Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-15
U. P. MAIL TRAIN ROBBED.
Held Up Near Uintah, Utah, and the
Registered Packages Rafed-
PassenSers Not Moleated,

Held Up Near Uintah, Utah, and the
ReEistered Packages Rnhed-
Passengers Not Molested.
Ogden. U, Oct. A-The Union Pacific
fast mail, due here at o'clock this morn
ing. was held up by masked and heavily
armed men half mile east of Uintah.
No passengers were molested. the robbers
confinins operations to the mail and ex-
press cars. The robbers, two in number.
boarded the train at Paterson, small sta
tion in the heart of Weber canyon. They
surprised the engineer by suddenly appear
ing from behind the tank and covering
him with a gun. They ordered the fire
man to cover his head with cotton sack,
which they handed him. The engineer was
ordered to stop the train, and told to in
dicate the express car, which he did.
While the attention of the robbers was
distracted, the engineer ran away and es-
capped to Uintah, where Superintendent
O'Neill was notified. Meanwhile. the bag
gage and express cars were uncoupled by
the robbers and run ahead of the train
few hundred yards and both cars broken
open. The robbers failed to open the safe
in the express car. An attempt was made
to force the safe with dynamite, but the
charge failed to explode.
The robbers then went to the mail car.
While they were sorting the registered
packages, the conductor cut the engine
loose from the train, opened the throttle
and started for Ogden. Near this city. he
overlook the engineer and brought him
into Ogden. Several large posses of men
have started on the trail of the robbers.
including many old scouts who know every
foot of the country
The railway officials say that the booty
secured was few mail bags, the value of
their contents being unknown.
A al troiv
ent ONeil, may catch the robbers. as the
latter cannot get out of the canyon except
by the eastern route, and all station agents
have been notified and are awaiting the
appearance of bandits.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE Union Pacific fast
mail train held up at Uiptah. T., this
morning was carrying the Chicago and
other Eastern mail from the coast due in
Chicago tomorrow morning. Superintend-
ent Troy. of the railway mail service, was
wired this :norning by the postal messen-
gers on the train that the postal cars were
entered by the bandits, and all of the reg
istered mail thoroughly rified. The fast
mail carries the registered mail from the
coast. and as a great proportion of such
mail is correspondence between banks. en-
closing exchanges and remittances. and al
ways good proportion of cash, the loss is
supposed by Mr.. Troy to be of consequence
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 con-
tented themselves with rifling express box
eS, and have left the mail cars alone, fear
ing the relentlessneSs with which the gov
ernments secret agents pursue mail rob-
bers. 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 government cannot af-
ford to leave unfould the men who did the
act