The morning call., 1892-06-14
ANOTHER VERSION.
Conductor Graves Tells How the Rob
bers Operated.

Conductor Graves Tells How the Rob
bers Operated.
Conductor Fred Graves tells very diff
ferent story of the robbery than that re-
lated by ellison and MOrtensen.
This important eyewitness to the affair
was interviewed for the first time yesterday
morning.
lie says ellison and Mortensen rode in the
second coach. When the train pulled out
Of the Oakland mole the small robber came
into the second coach and took a seat d.
rectly in front Of ellison and Mortensen,
with his back turned toward them. He
held ticket from San Francisco to BeTke-
ley and return and evidently came across
the bay with the guardians Of the coin bags.
The conductor punched his ticket aud re-
members the man well.
The other r0boer. the tall man with dyed
muStache, the same described by Livery
man Nor, also got on the train at the mole.
but his ticket was from Oakland 10 Bsrke-
ley.
This is the man who had his face 5lacked
when he boarded the train aud was made
up ike a coalheaver. Engineer Engels re-
members him well, and remarked 10 the
fireman as the tall man passed by the en-
CINE that be was "a queer looking coal
HEAVIER"
Conductor Gravs' says that both the en-
Rlle6E anu u lulotll luDcE tUat the Dldck
on the tall mans face did not appear nat
ural, aud looked as though put on aTti-
fcially.
de with the black face rode in the rear car.
1t is only few hundred yards from Six
teenth-str5et station to b station, and the
latter is but a five minutes walk to En-
ery's. the next station. where the works are
located.
Just as the train pulled away from Six
teenth street Conductor Graves entered the
second coach from the door nearest tie en-
CINE. a moment later the rear door Of the
car was opened by the tail robber with the
BACKED face.
T conductor and the robber met in
about the center Of the car, where ellison
and Mortensen sat behind the small robber.
AS they met the tail man turned away his
face, but handed out his ticket Being a
round-trip ticket Conductor Graves handed
ii back after punching, but the tall man
drew away as though he did not want it,
You'd better take it, said the con-
ductor; cit may be useful to you"
But the tall man didn't want the ticket.
Instead If reaching for ii he reached be-
hind him and in less than a second flashed
out pistol and pointed it at MoTtensen's
head.
Conductor Graves was about to interfere
also wiped out a revolver and warned the
conductor TO keep eff.
By this time the train bad nearly reached
B station. The robbers secured their booty
and ran out on the platform. The train
was slowing up.
ellison, with revolver In hand, stood at the
window. The robbers stood on the steps of
the platform waiting for the train to come
TO a stop.
Then it was that Conductor Graves called
out, Give it to them!' meaning, he says, that
Gibson should fire at them through the win
= "a ntE n a. L
turned.
But ellison did not fire. He waited till the
robbers had jumped off. Then he followed
them and fired of his revolver. But the
robbers were then almost out of range.
The train only stopped a moment at B
station. While Gibson was yet emptylBg his
revolver the brakesman was signaling to
pull ahead. Gibson fred his last shot and
then made for the train, catching the last
car.