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The Evening Herald
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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Lone robber smashed express car of Virginia and Truckee mail train near Carson, Nev., on Feb. 10, held up messenger Jack Page at shotgun point, stole $1000 wage box, stopped train, and escaped toward town
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CARSON, Nev, Feb. 10.-About 7 o'clock last evening, when the Virginia and Truckee mail train was a mile out of town, the express car was smashed in and the box containing money to pay wages to section hands along the road was demanded of Jack Page, the express messenger, at the muzzle of a shotgun. The robber then pulled the bell cord, giving the engineer the signal to stop the train, which was done. After securing the box, containing $1000, the robber jumped from the train and started toward town.
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Carson, Nev
Event Date
Feb. 10
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robber secured box containing $1000 and escaped toward town; no casualties mentioned
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About 7 o'clock last evening, a mile out of town, the express car of the Virginia and Truckee mail train was smashed in. The robber demanded the box containing money to pay wages to section hands from express messenger Jack Page at shotgun point, pulled the bell cord to stop the train, secured the box, and jumped from the train toward town