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terml;m-:k-bout.i 0.5Hme1 isinan-ilccl cut ir O iyra ,vjis dc-ent the -enidc-■cniOl’VIn-theift-LirIido*ex-TYlon-andvinvi - u +lmidiip men. They wore seen soon after the robery and bad been running hard. There being nothing against them and declaring they -were railway men. both were allowed to go,bntl(it.er were arrested and answer to the description of the holdups. One gave his name as .J, Hurley and. the other T.%F. Rafferty.The holdup is considered one of the boldest in that section of tluv country. The robbers ordered the engineer to stop, having previously boarded the train. Detaching the engine from the balance of the train, they ordered the engineer to pull ahead with the baggage cur and then ,w«nt through it cutting open sacks, etc., In speaking of the robbery, the Spo-kana telegrams say:The holdup of which the men arc aus-ppci.cd wus one of the boldest train rob-berics in years. It occurred at 10£3 o'clock lust night tietwcan Hauser Junction. Italic, and Trent,. Washington, 10 miles cast of Spokane, when Northern Pacific passenger train No- 3- was held np and. the registered mail sacks nliect by two unknown higlwaynifiti. . -According to a young man who. was stealing a ride on the tank of the engine ihe two bandits boarded the train at Sand point, Idaho. He says the two men C'imc out Of the Palace hotel at.that place and climbed to the fop of the carnext the engine/keeping out of sight until the train reached Eathdrum, There thftv attempted to cut the mail cur from f he rest of the train white it was m motion. but were unsuccessful. When threeniles east of Hft-user Junction the enginemd ^mail car were detached from the ,-aiu and taken two miles west of Trent, vhcrc 'hev were abandoned.Six sacks of registered mail were open-d' but the postoffice inspectors as yet {« not know the value of the plunder^secured.DIES WHEN FIRST PENSION
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Racine Daily Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Wed, May 05, 1909
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