Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-24
THG BLUE CUT ROBBERY.
Statement Of The Chicago and Alton
Road 0flCialS.


CHICAGO, Dec 2i.--At the olllco OF
the Chicago nud Alton railway, the
following ON sial statement IN regard
to the Blue Cut robbery twas gi7-a out
today:
The train was tagged by red and
white lanterns just west Of the Nils.
soury Pacific bridge, uas, oil adopen-
uence. The rdhbtrs 10, k Charge Of The
engine nuu made tue enginemau get
Oft and = conauctI y aai brakem IN 20
tnck nnJ yet tFRlu wrench ami cut
II Il c egprpte car. The trai nmen
made Considerable noise anu d!t much
! loud taking ami ptundlng on the
couplings while doing the WORK IN
ORDER to give he ex pr, ssmaa chgrcs
TO hide away hts siuG.
Wheu the train was Gu Il the rob.
bers MAIDS the trainmsa get of while
| they took he engine anu express car
away. they mkt stopped in a Gus
ao1 ut hall way between Top HIN and
G.eec and rapl Ell on the expio,s car
v, or. he expressman Opened 1t md
realized for the first time that he was
being held up. All his valuables
| no says were exposed, He 1Atms
| NV - uANE nav liliit W bhl AitNbu
the uaio tetore leaving Kansas City.
| II was therefore not nee. s-ary tor the
| robbers 10 open the safe, although they
were amply pr0vided with dynamite
for that purpose. The amount secure I
fouts up 81 $40 IN cash anu may reach
SS,u00. Aiter robblng the chr they cut
the bell corr, puiisl tho tank pin an
| cut II tue airtand urJeTeJ the express.
nan TO 8 t the hanc brake on the ex.
press car. They all Rot on the ensioe
ami ran to the secoau iron bridge cast
oi Glendale, where II was lett without
water, steam, fire or air. The trai0
crew WAS, + Engineer W.tton, Fireman
Post, Conductor Nichols, Brakeman
Jones aud ESptesem IN Frier.
Tho following description Of the
robbers he given by the ,rsfnmep.
Four men, all masked, three dark anu
one light masks; one mIu small! aud
sier der, eomewhs. feminine IN Voic
hal bee. drinking; two medium sia (;
one man six ieel tail, weight no
pounds. The ttsinmen were tnixeu
describing the clothes worn.
BOLD AND CLEVER.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.-rne Chicago "
Ahou express, wbirn was held W by
masked bandits In the famous Blue
Cut, near independents, No, We'd
nesuay night, arrived at 81. LOUIS this
afternoon at l:o5. Tao st,ry, a. oh.
tanned iun the trGinmea stamps the
robbery as one OF the clevere,t and
boldest work tone by road AGENTS dpr.
ing the year. Expre,s Messen .cr J.
u. Frior eels terribly broken up over
The robbery. When the train crew
frat asked how he Jared, he ssi1
the company had been nurd hiI.
Now ho says be cannot tell
now much was taken. To reg resent
alive OF the Associated Press Frier
saiu: II was busy AMI thought we
had etopntd on account o break
ulnwn. | heard no volc,s u I'D i,
When the knock came, L tuppOsei N
was q brakeman and opeDoi ,he uoor
Tuen 1 was helpless. The robbers
threw my ehotgun cut OF the car ana
broke II to pieces. They csriainly
knew their business and were very
polite, but it would not have been q C
to have resisted them"
FrIer has been a messenger for the
Pacific Express c)maany for twelve
years anu connected with exprett
companies over twenty yeais. He wit
be able TO identity the robbers, II
caught.
KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. 24-Mes.
, tenger Fryer could give no est, male OF
, the Lose. He tes cribes two OF tn,
robbers as quite tall and smoothly
shaved, about twenty-five years o
age. The third man, VINO attemp' ed
! to blow olen the satt, was about tnir
five years old and had small mus
; tache. The ROBBERS leiL Immediately
after concluding II would be useless
to break through the sale. Fryer 10
. mainedin the Car alone for two hour
after they left. Had the robbers cue
ceeded In opening the safe they would
more than likely have made ricl
haul.
Al noon word was received from
Cracker Neck. a small place near But
' Cut, that q man believed to be one o
}. the robbers, had been held there. A
special train bsarlng officers wa
started from Independence to maxi
n the arrest.
KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. Pal
was $3.50 this morning before tn