The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-04-03
TRAIN ROBBERY.
Two Men Hold Up a California
Passenger Train.
ONE ROBBER is SHOT DEAD
And the Man Who Fired the Fatal
Bullet Is Himself
Killed by the Other Bandit-Passerge
are Relieved of Their Valuables.
Nothing Taken From
Express Car.
ONE ROBBER IS SHOT DEAD


northbound oregon express train was
held up at point one hundred yards
or more below the crossing at Reeds
station, seven miles south of this city,
at about Las Saturday morning. j. j.
Bogard, the sheriff of Tehama county,
who was passenger on the train. was
killed, together with one of the rob.
bers, a man six feet in height, weigh
about 200 pounds and attired in a com.
plete bicycle suit over which he had
pair of overalls. The dead robber is
known in this city, having been served
with meal at local restaurant on
several occasions within the last two
weeks. The fireman, A. Nethercott,
was seriously wounded having been
shot twice.
The first intimation that the engi.
neer and fireman had of the presence
of the robbers was when one of them
climbed over from the blind baggage
car and commanded at the point of a
pistol, that the train be stopped.
When the stop was made the engi.
neer was ordered to move about one
hundred feet further. The robber
then caused them to jump from the en-,
gine and with another robber, who
appeared from hiding place in the
roadway, they ordered the express car
to be opened. This was done, but the
robbers could find nothing of value, as
the safe combina tion was not in the
hands of the messenger. The robbers
then ordered the two railroad men to
get into the passenger cars. They had
leg of pair of overalls tied at one
end for sack and as they went
through the first car, the smoker, the
passengers, who were few in number,
put their coin and valuables IN it, the
fireman being forced to act as the col.
lector.
The colored porter in the tourist
sleeper, just beyond the day coach, be.
came aware that a robbery was in
progress and knowing that Sheriff Bo.
gard was in berth called him. In a
minute the sheriff, armed with his
heavy revolver, started for the day
coach. He crossed the platform be-
tween the sleeper and the day coach
and as he entered the latter at the
rear door the robbers came in at the
front, The sheriff stepped to one side
and fired. His bullet dropped one Of
the men, but the second failed to reach
its target. -
The othersrobber must have seen
Bogard enter and on doing so jumped
down and running along the side Of
the car entered and shot him from the
rear. The second robber then fed
Conductor Shortridge secured a man
to help Engineer Bowser and after an
half hours delay the train came to this
city. arriving about 2:90 a. IN.
A. Berger, who represents the Man.
ual Publishing Company, of Chicago,
stated that he was sitting in the smok.
ing car when the robbers entered, &C.
companied by the fireman and engi.
neer. The taller of the two robbers
ordered him to hold up his hands and
dig up" He gave him S5, which he
placed in the sack that the fireman
held. The men passed on, and soon
after he heard three shots in rapid sue
cession.
Sylvester Simpson, of San Francisco,
who was also in the smoking car, stated
that he was asked to throw up his
hands, and as he refused he was hit
over the temple by the tall robber
with his gun, receiving a bad scalp
wound.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-The dead
robber has been identified by Charles
Becker, night clerk at the United
States hotel. Becker is positive that
the robber is man who registered as
S. Mcclure. The other registered as
j. johnson. The railroad people had
been expecting hold up on this divis.
ion and until recently had guards on
who came up as far as this city,
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