Show T e second section of 0 S L train no 1 northbound north bound leaving ogden at 1 39 ocl ocl this morning was held up at second street in the north part of this city by three unmasked men all ot the passengers in the chair car and the smoker were relieved ot their valuables and the messenger was compelled to deliver over the contents ol 01 the safe the exact amount the robbers got could not be ascertained at this time the robbers drove to second street from ogden in a rubber tired rl with which they made their escape the robbers stopped the train by means ot railroad torpedoes placed upon the track the engin neer immediately brought the train to a stop the head brakeman went forward to ascertain the cause and was struck over the head with a gun by one of the robbers lie was taken at the point of a gun to the express car and compelled to call to the messenger to open the door As soon as the door v as opened one of the robbers crawled in and commanded the messenger to open the safe after rifling the safe the robbers turned their attention to the coaches As the robbers started tor the coaches they met hear arake man N J franklin who had started to ascertain the cause of delay the robbers commanded him to stop but be continued on and two shots were fired at him with daring equal to any robber ever pulled oft by the famous james gang the train robbers went through each coach with a deliberation and calmness that showed they were no notices at the game alter one ot the men had struck brakeman franklin to the ground he rolled into a ditch where be feigned after seeing that be was unwatched he jumped from the ground and ran enree blocks to the home 0 deputy sheriff john hutchens whom he aroused and informed ot the train robbery the crossing arriving there just as the train pulled out for the north conductor IL L williams was one ot the to leave the train he was covered by one of the robbers and ordered back into the coach while one ol 01 the desperadoes stood guard over engineer kirkwood the others went through the coaches rousing the passengers from their slumbers and relieving them ol 01 valuables the day coach sleeper and two chair cars were entered by the two robbers with revolvers drawn and each passenger demanded to canil over his valuable one woman mr J II 11 call was relieved of a pair ot can ings which were ruth bossly torn from her cars by tho lob tiers drakeman franklin and a foreigner whose name was not learned were the only others who were assaulted the foreigner did not understand what was going on and was brutally beaten with the butt ot a revolver after the train had been robbed the i three desperadoes assembled and a ot shots in the air t to terrorize the passengers got into a light rubber tired vehicle and drove furiously away sheriff barlow allson was notified nd accompanied by detectives jamea fender bob burke bob chambered Cham bere deputy john murphy patrolman peterson hurried to the scene ot the holdup in automobiles the officers located the rubber tired tracts left by the vehicle and gathering a small posse started in pursuit the persona who were robbed are conductor II 11 0 williams gold watch and 12 engineer kirkwood 12 brakhman gold watch and 9 P 3 magal 10 and sold watch J W block gold watch J P elleott El llott pass C mrs J n yost 2 and bedding rang R D smith 2 H L ward E M earl 2 A II 11 beasley 3 H M cad 3 baue held watch and C lars E lawrence ta J W Br lacoe 3 sirs J II 11 ball pair earrings W A call S edison 1 l hoy bancroft 10 mrs M II 11 eddie la 12 A J boulles Bol lles 20 a gold watch a continued on page four |