The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31
Sheriff Bogard Of Tehama
Shoots One Bandit and Is
Killed in Return.
FLIGHT OF THE MURDERER.
Rides to Sacramento on a Bicycle
and May Be Caught by the
Police.

the holdest robberies ever committed in
this State, and which was attended by
tragic results, was the holding up OF the
northbound Oregon express-train No. Is
hundred yards below Reeds Crossing, a
station seven miles south of this city, at
AS o'clock this morning. In the fight
that was opened by James J. Bogard, the
brave Sheriff of Tehama County, one of
the robbers and the officer were killed, and
Fireman Nethereott was wounded. The
robbers, of whom apparently there were
three, did not succeed in getting any
money from the express-car, and though
they looted many of the effects of the pas
sengers, they left their booty behind them.
The Oregon express left Sacramento for
the north on time last night, but when
few miles outside of Sacramento was de-
layed by hot box and lost an hour. This
time was not made up in the run to
Wheatland. The train pulled out from
Wheatland soon after 1 O'Clock, and was
nearing Reeds station when a masked
man, wearing slip-overalls swung down
from boxcar into the tender of the loco
motive, and, jumping into the cab, covered
the engineer and the fireman with re-
volver and commanded them to stop the
train at the next station. When within
short distance of the station the engineer
was told to put on the airbrakes and did so.
When the train came to Standstiu the
robber ordered the engineer and fireman
to Jump from the cab. AS they did so
small man, also wearing mask and with
a revolver in his hand, suddenly appeared
beside them. They thought he must have
been secreted beside the road, though he
may have been on the boxcar with the tall
man. The trainmen were then ordered to
march toward the express-car and tell the
messenger to open the door. They did so
and the messenger, without much hesita-
ton, complied with the order.
One of the robbers remained on guard
outside and the other entered the car. But
their search was fruitless. There were no
valuables or money outside of the
safe, and the big steel strongbox was a
through safe, with ombination lock,
which the messenger could not open.
Ordering the messenger from the car, the
robbers marched the three men toward the
passenger coaches. Arriving there, one of
the bandits produced the leg of pair OF
overalls and, tying a knot in one end i'm
provised sack. Handing this to the fire.
man, they told him to enter the smoking
car, cautioning the other men not to move.
With drawn reyolvers they marched be-
hind the fireman and commanded every
passenger to put his valuables and money
in the sack.
BY this time the colored porter in the
tourist sleeper, just beyond the day coach,
became aware that a robbery was in prog
ress, and knowing that Sheriff Bogard was
in berth, called him. The brave officer
was in his shoes and trousers in minute,
and, armed with heavy revolver, started
for the day coach.
He crossed the platform between the
sleeper and day coach, and, as he entered
the latter at the south door, the robbers
came in at the other door. The Sheriff
stepped to one side, aimed and fired. His
bullet struck the man nearest him, but q
second failed to reach its target. One of
the robbers must have seen Bogard enter.
and on doing SO jumped down, and, run
ming along the side of the car, entered and
shot him in the back. This is evident. for
the bullet struck the Sheriff in the main
right artery in the back, just below the
kidneys.
AS the robber fell he exclaimed, II am
done for"
The other asked, "Are you killed, Bill2"
and thereupon jumped from the car tell
ing the now thoroughly frightened train
men not to attempt to follow. By this
time the passengers were all aroused and
a general fusillade followed, the wounded
robber joining in it, and the little robber
escaped amid a shower of bullets. In the
melee Fireman Nethercott was hit twice
by flying bullets.
Conductor Shortridge secured man to
help Engineer Bowser, and after about half
an hours delay they came on to this CITY.
arriving at about 2:30.
DR.. Powell was called at once and treated
Fireman Nethercott. Coroner Bevan was
notified of the presence of the two bodies
at about 3 o'clock, but it was nearer when
the news was taken to Sheriff Inflow and
Marshal Maben, both of whom left at once
for the scene of the robbery. At O'Clock
this morning a special arrived from Sacra-
mento with several detectives aboard.
The dead robber was identified bv
Charles Becker, night clerk at the United
States Hotel, as s. Mcclure. The robber
is six feet in height, weighs about 200
pounds and was attired in full and COM
plete bicycle suit, over which he had pair
of slip-overalls, and in which there were
two improvised pockets, made of toweling,
to hold pistols, two of which were found
on him.
Becker stated that two strangers arrived
at the United States Hotel soon after the
departure of the Oregon express Monday
morning. They both had bicycles and
stated that they had arrived on the train.
The tall man, who wore bicycle suit, and
who slept at the Golden Eagle Hotel on
Wednesday and Thursday nights, had
registered under the name of rs. Mcclure,
San Francisco"
Daley, clerk at the Golden Eagle Hotel,
said that the tall man had stopped at the
hotel before, and from his accent con-
cluded that he was an Irishman. He was
positive that he had no companion with
him at the time: When Mcclure arrived