The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-16
LONE ROBBERS BOLD WORK
Holds Up 4 u. p. Passenger
Train.
Robber Understood Hts Business Aad
Han the Engine Himself when re
Got Through Hts " ori. Tie Escaped
Easily Special Traius aud Omcer-
Ia Pursuit.

Salt Lake City, Oct 1i-uintah, q
small station on the Union Pacific rail-
road Go Weber canyon, eight miles east
of Ogden was the scene OF on early horr
yesterday morning, OF one Of the most
daring tobbcrlcs ever prfpctratcd IN
the west
% appears that the holdup was The
work Of one man, single handed -and
alone, who by a clever coup caioled the
passengers and irainmen into the belief
that he had ample assistance In the raid
that he was making. lis method of
operation was as follows, lie fret made
his appearance by climbing over the
tender into the cab OF the engine and
pcrcmptorily demanding the fireman
and engineer TO throw up their hands,
wing that he was about to rob the
train. The robbcr was disguised In such |
way as to prevent any possibility Of
Identification. having his head enclosed |
In sack with eye holes cut The men
Immediately complied with the request |
of the robber and were forced to disguise
themselves as he directed, furnlshin 4 |
.hem with flour sacks to pull over their
heads. Over this mask they were re
qulred to pull down their hats In a man.
ner that would indicate to the passen.
gers and others that they, too, were rob.
bcrs.
AZ this point he compelled the now
captive engineer and fireman to un.
couple the train leaving the express and
mall car attached to the engine. After
this was done he personally mounted
the engine, leaving the engineer and
fireman upon the ground, pulled open
the throttle and ran part OF the train
half a mile down the canyon where he
stopped and began his efforts to blow
open the safe.
The express messenger and mail clerk
In the meantime, remained In their re.
spectlve cars.
The robber commanded the express
messenger to maintain absolute silence,
an Injunction which he unwllllngly. but
implicitly obcycd. After this he spent
an industrious but frultloss thirty min.
uics TO bore into and blow open the safe
with dynamite. During the operations
Of the robber the express messenger
sat quietly on box near by. After
? failing to reach the inside of the safe,
and seeing that success In that direction
, was impossible, he abandoned HE work
! and turned his attention to the mall car,
I where he commanded the clerk to
' throw out the registered packages and
I four mail bags were accordingly thrown
: out. Taking out his knife, he lmmedi
. ately proceeded TO cut open the bags
? and rife them OF such matter as suited
+. his fancy. lie secured a number OF reg.
, lstered packages, but as to the exact
=, number and how much money they CON
c talned, there IL no means Of knowing at
D this time. Al this point the robber fin.
4 ished his business and turned his atten.
}, ton towards making his escape. The
q direction which he took from this point
= Ia not known.
a Turning attention to the rear portion
B. Of the train, II was found that the en-.
n gineer, during the time Of the operations
n Of the robber In the express and mall
= cars, had made his way to Uintah sta.
r ton, where he sent out the report Of the
c robbery. During this time also, the
i fireman had remained with the detached
c cars at the rear, until tramp came up
i the road from the direction Of the en-
c engine and reported that the robber had
c fed. The fireman then went forward
and brought back the front part OF the
train, attached to Il the part which had
been lief, behind and run the train into
Uln,ah station, where he picked up the
n regular engineer. The train reached
Salt Lake Tuesday morning two hours
10 and forty minutes late.
- The amount secured Il unknown, hui
o probably large. The robber overlooked
N $4,000 In currency. consigned to Sal
J. Lake banks.
y II Is believed the robber had eonfet
T. crates. but had passed them before halt
ing the train, and was forced to do the
ID Job himself.
sr Posses are securing the country II
IN every direction and guarding ever,
70 mountain pass through which the rob
ID beers are likely to nass, and officers eS
n press every confidence that they vii
re soon be apprehended.
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a., SILVER Coinage.
= Washington, oct. I3--The statemen