The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-10-20
TELEGRAPHIG NEWS.
Hold dup.

! SACRAMENTO, Oct. 12- 1t is stated this
morning the men who held up the Pac tic
overland express just west OF this city
| last night occurred Two sacks of silver
coin, one containiug 5000, aud two sacks
of gold, being about $500 altogether
| Engineer Scott gives the details of the
hold up as follows: "a trackwalker was
| forced to flag the train ct sheep camp
| about seven miles from Sacramento, in
Yolo county. Four torpedoes were
placed on toe track by the robbers
When the train came to a standsliil the
robbers ordered the engineer an fireman
to go to the express csr and have the
messenger open the car door. The mes
senger put bis head out of tie window
and the robuers fired two shots. The
window glass was shattered. severely cut,
ting the messengers head. The mcssen-
ger turned his shotgun loose through the
car door. Tia two robbers responded
with their guns, but no one was shot.
DuIing the progress Of the shooting the
baggage transterman was fred at but
not hurt. After the shooting the express
car door was opened by the messenger,
The engineer and fireman were ordered
inside, one 6t the robbers following.
The messenger was ordered to unlock the
safe, which he did promptly. -Four
sacks of money weIe taken from the safe
The robbers then compelled the eng neer
aud fireman 10 carry the sacks of money
TO the locomotive, after which they took
the engine and headed for Sacramento,
leaving the engineer, fireman and brake
man behlHd. After some distance the
robbers abandoned the engine. The
lever was reversed, and the engine re
turned to the train at about the rate of
six miles an hour. The engine collIded
with the baggage car, crushing ia the
front platform. The engineer and fire
man boarded the engine and started for
Sacramento. The engineer found mask
made out of a portion of pair of
drawers. There were two robbers.
They ran the engine to about ! = miles
from Sacramento, when they got off,
after reversing the ever. 1t was all they
could 90 to carry the piunder. One of
the robbers must have BEEN says En-
glneer Scott, "a former engineer on the
road F."
Sheriff Wyckof. of Yolo county. and
his deputies, and Sheriff 0Neilitof THIS
county and his force, besides the police
force and local railroad officers, are look
ing tor the robbers. The only descrlp-
ton of the robbers obtsipable, is that one
of them is feet 2 inches and the other
feet inches. They had on woolen
masks and wore linen busters TIE
engineer and fireman complain of their
backs, which, :bey said were burt by the
robbers striking them in the back with
their guns. The robbers wore new belts
filled with cartridges. They each had
two big revolgers besides a rifle. The
robbers faces we're blackened. Both are
big men. Three tramps, one of whom
was on the tender of the engine, were
arrested as witnesses.
The town Is still wildly excited over
last nights train robbery. There is little
new to report, save that Il determined
pursuit of the bandits is being made.
Detectives are ab.eGt working on the
case AS far as can be learned, more /
than 300 pounds OF coin were taken. If
all is silver, it would be about $4,000.
II all was gold, it would be about SO 900 |
or $50 900, 1t is believed that one sack
weighing 100 pounds, carried by the
engineer, was gold, considering the
smalness of the bulk as compared to Its
weight. If so, that sack contained abont
$4,000. The taller robher bad long
slender white hands, as of one unused to
work, aud the shorter one spoke with
decided Irish brogue. They are evident
ly railroad men.