The Winchester News

HELD UP BY LONE BANDIT

Robber Opens Rear Door of Pullman Car and Confronts Astonished Crew With a Revolver.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 27.—A bandit celebrated Christmas Sunday night by going through Missouri Pacific train No. 112, due here at 10:35 and holding up more than 100 passengers, from whom he took only money and watches.

The man boarded the train, which was from St. Joseph, bound for St. Louis, at Leavenworth Junction, in the outskirts of Leavenworth, and left it at Northwestern Junction, in Kansas City, Kan., after securing a large amount of money and valuables and shooting one man who attempted to resist him.

As the train pulled out of the Leavenworth Junction the robber opened the rear door of the Pullman car and confronted the astonished crew with a revolver, after which he robbed them. Cautioning the conductor and porter to keep still, he went through the car, taking up a collection of watches and wallets.

Finishing with the Pullman he continued through the chair cars and the smoker until he had held up every passenger.

The train left Leavenworth Junction shortly before 10 o'clock, and by the time the man had finished his work it had reached Kansas City Junction. Here he dropped from the steps of the smoker and disappeared.

The railroad officials say the man who was shot was not seriously injured, and it is not known how much money the bandit secured.