The evening world. Newspaper, November 8, 1921, Page 10

t caine 10 BANDITS DYNAMITE AND BURN MAIL CAR; GET VALUABLE POUCHES (Continued From First Page.) Missed the most valuable pouch tn the car, railroad officials stated, and it was believed that it was this par- Ucular pouch which was sought. The pouch, believed to contain the fortune, was thrown out by the mai! clerks, carried a short distance from the train by the bandits, and ‘was for some reason dropped and jater recovered by the train crew. ‘The train was first stopped on o bridge over @ small stream by three Dandits, who held up the engineer and fireman. They forced the firemat @isconnect the mat] and baggage car ‘nd compelled the engineer to drive further south, where the rest of the @espe:adoes joined them, bombing ths Par and firing into it. Four members of the train crew, a fail clerk, baggage man, porter and firemen, were slightly wounded. The robbers then shouted through the doo. of the stee} mail car that the engine, nd fireman would be shot unless th» door was opened. The clerks und? thie tLreat opened the door a coup'+ ef fect and the engineer and firema*: cliinbed aboard. No sooner were the tral.men in the mall car than the; slammed the door in the face of the rot bers. Repeated demands that the door be pened were refused and a charge of ‘ynamite was place under the front truck of the car. The explosion fatled to damage the heavy steel coach. The robbers then fired at the steel @ides of the coach, but the rattle of buckshot and bullets still failed to bring a surrender. A second charge of dynamite was placed alongside the mai! cay, and this wrenched off the door. ‘The mail clerks and engine crew fired at the bandits, who threw two bombs into the car, Still the clerks and engine crew refused to come out and the bandits threw a firebrand among the wreckage of the fmterlor. This set the debris afire and the @efenders surrendered. The bandits then forced the mail clerks to throw out the registered mail. By this time the interior of the car was blazing flercely. The men within crowded to the door and the robbers, seizing their loot, backed away, cov- ering the men. Still keeping the mail clerks covered, they marched the en- gineer and fireman to the locomotive and ordered them to proceed south, As the locomotive drew away, the rob- bers drove off. burning mati conch waa cut out and the train, filled with excited passen- gers, taken to division headquaiters| at Champaign, Engineer J, F, Fogerty, the only} member of the train crew who took) part in the affray and escaped unin- | jured, described the hold up and bis experiences to-day: “The first intimation I had of the robbery came shortly after we left Paxton,” he said, “I heard a grunt, turned around and a masked man clambered down beside me, thrusting | a revolver against my ribs. Another had the fireman covered. “Stick ‘em up!" he shouted “Before I could reply he had me slow down and run on down to the} bridge across the Vermillion River. “‘How many mail pouches are they? he asked. “{ told him there were four, and he | made me take them down. ‘He had! a bunch of men waiting at the river and had me flash the headlight twice to let them know all was well. The bandit allowed me to send a man back to flag other trains. Then he forced me to climb down and go back to the mail car. “The mail clerks ordered us to halt They we med. One bandit, his revolver still sticking in my ribs, | pushed a flashlight into my hands. “‘Show them who you are,’ he commanded | “The flashlight felt like fire in my hand as I pushed the button. ‘Don't! shoot; I'm the engineer!’ he cried. “The mail clerks slammed the door shut. The bandits waited a short time, then placed a stick of dynamite | under the mail car, It wasn't strong enough to wreck the car, but another blast opened the door. “A moment later eno of the mail clerks was lying to une side with a gash in his head and the other was standing with his arms high in the air alongside the car, Two of the men blew the safe, The fireman and I were forced to ile flat on the bottum of the car while the bandits worked. “By, this time che passengers wore firing in our direction. From the cars in front armed guards poured a stream of bullets towara the mail car Flames from \gasoline or waste, ignited by the explosion began to light up the interior of the car, They made us throw out the pouches. “| looked at Banks, the fireman, who was lying a short distance from me. He signalled to jump and we both ran for the engine. He was shot as we ran, but I was untouched. I crawled beneath the pilot of the en- gine. Banks and another man were with me. “Under there we were partly pro- tected from the bandits, but the stray bullets fired by passengers cn- dangered us. As the light from tne burning car mounted, the bandit, either frightened or satisfied with what they had found, slowly backed to the end of the bridge and leaped into the darkness. Then I heard an automobile start and thoy were gone.” — BLIND BOYS TO SEND OUT RETURNS BY RADIO Fourteen Sig! e Lads to Take ‘Terns at Key. Fourteen blind boys, members of the radio class of the New York Guild for Jewish Blind, at No. 240 East 105tn Street, to-day will send election returns by wireless to friends who, as amateurs, have radio sets. The boys, whose ages range from fourteen to cightern years, ‘The engine crew as soon as they saw nat “ iq wi turns at th the lights of the automobile disap- | mill take turns at the keys They will pear backed up to the train. The station at the New York Navy Yard. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, HARDING'S ADDRESS READY FOR NOV. 12 President Will Confine Talk to} General Terms at Parley } Opening. WASHINGTON, Nov. §.—Pr Harding has virtually completed the address he will | | Casket for U. deliver Saturday at} the opening of the armaments con ference, in which he will state in gen-| eral terms only the desire of the American Government to the causes for heavy armamen then reduce the armaments ther selves. It was apparen cles to-day th keynote 8 broadly his attitude n high official cir- President in his would ndicate | ward the ne Jon Armistt gotlations by confining his statement to general principles and by not at tempting to present a detailed solu tion of any of the problems be: conference, ‘That functi would be left to th selves, with Mr. Harding with them only when vital deci ure to a en S. Medal om Britain's Unknown Soldier. be im LONDON, Nov. &—The United s ssional Medal which «t pre 8 on the tomb of Grea: Br unknown warrior in Wes, r Abbey. has been encased ina de of old oak from the Abbey's timber and having a glass front. 'T box, with a ble! inserip’ he fixed toa close to i . Ts PENNY A_ POUND PROFIT 7 —_ Praga Caan It You Lose on the Election Pay Up with Gotham Assorted Chocolates or Bon Bons and Chocolates Also $2.50 and $6.25 Pi ger POUND BOX *1.25 a Gold Seal Chocolates or Bon Bons and Chocolates Also $3.00 Packages. 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