Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-14
Hold-Up Of a Union Pacific Railway
Train.
ROBBERS RIFLED THE REGISTERED MAIL
Passengers Unharmed--- Engineer
Escaped and Gave the Alarm.
CRIMINALS BEING PURSUED

SAN FRANCISCO, October IA special
from Salt Lake City says: The Union Pa
cific train due at 3:15 o'clock this morn
ing was held up a short distance east Of
Uintah.near the mouth of Weber canon and
about eight miles from Ogden. 1t is sup
posed that two men did the work, but how
much booty they got is not known. The
engineer. who left the train, ran ahead to
Uintah and reported the hold-up. He be-
lieves from the conversation of the men as
they went through the train that they In
tended to blow up the express car with
dynamite.
train was made up at Ogden and dis
patched to the scene of the robbery and
orders were given to organize a posse and
run the robbers down.
Only n Few Mail Bags Taken.
OGDEN, Utah, October lion the train
held up near Uintah. which arrived hero
this morning. no passengers were molested,
the robbers combining operations to the mail
and express cars The robbers, two IN
number. boarded the train at Paterson, a
small station IN the heart of Weber canon
The robbers surprised the engineer by sud-
denly appearing from behind the tank ana
covering him with a gun. They ordered
the fireman to cover his head with cotton
sack which they handed him. The engineer
was ordered to stop the train, and told to
indicate the express car, which he did.
While the attention of the robbers was
distracted. the engineer ran away and
escaped to Uintah. where Superintendent
y Nell was rotified
Me awhile the baggage and express cars
We're Uncoupled by the robbers, and run
ahead of the train a few hundred yards
ana ooth cars broken open. The robbers
tailed to open the safe in the express car
hn hcn tyy
secured was few mail bags, the value Of
their contents being unknown
special train In charge of Superin-
tenuent ONefl may catch the robbers as
the latter cannot get cut of the canon
except by the eastern route, and all station
agents have been notified and are await
iLs the appearance of the bandits.
800 Registered Mail Rihed
CHICAGO. October 1.-THE Union Pa
cific fast mail train held I'D at J-tntah
Utah. this morning was CARRYING the Chi
cago and other eastern mall from the
coast. due in Chicago tomorrow morning.
superintendent Troy of the railway mall
service was wired this morning by the pos
TAI messenger on the train that the postal
cars were entered by the bandits and all
of the registered mail thoroughly rihai
The fast mall carries the registered mail
from the coast. and as a great proportion
Is OF such mail Is correspondence between
banks tnclosing exchanges and remittances
and always a good proportion Of cash, the
loss Is supposed by Mr. Troy to be of con-
sequence.
This is the first time In many years
that the mail cars have been held up
said Mr.. Troy. The bandits In the past
have contented themselves with rifing ex-
press boxes and have left the mall cars
alone. fearing the relentlessness with
which the government secret agents pur-
sue mall robbers. 1t was an exceptionally
bold act to attack the fast mail OF the
Union Pacific railroad-one of the largest
carriers of mail in the country The gov
eminent cannot afford to leave unbound the
Men who did the act