People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — ROBBED BY COOK’S GANG. [ARTICLE]

ROBBED BY COOK’S GANG.

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Passenger Train Held Up Near Muskogee. Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 14. —Train No. 2, south-bound on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad, was held up and robbed at 10:10 o’clock Tuesday night at a little siding named Blackstone, 5 miles north of Muskogee. There were fifteen men in the gang, all masked. The switch was thrown and the train run into a sidetrack on which were several box cars. An attempt was made to enter the express car, but it was unsuccessful. The robbers then commenced robbing the passengers, who up to this time had been merely kept under guard. Two hundred and sixty dollars and eight gold watches were secured. The robbers the?# withdrew. One of the train crew claims to have recognized Bill Cook as'one of the bandits.