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Show PASSENGERS TELL OF THE WORK OF 1 ROBBEUN IL P. TRAIN Dancing Girls on Observation Car Suddenly Confronted by a Man With Two Guns Conductor Bruce Brown of Ogden Og-den Has an Exciting Experience Colored Porters in a Wild Scramble Bandit Well Dressed and Nervy. Passengers on Union Patrfflo train "No. Bl, who were among the victims of a lono robber last night when near Hannn, Wyo had an interesting fltory to tell this morning when the train arrived at the Ogden terminal station shortly after 7 o'clock. The robber boarded the train at Greeley,. Colo., purchasing only a seat ticket He wore a light overcoat, Stetson hat, a suit of blue serge clothes, black pointed-toe Bhoes and carried a small satchel. He was smooth shaven and a pleasant spoken spok-en Individual and, during tho afternoon, after-noon, talked congenially with several of tho passengers. About 5 o'clock, he went into the dining car and, approaching the conductor, con-ductor, Bruce Brown of Ogden, asked If he had anything in stock that would relieve hoarseness, as he had Btrained his vocal chords whllo rooting root-ing at a ball game. His voice bore out tho statement and, as he refused whiskey, stating that he had never tasted that kind of liquor, Conductor Brown gave him a drink of hot lemonade. lem-onade. At supper-time, he entered the dining din-ing oar with his overcoat flung over his shoulder after the manner of a cape. This was done, it is thought both to carry out the impression that he was suffering of a cold and to hide the revolvers that later figured prominently in the holdup. He ordered or-dered and ate his supper and then went into the observation car. The Ruth St Denis classic dancers, fourteen in number, with their manager, man-ager, were on the rear platform of the observation car, and when their fellow passenger came into view, the manager turned to ask him to Join the party. His attention was distract dis-tract ed for a moment .however, and when he turned his gaze into the car again, he, with the troupe of fourteen four-teen girls, looked into the muzzle of a big revolver In the hands of the robber and Baw another gun trained on the guard. Tho command, 'Throw up your hands!" followed and was obeyed. The robber disarmed the guard and, just as he was finishing luis joo, a nniKemau appearea anu wis covered, this drawing the attention atten-tion of the robber away from the theatrical the-atrical people. Without delay, the robber forced tho guard and brakeman to proceed toward the front of the train ahead of him. Going through the narrow corridor of the observation car, they encountered the conductor of tho train He was commanded to throw up his hands but, thinking the command com-mand a Joke, was a trifle slow in do Ing so. To hasten him, the robber fired a shot over his head, the bullet going through the top of the car. A passenger who was closely following fol-lowing the conductor heard the shot and, realizing what was up, ran back Into the Pullman car and hid his wallet. wal-let. A moment later, the robber, with tho brakeman guard and conductor ahead of him, entered the firbt Pullman Pull-man and, with the brakeman holding the hat forced the male passengers to produce their valuables and throw them into that receptacle. Tho women wom-en were unmolested. That his visit to the dining car dur- ing the supper hour had beon for a purpose other than that of eating, was evidenced when he reached the passenger who had hidden his wallet. This man took ?6 out of his pocket and throw the money Into the hat Following tis action came tho words "That wont do; drop your wallet" and the frightened passenger confessed con-fessed that he had hidden the wallet wal-let Lack of time prevented a search for it and the robber and his unwilling unwil-ling collector proceeded Into the second sec-ond Pullman. The male passengers on this car were also forced to disgorge, but either by accident, caused through frirht, or purposely, the robber's prog-reas prog-reas was effectually stopped when he reaohed the vestibule of the third Pullman car, and he was forced to leavo the train, which was then traveling trav-eling at a rate of about twenty miles an hour. In Dining Oar. by Conductor Bruce Brown of tho dining din-ing car and, in efefct, was as follows: fol-lows: Brown was checking up his day's receipts in the diner, when one of the negro waiters and then another daBhed through the car. A third followed, fol-lowed, but the conductor managed to Btop him. In frightened toneB, the negro said the train was being robbed. rob-bed. At this, Brown started toward the supposed scene of the robbery and went through one sleeper, endeavoring endeav-oring to secure a gun. Tho gun, however, how-ever, was not forthcoming and finding find-ing tho next Pullman In darkness, tho conductor decided not to take a ohnnrvA. The porter of this oar had alBO learned what had been going on in the cars behind and, thinking to stop the further progress of the robber, decided to look the door to the vestibule. vesti-bule. Tho desperado who was now alone however, saw him before he could put the thought in action and ordered him to "Come out of there'" 'Tm your porter, boss" was tho reply and the robber followed with, "I don't care if you are my porter, corao out of there." The negro obeyed the second command, com-mand, but shut the door behind him the latch catching and dashed ahead into the car from which the robber rob-ber had Just emerged, also locking that door. Caught between tho two cars, the robber seemed to instantly realize his danger of capture and. taking a desperate des-perate chance, opened the vestlble door and leaped from tho train. The conductor, who had been following fol-lowing him after ho loft the second Pullman, saw the leap and said that he also saw tho desperado, after rolling roll-ing a short distance, raiso to his feet, still holding one of tho guns. Boforo leaving tho train guard, whom he sent back into tho first Pullman Pull-man car to give tho passengers permission per-mission to drop their hands, tho robber rob-ber presented him with a gold watch, saying, "I got this when I robbed the Overland Limited and promised then to givo it to some one on th next train that I held up." |