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Show fTrain Held Up, One: Man Killed and I POSSE? OUT IN EVERY DICTION m TO GET TRACE OF THE BANDITS M BetectivAoId to the Theory That the Rob m J rs m j Made Their Way Back to This HL CitjBAreNow in HidingDead B lJmUj Brought Mere H BklW Train H VIth a datnBrunsurpasJc oren Hf lu tho frontier dfftys of cri;, two H men last night Ticld-uXln(1 rtoed the f Oterland Limited trainwn, tie South- V oni pacific at Reese, ninow'a vest H ., ff this city, and havo apparently Esde K.. Cfl their escape, leaving behind themi H W arceI' a clew U their identity. B W ,n addition to robbing tie passeu-H passeu-H w gor's of tho train, the robbers shot f and instantly Wiled William Davis, H a colored porter of one of the Pull- H man sleepers, and -wounded A. W! V Taylor, also a colored porter. Tho j Iioldup men wero armed with short- M barreled rifles and were masked. M Tney woro plain dark clothes and H. "ore their slouch hats pulled well N - flown over their faces, In this manner T partly concealing their identity. H The robbery occurred at 11:05 p. l m , and tho first word of tho holdup P. reached Ogden at 1:15, a little more Mr lna two hours after tho deed was H committed. Tho train was In charge Hk cf the bandits for nearly an hour, the V robbers being careful to Bee that dodo Hp of the- passengers should .escape '-vlth H their valuables. Mf After leaving the train, the robbers B on their way back to Ogden held 1 up and robbed two girls. They also H attempted to steal tho engine- of the H passenger to carry the,m back to this H rity. but were thwarted in this dare- c'ovil scheme by a freight train which H wa; following the Limited. It is be- jj 1'cved that the robbers managed to H roach Ogden by a detoured route and fc arc now in this city. Hf Saw Danger Signal. V The westbound Overland Limited, which was duo to arrive hero at 3: -10 I B .Monday nfternoon, was late and did ff not reach Ogden until about 10-30 In I K the evening, Tho train left the Union T . depot at exactly 10:30. As tho train B ris nearlng Reose, the engineer no- tired with alarm that tho interme- P dlatc block stood at danger. The f tram was brought to a halt and the nagman sent ahead to investigate the M The train was in charge of Conduc- H tor W. a. Mlddleton. On the engine M ))CT0 Engineer Edward Rowso and Hroman L. C. McLean. N. Cross was !raia.n:aTand H. H. Han-BW?kwns Han-BW?kwns working as flagcm. It was H Hancock who walked aheaTrwif-tho H train and aB be trudged ca towatvi H Reese the train slowly ' followed. Hj When the engineer reached the Reese H ' riding he brought tho train to a full M ' Faced a Gun. M The flagman, was atout to board H tho train again when lie cate face to H . face with two men a tall aal a short H man. H I Ho was ordered to thro up his H Mtunds, the command belDj enforced H b menacing barrels of two gas which H Were pushed into his fa. Han-H Han-H Yock complied with tho onl? Uf the, H obrs With the flagman n fro.x m If Ihcrn, tho pair carryl"ue g.us A climbed aboard tho tra HL ,.'i a M"i cool deliberate manner r B wcr H oi relieving the cxcited;i0Kcr8 0f H their valuables. r. 1 The robbers pushed JK, the H car. Still covered by thtfL of e H two men, Hancock walke,(jdvRnce H and reluctantly held ft-fsem the r sack into which they drotj the joot H ns it was secured. 1 i Hit a Passengi H , One passenger, who -'aitakc and D reading a newspaper "w thc rob- bers approached him, E0 6ur. A. nrlsed that ho did not n hls first rcquet To proTC HjjrJIence hAAwas coaches nnd again upon tho main track. May Be Ogden. fopCnws of the freight train and PJpSenger mJii, held up by masked "Jen at Reesenlno miles west of Og-4en, Og-4en, at 11:05 tnJgtt, were being "vought -back to Ogden 5or the purpose pur-pose of giving more detail d accounts of the robber- 1ind aiding" in identifying identi-fying any suspecta who may bo rounded round-ed up by the four armed posses in tho field ffrb.; tho police of this city who are maklnga house to house canvass of the roorufasplaces and hotels on lower Twcnty-flftus-treet. . The detectives aro of the opinion " that the holdups made their way in to Ogden during the night and are now Jn hiding hero. This theory Is based kon tho fact that, after Southern Pacific Pa-cific Overland No. 1 had been robbed, the bandits uncoupled tho engine of tho train and commanded the engineer engi-neer to take the switch and back his engine in the direction of Ogden. The light engine had proceeded only n short distance when it met a freight train on the main line, blocking further fur-ther progress. The men, after holding hold-ing up the freight crew and destroying destroy-ing the telephone instrument In tho i caboose, took to tho wagon road and were last seen a-foot a short distance west of Ogden when they held up a oung man escorting the daughters of Bishop Wayment v their homo In I Warren,,- and after taking from the escort the few nickels he had In his pocket.ordered the belated party of young people to "beat It." Since 'then no trace of tho bandits, who are heavily armed, has been found, j The 'Southern Pacific and allied Harriman roads will offer a heavy reward re-ward for the capture of tho robbers. i' Dosperate Fellows, The killing of William" Davis, whoso home is in Chicago, and the wounding . of A, W. -Taylor, both colored Pullman porters, were cold-blooded, unprovoked unpro-voked acts on the part of tho bandits. ban-dits. The colored men wero in a drawing draw-ing room of a Pullmau when tho robbers rob-bers entered and they mado no move to resist. One of tho thugs asked Mb coufederato "What will wo do with thera?" The reply was- "Kill them; they aro only niggers," and instantly came the murderousre-snousc murderousre-snousc from ' a rifle and one of the pUris lay dead and tho other des- perato-ywoiuidcd. Turning to Brake-man Brake-man Hancu ki who uad bfcen holding the "sack" au .p aa linwiiiinjj Wt. ness to the tragedy, t,bn n'urrer said- . - yy. "Dhl I ,n thorn?" and the brake-man brake-man an3tered -J yujg y0 tlJJi Porter Taylor credits his escape from deii t0 ni8 feigning dead as ho fell tj ti floor, wounded in tho ripjf arm. There wero twenty-seven passen-'gers passen-'gers on tho Overland Limited and all but three were searched. The total loot is placed at $1,100 to $1,200 by railroad officials Ono passenger lost $20. A woman, who hesitated in obeying obey-ing tho command to glvo up her valuables, val-uables, was struck n sever blow In the breast, the muzzlo of ono of the rifles being UBed as a prod. Two other passengers were iStrilckfer tho head by the butt end of revolvers. Young People Held Up. The experience of Bishop Way-meut's Way-meut's daughter and tholr companions, compan-ions, who were held up by the bandits at Warren, a small town twelve inllefl northwest of this city, u-i&j a thrilling one, although the young people cs- caped without Injury or loss of their valuables Bishop "Wayment, In describing de-scribing tho affair, said "My d.yightera, Myrtle and Mjiry-IJhaccornpanled Mjiry-IJhaccornpanled 'bjj Earl and Erneet BtedHttaMjb)iOigfromaj took no part whatever in the affair. When the men left, they walked very fast toward the north, in tho direction of Hot Springer" Mr Wayment stated that thirty rods farther down the road the bandits ban-dits passed his son and nephow, but they did not attempt to stop them. Tho description of the men, obtained by the Warren people, tallies with that secured by the railroad men. Description of the Men. Both of the men wore black soft hats and dark coats, but no overcoats. over-coats. Each wore high-topped shoes which laced almost to the knees. It was noticed that one of tho men carried car-ried a rifle, while both wero armed with automatic revolvers. They woro well-filled cartridge belts on the outside out-side of their coats. "Forty rods north of whero the men passed my son they turned east," continued con-tinued Mr. Wayment, "and wo traced them for about a half mile down the road. Here they seemed to have entered en-tered a thicket of willows Just below what is known as the Plain City and West Weber bridge. I think that the deputies, upon their arrival, traced the men still farther." First Report of Robbery. The holdup at Warren occurred about ten minutes to 1 o'clock, and It was reported to the sheriff's office shortly after the holdup of tho train was reported The two cases wero connected at onco and the first posse of officials, composed of Deputios Murphy and Hadlock and Detectives Chambers and Wnrdlow, left in an automobile au-tomobile for Warren. They wero instructed to scour tho country between the Hot Springs and the scene of the train holdup. After going to the home of Mr. Wayment and -securing a delalfed description of the men wanted, the officers followed fol-lowed the route takon by the bandits and continued their search in that locality lo-cality until noon today. Got On Wrong Road. In view of tho fact that it is several sev-eral miles from Reeso to Warren and that the two men made It In about one hour, it is very evident that both are fast walkers. Ab the men wero last seen going In an easterly direction direc-tion and were traced for a considerable consider-able distance in that direction, it was the general opinion that they wero headed for this city. This theory was strengthened by tho effort of the bandits ban-dits to reach this city on board the Overlnnd's engine. The theory Is advanced ad-vanced that they took the Warren road by mistake and later discerning their error, proceeded across country to tais city. Two iFarmers Arrested and Released. Dur'ng the intense interest In Ogden Og-den which marked the search for the Overland bandits, the officers followed fol-lowed down many clews which failed to result in the capture of the men The report was circulated about tho Btreets this morning that the desperadoes desper-adoes had called at a Five Points saloon sa-loon ar an early hour. Investigation revealed tho fact that the posse headed by Deputy Murphy had worked on this clew and found tho alleged bandits to bo two farmhands who were on their way to work. Tho men were closely questioned by the officers, who fully convinced them-ze-. " that the men were not the train robbers. Shortly before noon It was reported report-ed that a man answering tho description descrip-tion of one of tho train robbers was lurking in the vicinity of the Utah Construction'yards. Two auto loads of city police and railroad special agents hastened to tho scene but learned that Uio man had disappeared When thc officers appeared tho man fled toward the Oregon Short Lino bridge Tho officers gave chase but the man lost himself in tho jungles along tho Weber river and escaped. Several members of the posse aro still searching In the locality. On the supposition that tho train robbcrr had succeeded in reaching this city following their flight from "Warron, it was decided to make a thorough search of thc rooming houses. hous-es. Several police officers and detoct-li-ea wero detailed on this work and the search was a thorough one. Se-oral Se-oral Buspects were taken In, but none enswered the description of the bandits. ban-dits. Doctor's Story of Holdup. The first detailed story of the only bQQlngv.'hlob occurred in connection HHHHMHBtegldup ft H. ftrcon Hjy for the H) ill-fated Hircd to Als patient, as Hkpavis, wore Bkclfic train Kden K injured Hhospitnl HEonthern Hlf rac turc j Taylor Hu f feting Bg I re-L re-L tcll-Bictlng tcll-Bictlng M. xo. L nd the circumstances surrounding thc shooting of Taylor and the Injury to himself. "He said that he and Taylor had gone Into tho drawing room of the second coach from the rear of tho train to partake of some lunch when tho two bandits and tho flagman entered en-tered the coach. Leveling a rifle at thc plotters, the men commanded them (o throw up their hands. Both jumped to their feet and were almost facing each other as the bandits advanced. ad-vanced. "Davis said 'For God's sake don't shoot me, and the taller of the two men replied, 'Kill the of a , he's only a nigger.' With this Davis" I claims that thc shorter man "of the i two flrod. The bullet passed through Taylor's right arm near tho shoulder, shattering tho bone, and then entered Davis' breast directly over tho heart, causing Instant death." Passengers Unnerved. Continuing, Dr. Paradis said: "When I entered thc train I found everybody in a very nervous condition ns a result re-sult of their terrible experience. In addition to the colored man, who was shot in the arm, two men and one woman had been injured. All were struck with guns and their injuries in-juries consisted of nothing more than bruises. "The woman who was injured told mo that she had complied with the demand of the masked bandit when ordered to glvo up her monoy and valuables. She told him that sho had given him all the money sho had but he evidently did not believe her and struck tho woman in the breast with the gun he carried. The two men had received blows on the head." Thought It a Dream. Dr. Paradis related thc experlenco of one man who was reading thc account ac-count of an accidental killing in Salt Lake City when he received the command com-mand to throw up his hands. At first he believed it to be a dream but when tho masked desperado drew closer and pushed the muzalo of the Tlfle almost against hiB face, he complied. This 'passenger was relieved of $227 in cash and some valuables'. According to tho doctor's story, tho flagman, who was the first to face the robbergrat thDj,rear end of the train, was pressed Into service to assist as-sist them in gathering tho looL At thc point of a rlflo he was forced to carry the bag into which tho money and jewelry was placed as it was taken ta-ken from tie passengers. It is claimed claim-ed that this trainman took his life in his hands when ho tried to make away with the sack full of booty during dur-ing a brief stampede. Flagman Made a Dash. The noise of the shot und the general gen-eral excitement which prevailed on tho train -caused the passengers In tho last coach toward the front end of tho train to make a dash for tho baggage bag-gage car as the heavily armed men entered the car. While the attention of the bandits was temporarily at tracted to the passengers, the trainman train-man is said to have also made a dash for the baggage car Ho was unable to reach the door in time to save thc swag. With a rifle levelled at his head, the flagman was obliged to halt and continue his unwelcoino task of receiving the loot gathered from thc passengers. (Continued on Page Seven.) oo TRAIN HELD UP, ONE MAN KILLED, PASSENGERS ROBBED (Continued from Base One.) . . , REWARD MAY BE J A LARGE ONE. i -v General Superintendent B. C? . .--. son o" ho Oregon Short Lino etatea this anornoon that a reward of $5,-000 $5,-000 for the capture of the bandits would most likely be posted by the railroad company. Official notice of this reward must come from Vice President Bancroft and this official has not yet publicly announced tho amount of money to be paid for the apprehension of the robbers. General Gen-eral Superintendent Manson bases his statement on the amount of reward wjilch was offered In the Oregon Short Line holdup of six months ago. 4- . Have Had Railroad Experience. Interwoven throughout the entire ( action of the train robbery is a chain of circumstantial evidence which would seem to prove conclusively that I the bandits wore railroad men of no mean experience. They not only displayed dis-played a knowledge of tho automatic block signal apparatus, but also showed Uiat they were fully acquainted acquaint-ed with the operation of trains by this system. . , x Official Investigation of tno intermediate inter-mediate semiphore, whoso danger signal sig-nal halted the Overland Limited and also the following freight train, shows that the apparatus was ingeniously ingeni-ously tampered with. These semi-phorcs semi-phorcs are automatically operated by means of contacts which form and break electric circuits. Upon examination of the signal between be-tween West Weber and Reese It was found that a match had been so placed as to prevent tho copper contacts con-tacts from touching. The -mechanism of the semiphore Is so constructed that the normal signal, in case of the slightest Irregularity, is red and therefore there-fore danger. Such was the result last night after: tho match had broken the eloctrlc circuit. It was also found that tho robbers were in possession of the keys which open the solid Iron box in which the mechanism is located. locat-ed. Neither the lock nor tho iron bos wore broken. Knew Train Business. Evidence of their knowledge of train operation is shown in the plan of operation. In but one Instance did tho train robbers blunder and that was in their failure to anticipate a train following Their cleverness Is shown when they did not wait at tho intermediate semiphore to board the train but were in waiting to climb aboard when it had cleared the switch. This was done to further their plan of escape by cutting off tho engine and running it around the train on the switch. it was in this mannor that tho roD-bers roD-bers intended to ride back to Ogdon. Fato which seemed to be standing with' the robbers and helping them at every turn, here deserted them, me bandits, who had planned tho holdup j with such evident care, did not tako i into consideration freight No. 3, which , left the local yards Immediately after the Limited had pulled out. Meat Train In the Way. This was a meat train In charge of Conductor Bert Jenkins, with 13. T. I Reinhard and T F. McGovern as brakeman. Engineer Halngreen and Fireman Peterson formed the engine crew. The freight had moved slowly slow-ly over two blocks, when it came upon the intermediate semiphore which had blocked the Overland. Head Brakeman RInehard proceeded proceed-ed to flag tho block ahead of his train but had gone only a short distance dis-tance when he noticed the aPl)r" of the engine and car which pioved I to be a part of the Limited. RInehard signaled the aPProachIn tra'n stop, but the bandits would not a low the engineer to comply until thoj wore upon the freight brakeman Don't you know that you jje liable to run into the meat train? was Re.nhard's interrogation without waiting to see who was on the en g,He had not time to say anything further, for the short train robber S down from the engine cab and notated the short-barreled gun at the brakeman's head. ... ( Would it make any difcrence to you, if I die?" asked the train robber HolVd took one look down the tl o negativ " Co&ndfns the en-P en-P m-er and" flreman of tho limited to cGome down out of their cab, the robbers rob-bers lined all three men up against the engine and told them to stay there I Destroyed Instrument. J The bandits then disappeared in the ( direction of the freight and. after fir-. ?ng two shots to impress the engine-nien engine-nien of the freight, they Proceeded to the cnboose. Here the short man again tool: the lead, entering the car nd pointing his gun at DraUenmn McGovern. His next act was to tear tho telephone Instrument from the wall and destroy it. This instrument Is UKPd for counectiug with telegraph wires and establishing communication J h the dispatcher. While the man a back was turned for an Instant. Mc Goeri reached for his own ;iutotna-tt ;iutotna-tt but upon hearing step on the plat form of the car he desisted, fearing that the man had a confederate. With a parting warning to McGovern McGov-ern not to put his head out of the c?booso both desperadoes left and disappeared In the darkness down the track. This was the last seen of them until they made themselves evident at Warren. Raided Rooming Places. Feeling certain that the robbers had reached Ogden the police at an early hour this morning made a raid of the rooming houses on lower , Twent-fitth street and arrested a number of suspects, none of whom are serious believed to havo any con-. con-. otion with tho train robbery. This i -i n t-W0 mon were seen in the juuble Juat S0ll(h of the cIty ami at , hQ aPP ch of tho officers who were I ln search the robhers, these two men fled, tti , pursuit tho officers followed and m? - Layton tho men were captured. 'i ., woro b,.0UBhL i back, to Ogden and v.. tnen jdeu. tlfled as prisoners who huo tuade their escape ' from tho chain ga.. tna morning, while "being worked' R no street. Thoy were locked up to 0m plete their sentence. The posse under the command u Sheriff Barlow Wilson scoured the' county ln the vicinity of where the holdup occurred, but were unable to secure any trace of the bandits. The site of the robbery is a'desolato one. Efforts to track tho robbers by means of the snow were Impossible because of the fact that in many places tho ground was blown free of snow aud tho hard desert ground left no Imprints Im-prints of the robbers' feeL Special Train Arrives. On a special train from Salt Lake City which arrived in Ogden thiB morning were Gen. Supt. E. C. Man-son, Man-son, Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp, Special Agent Joseph Jones and others. Tiheso officers conferred with the local authorities. au-thorities. Sheriff Sharp returned to Salt Lake City this afternoon but the special agent of the Oregon Short Line remained in this city to offer what assistance he" can to the local officers. Porter Davis, the dead man, was a resident of Chicago, and is believed to leave a family In that city. Taylor, Tay-lor, the injured man, is also a resident resi-dent of Chicago. Taylor was removed to the Doe Memorial hospital where his Injuries have received medical attention. at-tention. The wound ln his arm, while serious, may not prove fatal. The remains of Davis will be held In this city until word has been received re-ceived from his family in Chicago. Valuables Taken. The list of valuables taken includes in-cludes five diamond rings, eight other rings thirteen watches, among which were' three belonging to the train crew, and various other articles or value. . ,. . t 3 oJlock .this aftcjrnoou Uje train crew of the Limited was called Into secret conference with General Superintendent E C. Manson and Assistant As-sistant Superintendent Easton. At this hour the list of passengers had not yet been secured (by the Harrlman officials. |