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THE SACRAMENTO ROBBERY.


Detectives Securing tho Country for the
Bandits and Their Booty.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12.-The great $50,
600 train robbery that occurred within
six miles Of this city on Thursday night
was the all.absorbing topic of conversa-
tion here today. There is little to ado
to the very complete narrative of tn,
robbery told this morning. A score o
datectives. under the guidance of J. B
Hume, the veteran detective OF Wells
Fargo q Co., have been at work on the
case ali day, but thus far no clue has
been obtained to the perpetrators of this
deed. The general belief ia that the
men who did the job are old rsilroad
hands, for Engineer Scott says they
handled the engine as well as anyone
could have done.
1t is also generally understood that
when the highwaymsu made off on the
engine with their three bags OF plundsr,
they ran the locomotive close into the
town OF Washington before they left ii
and reversed the machinery.
There are various rumors afoat oil
suspicious characters having been seen.
For instance, the foreman Of DIR. G. NJ.
four miles down the river, on the Yolo
side. came co this city today with load
of hay. He said that when passing
through the town of Washington he
heard OF the train robbery, and was
quite sure that he saw the two men on
the ranch shortly after daybresk
this morning. At that time he
was going to an alfalfa field
on the ranch to see about come horses
that had broken into the field. and
while on the lookout for the horses he
observed two men making their way
across an adjoining field toward the
river. They acted euspiciously, but not
being aware at the time of the train
robbery, he made no effort to intercept
them or ask them what they were doing
on the ranch.
Alter having been informed of the
robbery, he became doubly assured that
the men he saw we're the robbers. He
described one Of them as being much
taller than the other, and one was
armed with Winchester rife. Each
had valise and they seemed to be
rather heavy. DR.. Dixon's employee is
trustworthy man. and there is no rea-
son to doubt his story.
In this connection 1t may be men
toned that q river boatman is eaid to
have been spending money quite freely
along the Front.strest lire of saloons to-
day, and some persons believed he had
received a good fee for little boating
service.
Yesterday afternoon a couple OF
strange men. answering the description
of the robbers, engaged room ct the
Western hotel. They left their overcoats
and overalls in the room, but did not re-
turn in the evening, and another lodger
was assigned to that room. Early this
morning the two men entered the room
and. finding it occupied, they did not
make kick, but contented themselves
with taking thsir overcoats and overalls
and departing. They have not since
been seen.
The detectives have been kept busy
following mp and investigating all these
flying rumors but none of them have de-
veloped into anything tangible.
Detective Hume has taken steps to
have all the roads north, south and west
on the Yolo side watched and will be
promptly notified OF the appearance of
suspicious characters thereon.