The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-24
ALLAN PIsKERTON.
A Few Anecdotes Of the Famous
Chicago Detective by an Old
Reporter.

$50 Allan Pinkerton is dead,
a retired news-gstherer
Of Detroit, as he perused the columns
Of q daily newspaper, HE was
ma in some respects,
"Were you acquainted with
Very well. at one time, but
haven't seen him since 186S-or was
it 1869? I'm not certain as to the
year, but think it was 1858.
remember the frat time | met him
just as we'll as if it we're but yester-
day. 1t was at the time of the ex-
tradition proceeding against Reno
and Anderson"
"And who were Reno and Ander-l
son ?D interjec.ed the reporter.
"Frank Reno and Charles Ander-
son were two members of q gang OF
Indiana freebooters who made 81
specially of robbing express cars.
The last job they did was to rob e
car down in Indiana, when they
made haul OF $235,000 1t was 8
big haul, but 1t cost every one OF
them his life. don't remember
whose road it was Cd, but a
night express train stopped for
wood and water at lumber station
| where there was nothing but a
saw-mill. The engineer and fire>
man saw half a dozen men coming
toward the train from the mill, and
| sIIprosed them to be hunting
party. The fireman was throwing
woo0 into his tender, and the en-.
gineer was down upon the ground
oiling some of the bearings of his
locomotive, when two of the sup
posed hunters leaped into 1.-THE cab
while one of them covered the en-
gineer and fireman with a revolver
In each hand, the other reversed thu
engine for an instant, the1
drew the throttle wide open
and, before the tlainmen coult
realize what was up, away went thu
engine, tender and the express ca
| like flash. When the two mel
leaped upon the elgine, the othe
four sprang upon the express cal
-ncoupIed it nom the rest of tn
train, and their treasure was secure
They ran down the track about 81,
miles. during which time they burs
in the car doora, seized the mes
senger and hurled him out. He wa
found alive the next day, and Wa
unconscious for weeks, but subs'
auently recovered sufficiently t
2 give evidence against the robber
l but was never able to work again.
"The Adams Express Compan
employed Mr.. Pinkerton to brin
:, the scoundrels to justice, and CAV
J, him carte blanche ds to the fund
ItWas q difficult task the old ma
had before him, but he went abol
1t in his logged, methodical We
that knew no failure. The gar
IL had separated and scattered, bat OF
IT by one he located them until
could place his hands Upon eve
one. Then his hands closed with
tenacious grip that never loosene
cat that time I was doing t
late criminal reporting for one
J the city dailies, and one night {
night editor handed me q specl
dispatch from Chi1ago stating tn
it was there rumored that two of {
gang, Drank Reno and Charles A
derson, were hiding IN Windst
Hunting up an old detective
showed him the dispatch, and
told me to put into my pocket, s
nothing about it, cross to Wind
the next evening, and I should ha
a SCOOP Old Sam Port, since dc
by his own hand, was then CHI
l G Unstable over there, and by
O'Clock the next night he had Re
and Anderson behind the bars,
I had big SCOOP over the oil
'owP reporters.
"The next day Super n 'endent
Police Bergman telegrapned to
express company that the n
were arrested, end for The comps
to send on its witnesses. The o
reply received was to the effect t
Pinkerton had bean given sole G.
Y troll OF the care. You can bat Il
! this made the Detroit and Wind
officers hopping mad, for there
big money in the case, and a
days sfterward two of Pinkert'
detectives. who were hans
around the foot OF w
ward avenue comforting '
two others in Wind
who, under the guise of GRO
were watching Reno and Ander
were run in by the Detroit de
tive and locked MP charged with
eHS ing vagrants. They were tried
the police court, convicted and
fenced to the house of correct
but they didn't remain there j
~ their fines being mysteriously
~ by prominent attorney.
S'asT tNot long afterwards Reno
Az derson were arrested uro
charge of ss'anlting with inten
kill the conductor OF the train
whom, by the way. they fred
wounded as they m sde off with
express car, and on the mornin,
l II for The examination I cros- Ell
Ah the ferry. Never b:fore nor g
have l Feen Windsor so bubt
~ith excitement and suspense.
ks American House and most O
surroundings were thronged
people, many of whom appear,
be strangers. Amoug tnem
INA one who was noteworthy from