The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03
OFFERS BIG REWARDS,
General Manager, Towne sends Out a
Description of the Robbers All
over the Coast. u.

General Manager. Towne Sends Out. a
Description of the Robbers All e.
Over the. Coast. =.
Immediately after receiving information
from Oregon that the train had been
robbed Second Vice President. A.. n. Towne
OF the Southern Pacific Company prepared
statement Containing Instructions to all
division superintendents on: the railway
regarding the crime. This document con-
tained brief account Of the robbery, a de-.
scription of<the daring highwayman who
went through the. coaches revolver, in
hand and coolly helped himself to the
money and jewelry of passengers and it
also offered" a reward of $1,000 for the arrest
and conviction OF each robber. AS there
were three men in the affair the railway
company decided at once to give $4,000 for
their capture, or $1,000 for each. robber. - !.
f.. The railway circular from Mr.. Fowness
office was telegraphed broadcast through
out the Pacific Coast before noon yester-
day, and by that hour every Sheriff,
United States Marshal, Constable and .po-
lice officer in California, Oregon, Arizona,
Nevada, Utah, Idaho: and Washington
was acquainted with the facts of:the crime.
! One Sheriff, A.. A; Fitch of Klamath
County, Or, knew all about it long
before. for he. happened I. to be on
the: train, and had :enjoyed the novel
experience of giving, up his revolver,
money and gold watch to the :robber who
walked through the, Pullman coaches
alone. Sheriff Fitch told he:railway. men
that his revolver wasa 38-caliber Colt, with.
blue steel barrel and q black: handle: He
hoped that this description would be min
ute enough to have the. weapon identified
should it fall into: other hands, and he
was anxious to. get back his favorite
pistol. -> E.. ..: .:.. !. :,
The letter of instructions:is'as as follows:
: Inform: United States Marshals, Sheriffs, Com
stables, police and other officers that at 10 is
on the morning of July l, 1855, the California
express train, No 10, north bound, was
stopped. byrobbers about eight. miles south of
Riddles at the mouth of Cow Greek Canyon,
Douglass County, Or. :::: =:
The mailear was robbed of several packages
Of Registered matter. and a number of passen-
gers robbed of amounts varying from $5 to
$1o0. One gold-flled hunting-case watch,
with star on back, bought from De Brosky
Bros, jewellers, Redding, Cal, was taken from
Rev. d, L. Maiguarrie, and $75 in gold coins
from Sheriff A. A. Fitch of Klamath County,
Or, a. -5S.caliber Colts revolver, blue steel
barrel, black handle, and $50 in gold.
/ 1t is supposed that there were. three men i'm
pIieaied but only one man entered the cars,
and is described as follows: From 5 feet IL
inches to 6 feet in height, native born Ameri-
can, pleasant voice with q clear ring in it,
light complexion, light mustache, hair cut
close, light gray or blue eyes, rather round
shouldered; hands hard like a laborer's weight
OH oly.2h
jaw projects over lower one, bridge of nose
swollen as though poisoned with poison-oak, :,
blue overalls and jumper, light checkered vest
or checkered cotton shirt, heavy stogy shoes,
about number 8. " -
The Southern Pacific Company will pay q
reward of two thousand dollars ($200Ol for the
arrest and conviction Of each of the robbers.
e. ~, A. n. TowNE,. ..
Second vice-president and general manager: :
General Superintendent IA. Fillmore
of the Southern Pacific Company stated
that posse had been sent out to scour the
mountains in search of the robbers. Tele-
grams were dispatched: to George E. Gard,
head of the. Southern Pacific detective
bureau. who has been in Shasta County
hunting Brady, the train-robber who muir
dered Sheriff. Bogard recently. Gard
could not be found up to
late hour in the evening, but there
was no doubt he would get his
Instructions before night and be ready to
start northward on the first train crossing:
the S1skiyou Mountains, He will have a
posse of trustworthy men and it was the
understanding yesterday that the heavy
work will fall to him.. @ A..
The railway co1npany's information. was
that the robbers signaled the train to Stop,
but had provided against !. the possi-
bility of. a refusal Ito notice their
signs by. placing a stick of dyna-
mite on the: track. Before the train:
could have reached a astandstill.it was upon
the dynamite. Twoo the men remained
outside the cars while the third fellow
went amongsthe passengers without assist,
ance, and yet he met with no resistance. 4,
Cow Greek Canyon is one of the widest
declivities of the Oregon Mountains.
Hardly any other place on the railway is
so we'll adapted to the successful accom-:
plishment of a train-robber' s, crime. A
few years ago the mountain waters
tore down it's stern. and #preeipitous
sides whirling giant trees in the torrent.
and tearing away cliffs and hillsides, all of
NulCA bIO IIdCkS
were relaid on different lines from where:
the railroad had been for years.. !. 1t was at
the scene of the worst "washout." pic.
ture of which was taken by Tibbitts, the:
Southern Pacific photographer, that the.
robbery occurred. -. :.:>
There was very little registered mail "
on the train,' said Superintendent Flint.
of the Railway Mail. Service. You see
express Is left here on Sunday and the
registered matter handled on that day is:
very light. If all the robbers got was IN
the mail pouch it would not repay them
for the risk they ran.
'The Postoffice Inspectors are now on.
the ground seeing:what is to- be done in
the circumstances" said Chief Monroe.
"0ur information so far is not very ex-
plicit, but as far as mail matter is con-
cerned do not think the robbers got away
with much. Of course we cannot tell until
thorough investigation has been made.
The robbery was planned by a master
hand and / am afraid the detectives will
have great difficulty in running them to
earth"
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Dynamite or the Rails.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 2.-The
Chicago express eastbound on the B. and
o. Railroad ran over a dynamite ca rtridge