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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1901.
PAGE SEVEN.
Posse Chases the Desperadoes
Who Held Up (he North Coast
Limited at Bearmouth.
THE STORY OF THE CRIME
Jlverythlitfr Was Carefully
risuincd and Curried Out
Without Hitch by
the Jtobbers.
Uoarmouth, Mont., June 17. (1:20
. in.) At 11 o'clock last night two
r:iukd men held up North Coaat Lim
ited Northern raelflo pnuenter train,
antbound, about yilla and a.half sast
f thii station. After brlnylng the
train to a atop they dynamited the
jireaa car, blew open the aafe and se
cured all of Ita content!. The amount
aecured la not known, but la believed
to be large. After blowing out the rear
light of the train the two men dis
appeared in the darkneia and have not
been aeon alnce.
The hold-up waa almlliar to the one
which occurred two year ago In near
ly the same apot and In which En
gineer O'Neill loat hla life. The hold
upa boarded the tender of the engine
at the water tank at BearmoMth and
after having remained quiet until the
train had gone a mil and a half tbey
crawled up oer the coal and covered
Engineer Wade and . Fireman Heed
with their guna and told them to throw
up tbetr handa. Engineer Wade waa
then commanded to bring hla train to
a atandatlll and ha Immediately com
piled. The engineer and fireman were
ordered from their engine and with the
hold-upa went back to the expreaa car.
Before making an effort to gain an
entrance they forced the engineer to
light a algar. The eipreaa meeeenger
waa commanded to open the door of the
car but refuaed to do eo. The engineer
waa next commanded to light a atlck
of dynamite of which exploalva they
had a large quantity, and placed the
lighted atlck agalnat the car door. The
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force of the exploalon completely
wrecked the door and the engineer and
fireman were compelled to precede the
hold-upa Into the car. Once admlaalon
was gained the hold-upa at once direct
ed their attention to the atrong box.
Five atlcka of dynamite were placed
on top of the aafe and Ignited. The
force of the charge waa Insignificant
and another and larger charge waa
uaed,. The aecond charge exploded
with terrific force, blowing out the aide
of the car and throwing the aafe a dla
tance of '40 feet. After rifling the aafe
of Ita valuables the robber commanded
the train crew to remain quiet and no
harm would be done them. While this
conversation waa going on, one of the
robbers accidentally etruck the en
gineer with hla revolver and In apolo
gizing for It called him by name, Indi
cating a poaeiblllty that be may be a
railroad man.
The party then left the expreas car
and the men were ordered back to the
engine, being covered with guna until
they had obeyed the mandate. The
two robber then paased to the rear of
the train and after ahootlng out both
the rear light of the train, disappeared
In the darkness.
Meanwhile the paaaenger were ter
ror atrlcken and had crawled under
every vantage place which offered a
hiding. The rear brakeman, the mo
ment that he realized what had hap
pened, slipped off the rear of the train
and ran back to Bearmouth, where
communication was had with the su
perlntendenta and sheriff office in
Mlscoula. A po"e was immediately
summoned and at 12: 40 o'clock an en
gine, a car of horaee and Superintend
ent Palmer's private car was on its
way to the scene, arriving at 2 o'clock.
The posse consisted of Sheriff Thomp
son, Under-sheriff Sterling, George
Saunders, Ed Larson, Chick White,
James McCaffrey, James Tabor, Wil
liam Carter.
It will be daylight about S o'clock
and the posse will Immediately start In
pursuit, It Is believed that the des
peradoes Immediately headed for the
Ovando country. The bloodhounds at
Deer Lodge prison have been wired
for and will be on the scene by 7
o'clock. It la believed there are four
of the hold-ups all told. Four men have
been in Bearmouth for the paat two
or three days and It la said have been
laying In a large supply of groceries,
especially canned goods. The theory
la that they have a rendezvous not far
from the scene of the hold-up.
A light engine from Brummond bear
ing eight deputies was immediately
started and it Is believed that the man
cannot escape. Deputy "Whltey" Wat
son and George Murray are on their
way from Mlaaoula up the Hell Gate
canyon to head off escape In Jhat di
rection, while Tabor and Saunders
were let off the train at McCarthy's
bridge to, head off escape there. It is
learned that the railroad people were
expecting the hold-up for the past two
days but looked for It on the Philippe
burgh branch. For two days armed
guards were carried on all trains bear
ing bullion and on Wednesday, It Is be
lieved, this course averted a hold up at
Flint, just north of Phlllppsburg. From
the description had of these men It 1s
believed they are the same crowd who
did last night's hold-up.
Two boys, Al Barton and Ralph Dally,
were stealing a ride on the blind bag
gage at the time and both say they can
Identify the men. One of the men had
a red beard, but a dimple on his cheek
would serve to Identify him, even with
the beard shaved off. Be la described
a six feet tall atubby beard. He wore
a black, slouch hat, turned down In
front, and overall turned up at the
bottom like a lumberjack. Superin
tendent Palmer la co-operating with
Sheriff Thompson In planning the pur
suit and at this hour (3: SO), the dawn
If beginning to break and the men are
getting ready to start out
' The hold-up had Its humorous fea
tures. Pally, one of t9 blind baggage
(passengers, got down as soon as pos
sible after the safe was robbed, look
Ing for loose rnjmey. All be c&iild find
was a stack of worthless rriohey Or
ders, which he turned over to Super
intendent Palmer. He says If a gold
brick was in front of him some one
would beat him to it The train waa
In charge of Conductor Grant The
ruined expreas car was brought to
Bearmouth and Is literally blown to
pieces. The adjacent country Is very
wild and a long chase Is possible.
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