10 last night held p the westbound west bound burlington MU couri river train 41 five miles north M this city a Th esafe in the express car was jyna autch and the car wrecked officials of abe road eay that the safa contained but little money other reports ay that it contained from to in money everything in the safe was taken and men in the darkness with horses 1 A posse was organized organised sed acclis in pursuit of the kot a tingle shot was fired 1 abe train was stopped by means 0 a red light the engine and express car were uncoupled from the balance of the train and backed half a mile further on unar it waa dynamited the train wae in charge of conductor harvey who hurried to the city and davff the alarm the officers lost no time jn organizing and making a tart it wae necessary for the entire train to be brought back to the city and a new train emde up which left at I 1 according to meager received from the scene of the holdup hold up at midnight the instant the train wae stopped two of the rii climbed into the engine and with drawn weapons com yelled he engineer and fireman to obey borders one of the men uncoupled the engine and express car from the balance of the train the party then climbed into the iab and the engine and car were run up abe track the followed As eoon as the safe was dynamited he men rushed to ehte wrecked car it ie asserted they did not get cent as a result the train was loaded with passengers for the west and the holdup hold up created a panic the hills are being searched but with out success up to midnight one of tho robbers ie reported to have been hurt the extent of his injuries being unknown the train wi held up near a brading camp and was witnessed by a farmer who went to his house and telephoned to amazonia the nearest station citi there armed themselves and started to the scene of the robbery but the bandits were gono when they arrived |
