Show ATTEMPTED HOLDUP HOLD UP OREGON SHORT LINE WAS threatened balse idaho sept 17 the officials of the short line expected train no 1 to be held up somewhere Bome where la the vicinity ot ontario saturday night the information coining to the officials was of such a character that it made it their duty to take precautions against the holdup hold up and they did so it the alarm bad boen true and it robbers had undertaken to carry out their purpose there would have been one 0 the liveliest fights ever known in the history of train robbing in the superintendent mason was in this vicinity when be received the alarming news he at once organized a to protect the train and exterminate the robbers it possible telegraphing to pocatello he secured the services of sheriff ellab and a number of other men of that place persona ano came in from the road today state that there must have been a dozen armed men from pocatello on the train in addition superintendent mason coming to balse got sheriff campbell and deputy ed carter to join the party the men from pocatello did not act as though they knew for what they were wanted until they met the superintendents special down the road somewhere east of nampa they were loafing about the cars heavily armed in a manner that attracted the attention of passengers nut after leaving olenna ferry they disappeared at nampa some of them were seen on the engine others are supposed to have been in the express and mall cars while some were probably with the superintendent whose car was hitched on behind no 1 was late saturday night and superintendent mason leaving hero shortly after six ran to olenna ferry before meeting her the report here was that ehe was an hour and 45 minutes late but in reality she did net pass through nampa until nearly tour hours after the schedule time it Is probable if the holdup hold up bad been contemplated the bandits would have resisted desisted des isted because 0 tha lateness of the hour it must have been nearly daylight when tho train reached the vicinity ot ontario |