, 1870-11-23
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BAEDIrS
Interesting Narrative OF the Arre.x
hT HOrnon EEdcxn of the Train
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From the Salt Lake Strs, Voc. 10
- AZ anout o'clock this morning Heber P.
kiolbali, J. Quiocy Know!toa, aad Riley Judd,
arrived N town. having IN their cu.tody two
men who robbed the Centr4l Pacific train. aud
who were seen 1T Deep Creek lately. Theo-
dore E. Trey. agent uf Wel1s, Fargo i Co..
in this city. bad spoken 70 Hebar about goiuE
out vest, raising posse Of men and mixing
an effnrt to f3nd these robbers. In conpAng
Will, his wife and her sisses, and ]. Qaipcv
krowltor. he left the city YESTERDAY morning
in 4 clrriage for G:antsyille, expecting Is
leave the la9ies there, aud from that point
take biz measures TO find the robbers il pos
sible. When they resched the forks Of the
road beyond the point Of the mountain they
saw tho atage coming aud found that Riley
Judd, Heber'a trotner-ia-law, was on board.
Heher hailed him and requested him to 20
RaS1 Ill., ss wsh ha bin con9 g.. a.Ant',.lls 1as
veil do 60, ss he had some letters
they aaw two hoEsemen approaching from the
west, and, as they thought the letter could be
sent By them, Riley got on the stags and &C.
'cnnpanied them When the horsemen ssw
them they a.eered ont Of the road as II to
avoid, but seeing It w3a q c&<rt1Ee containing
ladies' they turned back into the road. When
they Iaet, Heber inquired II they were going
to the city and would take some letters. One
OF them replied that ono Of them wsa, but the
other wonld not 60 in for t1o or three dA5s.
Some further conversation ensued, during
which they remarked that they had been min
ing in Skull Valley. What they said aroused
Htber's euspicions. He inquired II they had
heard about the railroad being robbed. They
replied they hsd not, and wanted to know II
the 1ohbe5a h.a beea caught H. eaid no;
well, and guess we'll take you :" It the sarae
moment, having got out Of the carriage dur
ing the conversation. he seized the horne BY
the bride and brought his pistol to bear upon
the mAu.
lop and rode of ~ hard "a he could. He was
followed by J. Quincy Kno~lton. who mouat-
ed tho captured mans hosno and gave chAse,
the fellow having. however, got about two
miles the start Of him. He succeeded in get
ting so close to him that he could have shut
him il he had wished: but, being alone with
him, he thought to do 30 would be uuwsze,
and continued tho chase. By this time they
had reached E. 7, City, and, in passing
through the slough, or ir7igsting canal, the
supposed robber threw away xh1t seemed to
be s.d1ie1sags. and shortly attesw.rds Quincy
around for souae Tins for the aaddlo.bags, but
could not find them.
In tho meantime, the other supposed rob
ber had been taken to house belonging to or
near that IT Bishop Lorerzo fonns. anil wa.
htrt there under guard BY Riley Judd while
wel.t down tho road to assist Quincy in sacuT-
irg the other mtn. When they cot
readr to bring them on to the city, thoF pro-
rosf to tie them bns no SOONER did thc hr,t
one caught hear the rropokltfon than hs made
a desperate effort to got aWay. ilo raa
the elot gun at biz legs, but it was lo.ac.i
with fsne sl,ot, aud only two or thrae OF them
hit him. They finally caught him. but be onlr
enbmitsed after he received several raps Oh
the head from tle butt end Of . pistol.
We, We arc Indebted to officer Philips for the
having started ont West With the intention Of
trying to fud the other men. L company Of
United StAtes cavalry from Camp Douglas
aleo started in search Of the robbers. Mr.
Alfred narstow, the United St1tes special mail
agent, made application yesterday to the Gen-
but orders had 70 be received from Washing
ton by Geno11l Morrow before he could send
them with ench IN outfit as to make tier ser
siccs available. It IL altogether likely that
the other two viii shortly be captured.
IA toon as Mr.. BArstow heard the intelli-
gcnce Of the robbery, through despatch from
Superintendent Towue, be Immediately took
the train and cane out On the line until he
met tho train which had been plundered, and
obtained al the Information which he could
from the men who we're aboard. Since the.,
he has been indefAtigable in his exeytions to
obtain cluee to their movements AID to have
them arEtEted. Tie has used the Telegraph
freely, and its aid has contributed greatly to
tho arrest Of tEess two who s1e noR here.
Through his Kindness We have been favored
With the perusual OF the statenlo1: Ut one Of
the captured men {the one who is wounded),
which alr. barBtoW NIpte down az he gsye Ii.
3ir. bass:os took tho prec,ution, before re-
celrlng 1t, to warn him il he did not tell the
truth. sny etattront he might make would
only damage him II ha would give him true
f,nr H. ,nit
for him.
=, The nau answers tho description OF one Of
the robbers, William Harrey, and he hsd upon
biz peTton, 1t tito time Of lila capture, pair
of gloves marked "W. Il. Harvey but be
t1..s,1sd nensT th,t d s'st b. j. IT Hssv =; Tie he
BIN theso glorea- His nAne, he says, IL
Laander Morton, and that fs the signatu,e
which he tas affixed to the written statement.
Harvey. in the published description OF the
robbers, is described A. % years. old th.s man
says he ta % years Of age. He sdmitH nothing
that would chow on it, face that be was 3
party to the robbiuE Of tho train, but ttero
are several points Of his statement, ~ to his
tnove.ueuttfan where he stopped, which agree
with the information IN the possession OF Mr.
B;s~tow respecting the mosements Of the
When shown the compass marked W;l.isua
Harvey, fompsnv I, Third United States
C4yalry. which vas found by Mr. Darstow in
the dee17s p::ked up by the men o. tie train
after tbs robbery. be denied ever hayinS seen
it before. He 10 I'm honest miner" accoYd-
ing to bis owu account. and If it be doubted,
he wants AL officer to bo eent for from Fort
Hstlfck Who is nclnsintcd With H1zyey, that
hr Enas bc confronted With him. aud then il
may Ia easily proved that be is not the man.
II. his saddle. bags, Ut the tins Of his cap
tutt, be ks1 si26 Ia gfecnbacks. $3.50 in gold
cois: - 50 in eI1seF, package Of sold dust
Weigh; a little over thirty-scven ounces, and
another package weighing naarsy twesty eight
ouEcGs. This gold dust and United States
currency he said he had traded for: but,
unfortunately for lin. the dust - Boise du.s,
The kind which was stolen from Wells.
Fargo l. Co. 9 treasure. aud another uofortun.
ate feature for him is that the numbers on all
the gEek nbacks found on Kim arc detace1.
Agold chain was found upon him. This he
called fob chain, but it Is not 1t is = piece
Of new gold neck chain which his evidently
one-four:h tbs length. In his statement he
admits that his travelling companion had a
pair Of estdle-b4gs also. This, wa uEdef-
eta1d, the other denies; but there il no doubt
he eucceeded in throwing them OF when he
Wa chased.
Tie other captured mau sAss his name is
Baker. but he answers to the description, Mr.
Da1ssow thinks. Of HAd, one ot the Eobaats
Of ahe train. When captured they stated they
were stranger. to each other, but afterEard
they manifested ~ anxiety to oonyarss WITH
each other, which ueber r. Kimbal1 checked,
informing them it WAS SCARCELY I suitahle
t,z1e for them to make each other'a aequstnt-
aucs then. Baker, or Eat, heard eomathlug
abou: the mail robbery which hAd been COM
uisted near Sephi. and thst oue Of the PR
ties orgaged in that hal told AL he knew
about ii. or turned 6tAta's evidence. He re-
Morton. OF Harvey, and. as was thougnt.
with the intention that what he essd should
be helrd BY hin, that il companion Of his
we're to ee-ye him 50. he would Kill him il he
had to DO it io the conss-rooua OF IL b. vas
upor he would Kill the man who '-s4uA*ked.'
We .re g1stiaed with the psomptnses with
which the capture Of fhese men his been fef-
tecsed. and especially that. h1ving come iato
our Territory. thcy tave bean arrested By the
rie11nta Of cur citizens.
r. S,-#e Learn By telegraph that smother
Of the b1igands, Dan Taylor, making i've in
al, has betn ckptureJ-
The Question Of whites and Blacks
1nterzaaxryanE to be Tested by the
CouFts-
Fspn tAr K4zntA;4 Ae1leaeae
On tho night Of the e3d Of list Juse, John
F. Thomas, white nAn. Aod Chrts.y, color
ed womxn, we're arrested By oMoers Deunis,
Reach, and Patrick 6-ly, At hou.e on Co2a.
merre street, second door east OF Third.
south ride. upon the charge OF cohabising." :"
They we1e carr7ed to the station house, and
upou tli11 before the Recorder the next day,
we're each fined $25. Neither Of them paid
The ane. md Chrissy, after two d,ss
Incarceration. ob1ained the money and
~as released. john T: remained there
s7o weeks logger, eoirS occasional
wcsk upon the "chsiu-g1ug." at the end Of
shat tin;o be Vas released hT writ Of ha5sds
ecrEus. Thrs e23e3 Azsita il The Palca
Coer:. 1t appears that Mr. Thor1as WI
eoldier u the Confederate Hrmy. md that after
the war be was married to this colored woman,
Casistv, in tho co!o,ed church on the corner
Of 1Iai- and O<cttou Streets Ha considered
hle .rrrst ard that OF hi. wife rs uu+arraa:.-
f4a .-1 II I, in tim