The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-02-17

our door and ventured out. The wrecked
box cars and engine were piled mp in
confused mss several vsrds from tbs
main track. and poor Masters lay wedsed
in between the cab aud his engine. When
be was removed he expired without ut
terin2 word.
From the number OF shots fred one
would think that en- army was engaged
in battle about us, but from the best in
formation could Obtain from the driver
of the engine and express messenger not
more than iour or five men were con-
cerned in the job. Two OF these re-
msined forward near the express car.
and probably two, certainly not more
than three others were stationed along
toward the rear Of the train.
The through passengers remained
secure in their berthe, and 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
subaided and people began TO leave the
train and go forward to examine tbs ex-
tent Of the wreck, severai Of the train
men were sent back with torpedoes to
warn any other train that might be fol-
lowing. Shortly thereafter 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 general stampede lol-
lowed.
THE REWARD OFFERED.
Wells, Fargo Express company yester-
day issued the following circular:
SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. Is, 1894.
To United States Marshsls, Sheriffs and
Constables:
Southern Pacific passenger train No.
20 leaving Los Angeles on the evening
of the 10th 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 we're five
men implicated in the robbery. The
swisch 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 was caught be-
tween tender and engine, and died in
about an hour, and Engineer Thomas
had his wrist badly sprsined. Express
messenger of this train makes statement
to the effect that there were but two
men engaged in this robbery,
ono 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 dsadhead
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-plate casting, bottom
rail, two door stiles, fan wing on one
door and nine psnes of glass in bulk
head inside of door broken. In addi-
ton 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 sddi-
tional reward OF $1,000 for tbs arrest and
conviction of each and svery one of the
parties connected with the above-des-
cribed robbery.
]. A. FILLMORE,
Gen. Supt., s. P. Co.
E. M. 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
O'Clock together with Detective Inslsy.
Sheriff Cline said that there would be
an arrest this morning; whether of the
train robbers is another question.
A 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 detectives,
and some Of the police department were
out on the search up to late hour last
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 buggy had been found
in some willows on the river bottom
about three miles from town; that it
was pole buggy, and that the horses
had been unhitched and ridden out of the