The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-10-17
HELD UP A TRAN.
Bold Job Committed by aLone
Bandit In Utah.
ny Clever Ruse lie Deludes IfAmcn
TO Believe lie Had Plenty of Del
Gnabie'to Open Express SAFE. PIE
Rifles the Mail Bags

salt Lake City. Oct. 15.-The Union
Pacific fast mail train due here at5;lS
o'clock Wednesday morning was held
up short distance east of UintaADear
the mouth of Weber canyon. and aDcut
eight miles from Ogden. IL APPEARS
that the hold-up was the worlc o. one
man. single handed and alone. We by
clever coup cajoled the passengers
and train men into the belief thai he
had ample assistance in the radd hat
he was making. His method ofOera-
tion was as follows:
lie first made his appearancs by
climbing over the tender into tfe cab
of the engine and peremptorily demand
ing the fireman and engineer "a brow
up their hands. saying that he was
about 10 rob the train. The robofrwas
disguised in such way as TO peent
any possibility of Identification. hav-
ing his head inclosed in a sack With eye
holes cut. The men immediately com
piled with the request of the rolber
and were forced 10 disguise theInse yes
as he directed, furnishing them With
-four sacks TO pull over their beds.
Over this mask they were requhe to
pull down their hats in n manner that
would indicate to the passengers and
others that they, too, were ROBBERS.
At this point he compelled the TOW
captive engineer and fireman 70 un-
couple the train leaving the expressand
mail car attached 10 the engine.
After this was done he perso4lly
mounted the engine, leaving the ulsi-
ncer and fireman upon the groupd,
pulled the throttle and ran part 81 the
train half a mile down the canyon Wien
he stopped and began his eTorh 10
blow open the safe. The express nts-
senger and mail clerk in the meantime
remained in their respective cars. llhc
robber commanded Express MesseIser
Mccoy 10 maintain absolute silcee,
an injunction which he unwillingk MT
implicitly obcyed. After this he sPnt
an industrious but fruiiless 80 miruw :
80 bore into and blow open the safcV "A
dynamite. During the operations of
the robber the express messengg at
quietly on box near by.
After failing to reach the inside oiihe
safe. and seeing that success infant
direction was impossible, he abanclouh !
his work and turned his attention tohe
mail car, where he commanded ne
clerk 60 throw ont the registered pak
ages and four mail bags were aceotl-
inply thrown out. Taking out his Ehc
hc Immediately proceeded to cut ofn
the bags and rife them of such nIpitr
as suited his fancy. He secured pupi-
Der of registered packages, but rs 70 lhe
exact number and how much mpufy
they contained there is no means pl
knowing at this time. At this poini l.e
robber finished his business and IS
capped. The direction which he Opi;
from this point Is not known.
The passengers were not molestd
nut were badly frightened, and bepe
led 10 believe that the train on each d,
was lined with robbers ready 20 slpo'
at the first head that appeared, Fpt
very quiet during the hour the bold b
Der was getting In his work. The 4ul
mail pouches oyerhauled were throlgl
| pouches.
The only elew to the identity offh
robber is the fact that strangerf ai
noticed in tho neighborhood Fue-ss=s,
riding one horse and leading two n
ers. He remained around during ih
day and evening and acted In fis
picious manner. II is claimed thaa h
showed great eNpcrtness in handing
train, which leads TO the suppositoi
that ut some time he has been raiirsa'
man.