The herald., 1894-10-14
OUT DE SIGHT.

Sacramento Train Robbers and Their
Booty Not Yet Discovered.
SACRAMENTO, Get. Is. - The officers
have obtained NO clue as yet to the men
who robbed the overland express train
on Thursday night, near this city. Or,
if they have. they are keeping it to
themselves. No arrests have been made,
and, 80 far as can be learned, no partic-
uiar persons are suspected. The de-
tsctives seem to be quietly awaiting
Developments. 1t seems to be pretty
well settled that the robbers did not go
north along the river, nor south.
They have creased into this county,
but if 30, they would most certainly
have been aeen. as there were several
persons about the railroad bridge at
that time. One thing is certain, and
that is that no picious-looking per-
sons will leave the vicinity Of Washing
ton for some time without being
ehadowed. The money is probably near
that village, and buried or aecreted in
some houee.
Over $4,000 yFas the value of the
booty secured by the two tall robbers.
1t is doubtful whether a richer haul was
ever made by robbers in this state. Ger
tainly there never WAS more skilfully
planned or more boldly executed hold
up of a train.
The robbers throughout showed them
selves to be cool men with more brains
than are possessed by the average man
who goes oat with gun in his hand to
take that which ID not hia own from two
corporations whose power 10 great and
whose arme are long. The bravery and
intelligence shown by the highwaymen
were such as to lead the officers to ex-
pect long, hard chase.
Wells. Fargo & Co., and the Southern
Pacific Railroad company are aware OF
the fact that they have no ordinary
criminais to deal with. Consequently
they are exerting every effort to run
down the men and their rich loot. The
two corporations have offered reward
OF $2500 for the capture OF each OF the
robbers and $4,000 for the recovery
OF the coin. This lie in addition to
the usual state rcwnrd. The rewards
are sufficiently large to put the most
skilled detectives and the bravest off,
GERS on their msttle. They are be-
ginning to gather and take the trail.
(; Every clew is being pursued. every mark
examined, every theory given hearing.
As yet, however, the robbers are free.
| They secured four fnt sacks of coin.
Three were full of gold. In one was
silver. Two of the sacks contained
$40, 600 each. In the third was the sum
OF $4,000. The fourth sack being full
OF silver, it iH presumed that the total
booty was SOL, 900 or $4,000. Where
the money was to 60 the Wells-Fargo
officials will not say. The weight of the
plunder was 80 great that it is supposed
the robbers must have cached it near
the place where they left the engine.
Every clue is being traced % finish and
it seems impossible for the robbers to
escspe, if they are as ia supposed, in this
city.
The officers are working on three diff
ferent theories. All of these theories
agree that the men are eIx-employees
of the road and reside in this city. 1t
is claimed that the manner in which
the robbery was committed bears out
this supposition beyond the question
OF doubt. One of the theories is that
the robbers buried the money in the
tules near where the engine stopped.
and after disposing of their arms. masks
and linen busters, crossed the bridge
into Sacramento, where they lived.
Those opposed to this theory claim
to believe the money was buried some-
where in the neighborhood of where the
engine was reversed and ent back, but
that the robbere crossed tIs the Sacra-
mento side OF the river in boat, which
they had either etolen for the occasion or
which was furnished by aoonfederate.
The other theory, and oiie that seems
to have large number of adherents, is
that the men had O buggy standing
near by, into which they loaded the
money and then drove up the river to q
point where they had ID confederate
awaiting their arrival with boat, by
means of which they could row across
and enter the city from the north. or
east side. Traces OF the buggy in the
ground near the railroad track have
been discovered. Another circumstance
in line with this theory 10 that buggy
has been missing from stable in this
city since the afternoon preceding the
train robbery.
There is q fumor here tonight that
Inman, alias Carpenter the Colonel of
the Industrial army OF last spring who
stole the funds of the army, has been
arrested in Woodland en- suspicion.
Inmap was cent to Jail here for theft,
and wac released only week ago. He
has served two or three terms in the
state prison.