EXPRESS ROBBED BY ONE MAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 227, 30 October 1909, Page 3

EXPRESS ROBBED BY ONE MAN.

ESCAPE WITH IUIiS OF BULLION. .New York. September 1. A marked highwayman succeeded- in the early hours this morning in stopping and robbing u Pittsburg express train o,i lite Pennsylvania line. I'naided by con-n-derates. the man, while all trie passenger were asleep in their berths, stopped the train by means of dynamite, which -Lettered the engine-cab windows.

He then climbed to the cab, poinl-d a revolver at the driver and stoker, shot tl't guard in the arm, and held twenty officials at bay when he proceeded to the mail van where he applied a .second charge of dynamite to the safe. lhe door Hew open, and ill obedience tc the robber the railway employees carried the mailbags and deposited them c-r.refully beside the lines. .Meanwhile consternation reigned among the passengers, who were awak'ened by the shot. Acting with the utmost deliberation, the robber, as soo-i as his orders were obeyed, alighted, and with his pistol motioned the officials u rejoin the train and proceed on tneir journey. Then lie disappeared in the forest. ,

The train, consisting of two engiue=, three day and two sleeping coaches, iushed. at high speed to Tyrone, whci c a body of armed detectives was sent ji pursuitv

- The scene of the robbery was admir- ; ably chosen. Occurring as it did in one : of the most thickly populated States in tbe Union, it has created a great sti-. No trace has yet been obtained of the highwayman, though the pursuit forced him to abandon a bag of bullion contain in°r £IOOO, which has been recovered. According to the official statement issued by the railway, the only loot re gaining in the robber's possession is £2O worth of new halfpence.