The herald., 1896-09-07

ng.tatcd and at once stated that he had
taken part in the hold-up. His story was
most interesting one.
S My name is Edward Burke" he said.
II have been working for q men named
-U1stlne at Dixon, my employment being
bucking sacks. When we got through
to in search Of another job. We had just
crossed the new trestle tonight when
saw two men sitting beside the railroad
track When we came near to them
said: Hello, partners and was going
along when they arose. one armed with
. rifle and the other a pistol. One of the
men wore mask and he asked: What
have you theref Only our blankets"
replied. Throw them down the en-
bankment,' he shouted We did as re-
quested, as the guns were leveled at us
and the men then told us what was
wanted. They said they proposed to hold
up train soon to pass and if we did not
assist they would kill us.
eff you do as we say It will be all
right with you, and if you don't it will
be all wrong said one of the men.
was then asked il i knew how to un-
couple cars. Il said that could pull a
pin in freight car, butthat was all. The
man doubted my word, but explained
how to uncouple passenger cars. de-
scribing the air brakes, hooks and lev
ers
'orhen one Of vthe-m men took me to one
side of the track and my partner and
the other man remained on the opposite
side. Presently the train approached,
and one of the men said: wonderif
he has fixed things all right and in an
instant he exclaimed, Yes; it's all
right
II think that there must have been a
signal from somebody on the train, for
my man said to me: Now go ahead and
do as you are told went back to the
express car and tried to uncouple the
fastenings, but the lever would not
work. Then the firing commenced, and
1 said to my partner: Shall we jump?
, He said yes, and we plunged into the
tules After the train had pulled out
1 called for my partner, but, he did not
answer, so I ran to the section house,
toward Davisville. I told them what
had happened, and informed the con-
ductor of train that had been tagged
that there was a dead man down the
track, but little attention was paid to my
statement
This morning Burke who was brought
to the city on the train carrying the dead
body of the robber and who was confined
in the city Jail. repeated the story told
to the officers last night and did not vary
a particle. The only thing new about
the story he tells is that he went back
for his blankets after the train had
pulled out and found that they were
gone. His solution to this is that his
partner, the Swede. seized the oppor-
tunity to steal them. The Swede, how
ever, is not to be found, and neither has
either of the dead robbers confederates.
The tramps story seems to settle the
fact that there were three robbers, and
the sheriff and his deputies and half
dozen railroad detectives have been
searching the country in the neighbor-
hood of the robbery all day.
The tramp who was arrested by De-
putty Kelly at midnight while sitting on
the railroad track between, Sacramento
and the scene of the hold-up, and who
gives his name as Egan, claims to be
a laboring man. He declares that he left
Davisville in the afternoon and was on
his way to Sacramento: The reason he
gives for being awake at midnight in one
of the loneliest parts of Yolo county, is
+ that he was anxious to arrive at Sacra-
mento. He expressed surprise when ar
rested made no resistance, and said he
had met no one on the road and did not
know that the train had been stopped.
His story is told in Straightforward
way, and the officers do not believe that
he is one of the robbers. The fact that
he was awake SO late, near the scene
Of the robbery. however, is a suspicious
circumstance, and the man will be de-
tained pending further investigation.
This afternoon the body of the dead
robber was identified by City Marshhal
Warren and Constable Tobias Of Wood
land as man whom they had seen yes
terday morning in company with two
others passing through Woodland on the
railroad track and headed south. Both
said they could not be mistaken. The
officers say that one of those whom
they saw was not much more than boy.
He was slender, smooth shaven and Of
very dark conlplexion. He wore black
square crowned hat. He carried his
coat over his arm and did mot look at
the officers when he went past them,
but they looked we'll at him and say they
took him to be a Spaniard. The third
man they are not able to describe so
VEIL but say that he was of medium
build. wore a black stiff hat and was
dressed in a dark suit of clothes.
This morning a large quantity of dy-
Mantle was found near the track at the
scene of the attempted robbery. There
were in all twenty-four pounds of the
stuff, enough, as one Of the detectives
said, to have blown the express car over
an acre Of ground. The dynamite was
made into number of charges contain
ing from one to four sticks. and each
charge was carefully wrapped in paper
charged with cap and connected with
fuse. The intent was evidently to
blow the door open If the express messen-
ger should refuse to open it, and to
treat the safe in the same way if the
messenger claimed nat to know the COM
bination. -
Overland train No. 3, which was held
up last night, is known to all railroad
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