The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-17


GULATIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
The Robbery on thc Pacific Railroad
Eifty Thousand Dollars Tab en- Ex-
press Car Robbed Five Thousand
Dollars Reward.
The Corinne (Utah) Reporter has the fol-
lowing account Of M affair already alluded
to by telegraph:
Yesterday morning startling rumor
spread through the city that the express
ear on the Central Pacific had been robbed
Of sums variouSly stated at from ten to a
hundred thousand dollars. Later and more
authentic dispatches brought particulars of
Two robberics Of the same train. The first
occurred on the night Of the 4th instant
near Verdi, Nevada, and the second the
next night near Peoquop, a small station
occasion the robbers uncouplcd the express
and baggage cars from the passenger train,
and took possession of them after they had
progrCs ssed some distance. The messenger
OF Wells, Fargo & Co. had barricaded the
door Of the express car, but being alone
within, was compelled to reopen it, and the
entire contents were ritled in few moments.
Forty-eight thousand dollars were taken
from the trcasure-chcSt, mostly in coin
part of the robbers standing with levelled
guns while the others did the work. On
the next evening the train was tllgged near
Pcoquop, and the moment it stopped two
men jumped on the locomotive and several
more on the express car, with pistols
pointed at the employees; they then un-
coupled as before from the passenger train,
md ran the express and baggage.car some
tive miles. There they put of the messen-
ger and agent, but compelled the engineer
TO rul. five miles further, when they stop.
ped and completed the robbery, obtaining
this time some $4,000. Ten persons were
seen engaged in the first robbery and six in
the last. It's not known what amount was
taken from the mai-car. Wells. Fargo l.
Co. offer 4 reward of % 500 tor the arrest
ana conviction of the rot berS, or any OF
them, and the same for the recovery of the
treasure. or prOportionately for any part OF
il. The Central Pacltic company offer
81 600 cuch for the arrest and conviction OF
the robbers. This is certainly the most
audaciouS robbery ever perpetrated in the
West, if not in the United States, and it is
doubtful if the moderate reward offered
will induce ordinary thirt-takerS to attack
men H. desperate az the robbers have shown
themselves to be.
The particulars of the first robbery are
thus given by the Gold Hill Ne,cs:
1t appears that the castWard-bOund train
had been delayed an hour by the freight
trains which cpiIidcd yesterday, and conse.
quently it was IN hour behind time when il
arrived at Verdi. The train here waited
Tor the wcStward-hound passenger train
from Keno to pass it, and aftcrit had passed
seven masked men mounted the platform o
standing in the way OF the brakcsman, who
desired them to gr: out his way, a. he
could rot operate the brakes. But they
paid no DcCu to him, and he went into the
car for the conductor, who, on coming
out, had several pistols pointed at his head,
and was requested to go back. Just then
the bcli.rope Was cut, aud the highwaymen
took to the locomotive, and, with drawn
pistols, commanded the engineer to start
The locomotive and the express and mai
cars down the road. The engineer at
first protested; but it was life or death
with him, and the formidable weapons
which were pointed 1T his head very
plainly convinced him that his strange
visitors meant business. He accordingly
ran the locomotive and express car down
the road about eight miles 10 Hunters ole
crossing OF the Iruckce river, where he
while two OF tie hi@hwaymen kept the en-
einccr covered with their weapons, tho
others went on each side Of Wells, Fargo 4
Co.'S express ear and Knocked for adlnis
sion. There was biIt one clerk in the car
and he WAS entirely ignorant rs 10 what was
going on outside; SO he partly opened /;
shutter or small door, and sccnC the mel
hanging on TO the side OF the car trying tc
get in he quickly closed it: and on going tC
the other side OF the car he found Sevcra
others trying to force the door open. lie
accordingly surrendered, opened the doors
and the highWaymcn entered. 1T was bUl
he work OF a few moments for the five rob
ber>to clutch the sacks uf gold containing be
! tween 50. 600 and so 900, which were in tn,
safe, and 10 leave the car and he out OF sigh
among the cEapalcl. In the haSte,O seiZ
ing the coin, some Oft got scattered over The
car floor, aud was afterwards gathered VI
by the clerk or messenger. There was alst
considerable silver coin in the safe, but th(
robbers took none Of il. After the sever
had left the car and locomotive, the engineer
concluded to go back for his train ut Verdi
which Was standing Just where it had beer
left most all the passengers being asleep
and only about dozen being aware that tn,
seven masked men had run away with tht
locomotive and express car. After TIT
conductor llaQ DcSl ~ thCtIelloulouSl,
ordered into. the sleeping car hy tht
robbers, he rushed into Il rear Car for
weapon, and returned only in time Il
see the tugitivcs passing round Il benz
in the road at a speed of forty knots III
hour. He then rushed for the telegraph
office, but only to find that the wires hat
been cut in both directions. Attera deten
ton of the train at Verdi for at least two
hours and 4 half, il started for Reno, where
it arrived without further trouble. The
alarm was Immediately given, and Nels
Hammond (Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent
started half a dozen picked men on horse
back out after the robbers, who are sup
posed to have taken TO the mountains IL
the direction Of Webber Lake and the Hen
neS, Pass road towards California. The
money which was taken by the robbers wa:
all intended for Gold Hill and Virginia
City to pay oil the wages Of our miners
the principal amount, we learn, was in
tended to pay the hands in the yellow
Jacket to-day.
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