That Audacious Train Robbery

ASHINGTON, Oct. 15.- Not the shadOW of a tangible clew to the identity of the men who accomplished the remarkable feat of train brigandage in Virginia, almost under the shadow of the national capital, has yet como to light. The little town of Quantico. which consists of half a dozen houses almost isolated from civilization, 3 overrun with detectives - officers from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. There are almost as many theories aíloat as there are detectives, but the only points on which the theories are practically harmonious are that the robbery was a carofully planned vvork, executed by experienced iirofessiooals, and that the men are probably far distant from their field of operations before this time. Most partías agree that a boat played a part in the escape, but no strange crafts were seen on the Potomac that night so far as can be learnod. The theory that the men crossed to the Maryland shore is being weakenod on second thought by the fact that there were no trains by which they ceuld have escaped within reasonable reaoh. Kvory rod of ground betweon the river and the scène of the robbery has been threshed over with the result that the remanís of a camp fire with a bag Deáring tlie label of a Washington bakory were discovered in the woods. There were seven men in the gang and the fact that they asked for the way bill when told that one safe was empty, and the other fact that they seemed, liko the California thugs, to be posted on railroading, indícate that they are ex-railway men. Express Messenger Crutchfield says: "But one robber entored the car. He was of heavy build and dressed like a farmer, although he seemed to thoroughly understand the expresa business; he had a red handkerchief over the lower part of hls face. When the train was stopped I oponed the door of my car. The robber fired one shot at me. I flred back and closed the door. He called, 'Open tho ioor.' I did not do it." Then they blew ihe car door into splinters with dynamite. They wore all very cool. The amount of moncy stolen varies irom $150,000, according to the cstimates of the express employés, and $85,000, acoording to what the express officials say, and up to this writing it is impossible to say how much was taken