In 1920, George Underwood thought he was only waiting for a train at the Wabash Station in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
He had been to Kansas City and was on his way back to Carrollton when two armed men approached him and forced him into a motor car.
What followed was a brutal robbery that nearly cost him his life. Taken to a lonely spot near the railroad tracks, Underwood was robbed, bound to the rails with barbed wire, and left there until a passenger train came through in the dark, leaving him horribly mutilated.
Gagged, Robbed and Mutilated
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Missouri. — George Underwood was forced by two men to enter a motor car here tonight, was taken to a spot near the Wabash tracks, half a mile from Excelsior Springs, robbed of $70, and bound to the rails with a barbed wire.
A passenger train passing half an hour later cut off his left foot and hand.
According to Underwood he had been in Kansas City today and had stopped at Excelsior Springs on his return to Carollton. He was waiting at the Wabash Station when the two men approached him and, with revolvers commanded him to enter their motor car, he declared.
Source: Carrizozo Outlook. Carrizozo, N.M. June 18, 1920.
