The herald., 1894-02-17

our door and venfured out. The wrecked
box cars and engine we're piled up in z
confused mass several yards from the
main track, and poor Masters lay wedeed
in bstween the cab and his engine. When
he was removed hs expired without ut
tering a word.
From the number OF shots fred one
would think that an army was engaged
in battle about us, but from the best in
formation I could obtain from the driver
of the engine and express messenger not
more than Tour or five men we're con-
cerned in the job. Two of these re-
meined forward near the express car,
and probably two, certainly not more
than three others. we're stationed along
toward the rear OF the train.
The through passengers remained
secure in their berths, aud those in the
forward or day coach did not venture
out. No attempt was made by the rob-
bers TO enter any of the coaches. The
robbers evidently expected big haul
from the express car, and directed all
their attention to rifling it of whatever
OF value they could place their hands
upon.
"After the excitement had somewhat
subsided and people began to leave the
train and 60 forward to examine the ex-
tent OF the wreck, several of the train
men were sent back with torpedoes to
warn any other train that might be fol-
lowing. Shortly thereafter q freight
train came up. and when the wheels
struck the warning signals and they be-
gan to pop every man on the ground
jumped for the train, the women
screamed and a general stampede fol-
lowed.
THE REWARD OFFERED.
Wells, Fargo Express company yester-
day issued the following circular:
SAN Francisco, Feb. Is, 1894.
To United States Marshals, sherifs and
Constables:
Southern Pacific passenger train No.
20 leaving Los Angeles on the evening
OF the 18th inst, at about IL 80 p. m.
was wrecked and robbed at Roscoe
siding, about four miles west OF Bur
bank. 1t is supposed there were five
men implicated in the robbery. The
switch lock at Roscoe siding was broken,
switch turned, and train ran in on sid
ing, derailing engine and two cars,
which turned over on their sides. Fire
man Arthur Masters wss caught be-
tween tender and engine, and died in
about an hour, and Engineer Thomas
had his wrist badly sprained. Express
messenger OF this train makes statement
to the effect that there we're but two
men engaged in this robbery,
one Of them five feet AND the
other five feet six inches in
height, both Of light complexion,
blue eyes. They had team and buck
board wagon. There was a deadhead
fireman on engine going to Fernando,
who helped to carry coin sacks from car
to within rs feet of buck board. Door
of express car WAS blown open with
dynamite. Door-plete casting, bottom
rail, two door stiles, fan wing on one
door and nine panes of glass in bulk
head inside of door broken. In addi-
tion to the standing reward offered by
Wells, Fargo & Co. of $500 in such
cases, also the state reward of $500,
Wells, Fargo & Co., jointly with the
Southern Pacific ompany, offer an addi-
tional reward OF $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of each and every one OF the
parties connected with the above-des-
cribed robbery.
J. A. FILLMORE,
Gen. Supt., s. P. Co.
z. NJ. COOPER,
Gen. Manager, w. F. & Co.
AN ARREST SOON.
Sheriff Cline left the city at 10 O'Clock
last night to resume the trail OF the rob-
bers which he followed yesterday until
3 o'clock, together with Detective Inslsy.
Sheriff Cline said that there would be
an arrest this mornings whether of the
train robbers is another question.
good clue is thought TO have been
discovered and upon this clue an arrest
will follow sooner or later.
Every available deputy in the sher-
IFS Office; all the railway detectiv YES,
and some of the police department were
out on the search up to a late hour lass
night.
GOOD CLUE FOUND.
Constable Fox of Burbank telephoned
Lawson's detective agency late last
night that it had just been reported at
Burbank that a buggy had been found
in some willows on the river bottom
about three miles from town; that it
was a pole buggy, and that tho horses
had been unhitched and ridden out of the
uaiOh horhOod