The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-29
The Late Robbery on the U. p. Rail-
road..CaptuEe Of the, Robbers.
n WAsurEGroy III d. Nov. 37.

The PostOfilce Department. has received
full reports concerning the robbery Of the
train on the Pacific Railroad. The ad.
vices are that all the parties concerned
will be captured and brought to Justice.
Special Postofiice Agent Basston, who
was dispatched by the Department to the
scene OF operations, has reported to the
Postmaster General, and states that the
depredators were four soldiers from Camp
Halleck, all Of whom are deserteS. One
Of the party, named Carr, was under ar.
rest for murder at the time lie deserted,
and induced his guard TO accompany him
by promises Of the magnificent booty
such an expedition would secure, and
which would make them oil independent
for life. The robbers, after leaving the
train, left clues to their identity in the
shape OF glove marked Edwin Carr,
and q compass inscribed, William Harvey,
Company /, Third Gnited States Cavalry.
Three days after the'OCcurrenCe, tho con.
ductor of tue train robbed saw the rob.
bers at Deep Greek, ninety miles south OF
Toano, heavily armed and flush
Of money. They were well |. sup.
piled with twenty dollar gold pieces Of
the coinage Of 1870, San Francisco mint.
The conductor dispatched amessenger TO
Salt Lake CITY, and notified the United
States aGth0fiti8 there Of his discovery.
In view Of the large reward offered, a., I.
Kimball, son Of the Mormon elder, with q
troop Of volunteer citizens, started in pur-
suit, the United. States Marshal being al.
sent They came up with, the robbers
about forty miles from Salt Lake City.
Here a desperate hand to hand conflict
ensued, and one ofthe robbers was severe
" wounded and another fellcd to the
ground BY a blow from the but Of q mus.
ket. He and the rest.Qf tue party, how
ever, escaped, taking with them the sad.
dlebags of their captured confederate.
On the personof the prisoner were found
several hundred dollars in gold, besides o
quantity of gold dust and mutilated green.
bucks, the latter beingsO dis6guted that
the numbers on them could not be made
out: The prisoner disclaimed any agency
in the robbery, and said that his
name was Morton, but his cloth
ing was all marked, with the same
name rs the compass found In
the ear. HeexpIained this sbysaying that
Harvey had passed the night with him re-
Gently, and had presented him with the
articles of clothing in question. He'was
taken to Elko, Nevada, where the offence
was committed, and placed in custody.
General Morrow, with company OF
cavalry. besides large number Of indie
pendent Mormon Yolunteers,t are in hot
pursuit, and it is claimed thatithere can
he no escape for tho robbers, as the accu-
rate description now had OF them will GER
tainly lead to their detection. So far as
the missing property Is concerned, moth
ing has been heard Of the greenbacks
taken. All but three ol the registered
money letters haye been recovered, One
ofthose missing was that Of sellgman 4
Co., of San francisco, containing $40, 600.
So far as their names could be ascertained
the recovered letters have been returned
to the senders. The gold dust recovered
from Norton Is about One-fourth LOT the
entire sum lost. All the parties, when
captured, will be tried in, the. Nevada
State Court In preference to the United
States Court, as the penalty inflicted by
the State)la is imprisonment forlite.