Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1889 — A DARING THAIN ROBBERY. [ARTICLE]

A DARING THAIN ROBBERY.

Two Men Hold Up a Bio Grands Train— A Denver, CoL, dispatch of the 7th asya: The Rio Quad* Western tmn 8, known as “Use Modoc,” was held up near Crevasse last night by train robbers. Two of the men boarded the baggage car at Thompson Bprings. 3?hev climbed over the audna, pointed revolvers at the heads oTthe engineer mid fireman and compelled them to stop the train. They forced the fireman to attempt to chop through the door of th< express car, and made the engineer bring a bag to hold the plunder. Messenger Willis was ready with a magazine shot eon and two self-cocking revolvers, The fireman was unable to chop through the boiler iron door, ao the robbers fired a dozen shots through the car. Messenger Willis lay on the floor and waa not hit. lire robber* dared not show their heads at the broken windows, lest they should be shot They gave it np, and joined two other robbers back in the other cats. - The four went through the train with their revolvers drawn, and gathered S9OO and twenfy watches. One passenger nut hie head out of the window to see what waa going on, and the robbers sent a ballet through his hat. MoetoJ the passengers hid their valuables successfully, those losing them being too frightened to hide them. A posse has gone from Groan River. Two deputy United Btatea Marshals went out from Salt Lake with bloodhounds. A Lone Bobber. The Wisconsin Central train was robbed by a single man between Chippewa Falls and Abbotsford, Thursday morning. He got SB3 and two watches from the conductor and porter.