Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-28

no good at all. While some few sus.
tanned what remained Of their COM
science by such vile and sreoious fes-
soning, there were others who plum.
doreJ and ravaged Ia Obedience to a
deprAvsd aud uufestraiutd instinct;
and others still who, through somc
mental mal'ofmaiion, pursuod their
fellows because Of the daring, adven-
tuIe aud dash Of romance embraced IN
the business, the booty hguring more a.
an Incident Than otherwise. OF
these were tho Claude DuvAls, Dick
rufpi,s and sixlvon.siring Jacks
II Huuuslow Heath, Eoglaudi ths
DcAioors Of the Black Forest, Ger.
many, and numerous "kniy ht orfants"
VINO fora while made the ffuuch dili-
gcnce thing 10 be walked around
oven when empty and standing still
a journey IN IT., however short, usually
rcsuiung 10 being ovsfhsuled. On
this side Oi tue water we had the
isrps, the Hares aud numerous other
bloou-thirsty villains who POSSESSED
neither the bearing, the dignity, the
CALAMITY nor We may SOY, the manli'
ness OF their foreign prototypes. They
were tho wuf,t lines Of character In the
business, robbery with Or without mur.
der being equally satisiac ory ani all
Jrms OF cruelty being pfacticsd by
them.
That was In the clover aud more
methodical days VI the stagu'coaoh
aud the nat.bJat, when there were no
Telegraph wires 10 carry Jews ahead
aud thus keep the lavlssa constantly
on the alert. a great robbery or other
crime would be committed aud the
pcrpo,raiOn disptrse ana rot out
u harms way before pose
could DO put on their track.
But Is 1t any different In a practical
sense now IL Is impossible tor orlmi.
nails to travel as la,t ~ railway lraiu,
anu tho details Of their crime are often
read In every city anu town " any
exc before It Is an hour old. But what
boUls ~ Those aids to detection anu
apI relensiOn increase the risk aud Ct.
large lhs dangers, but the freebooter
pays no more attention 10 consequences
now than he did two generations ago.
Those who have It In them 10 rob are
not reepeoiers u the ncot.iooied iron
diced, tho searching agency OF the
electric light, nor tue time and space
annihllator which fousts the com.
munitles far ami near against them all
at once; neither DO they fear these or
either OF them. Given train with
consi defnble treasure GU uoard, more
or lees uninhsbllod stretch Of track
aud the Information la possession, tue
chances are n dozen to one that that
train will b. Oyerhauled and robbed;
nor do the robbers always wal. for n
consignment OF valuables known 10 be
large-they are very much given TO TAX.
ing chances now anu thou. An OBJ.
siruotiOn on the track aud n danger
signal will bring any train 10 halt;
after that IL Ia a question OF nerve,
adroitness aud rapiaily Of action. Two
or three determined plunderers will
hypnotic a. many hundreds some.
times; but toe work must be performed
before the spell subsidies.
TrainTObbing Ia now well nigh 4
regular buslnei.. We don't know
where the blow will fall next, because
n We did It would MT fall very hard II
atall. The thieylng gentry understand
their business quite well, and II It were
not the unexpected that happouoI ut
their hands the profits would dwindle
NJ greatly that II woull loso much II
not all Of its attraclivenoss. Each
additional robbery iusIeai OF sharpen.
Ing the wits anu bringing new safe
guards to bear upon the situation does
but seem TO plunge the people genet
ally into more anu more slupeiaction.
The work gOts ignobly on anu will 10
on until something more effective ID
done than has yet been applied.