The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-13
versed the lever and sent it back to the

versed the lever and sent it back to the
stalled train.
Luckily the steam was low, and when
the locomotive came in contact with
the forward mail car but little damage
was done.
Train No. 10. the Oregon express,
came along and pushed the three de-
tached sections of train No. 3 together
and then into Sacramento, where they
arrived at 1890 this morning.
Engineer William Scott tells the story
as follows: 1--WE were running on time
and would have been in Sacramento in
fifteen minutes.
The train ran over two torpedoes,
and 1 thrust my head out of the win
dow and noticed that we were being
tagged. Everything was perfectly done
and l had no suspicion of anything be-
ing wrong until the engine stopped,
when two men armed with Winchester
rifles sprang into the cab.
They ordered Fireman Lincoln and
myself to go with them to the express
car, which they ordered US to uncouple.
They thus accompanied us back to the
engine and made US pull out about
three-quarters of a mile to point be-
tween two trestles.
While uncopling the car the conduc-
tor and brakeman got off the train and
the robbers shot at them.
After stopping the engine between
the trestles the men made us go back
with them to the express car.
They called to the messenger to open
the door or they would kill the fireman
and myself.
THE messenger said that was all
right, but if he opened the door they
would kill him.
81 knew the robbers were determined,
and plead with the man to open the
door. The robbers told him that they
would not hurt him if he did, and he
opened it.
All the Gold They Could Lift.
"They ordered us to get into the car,
one of them following after US. The
messenger gave up the keys to the
boxes, and the robbers opened them,
taking out four sacks of money, two of
them being so heavy that one man
could not lift both.
They then ordered us ahead of them
to help carry the sacks of money, and
we walked back to the engine The
robbers constantly punched US in the
back with the muzzles of their guns.
when we got to the engine the rob-
bers jumped upon it, opened the throt-
tie, and the engine sprang away down
the track.
After they arrived in the neighbor-
hood of Sacramento they jumped off,
reversed the lever and sent the engine
back over the track under full head
of steam.
'EThe first knowledge that we had OF
this new act of the robbers was when
! we heard the engine coming down the
track at a high rate of speed. At first
we thought that it might be some one
coming to our aid, but a moment later
we realized that the engine was running
away, and, stepping aside, we were just
in time to avoid being struck by the
wreckage, as the engine crashed into
the train"
/ Fireman E. s. Lincoln, who got g
/ good view of the robbers, say thai
there is no doubt of their being mer
( who thoroughly understood railroading
! The signal used in stopping us COM
piled perfectly with the required
( FORM" said Fireman Lincoln. 81 think
I I should know either of the men if
were to see them.
| when the robbers ordered the ex,
press messenger to open the car. instead
Of complying the messenger fired two
shots through the door, nearly hitting
Engineer Scott and myself. It was ther
that we asked him TO open UP or the
robbers would kill u.s.
The backs of Scott and Lincoln are
covered with bruises, caused by the
constant proddings from the ends of the
rifles held by the robbers.
! The detectives are yet without a clue
as to the identity of the train robbers
and it is not even known in which di
rection the bandits have fed. Yester
day two strangers registered at tn,
Western hotel, and were given a room
/ in which they left overcoats and over
alls. They did not sleep in the room
but this morning returned and claimed
their property. They answer the de,
scription of the robbers.