Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24
Tim ROBBERS ESCAPE.
Tai Nan and Short Man are Again in tvl-
denee.
PASSENGERS WE'RE ALL TtRRoSIztO.


r,,s,Id men held up me Missouri Pacl-
h. pissenrer train known as uic "L,i-
ii. mock and wichita Express" In the
s.,,l, bstNeen Leeds and DawsDn.
.,rsn miles frum kansas city at $50
o,si.st bat u.ght. To prcvcrf Inter
emo. they nrri smashed the tcle-
...,h io.tfti,n anis at the Belt Lane sta
t.g ,hs junction u tho Bch Line and
,ns Frl.co and marched the operator.
u. A.. usey before them 70 a poins haii
4 mile east While two men covered
tl,.v me o.htrs naggcd the train a. u
appsarad. quickly covered Eng'heer
s..r,,n and Fireman Weston and com
nailed them to dm1un,' and dc'aeh-
~ ia, rngin, and the rAcihc Express
c,r. nm tham down the rack mile
nd nan ,rwaiJ Dawson. The pis-
asnrsrs were unmolcsied but the porter
NH, atsmfsod 90 Int sffore was quickly
nsnt to cover by a shot. Al q des''a'e
ulyt up me road the baggige car "AH
quickly broken luio, great quanii'les
OF dynamite placed upon me through
g4fn and the local safe placed on tNp
of ID. 50 much explosive was used that
thr car was lurlaiiy blown TO ~ ithfla
ar.i the safes thrown away TO one SIDE
III the track This mprning npihhE put
frlEmcnts VI The ioo1l safe cuti DC
f1udd aud the through box was =
wreck. the dup haVins been blown on
and the door Nrauchfd AMI otherwise
damage. Tho explosion whldh NHs
ID such fcrce o. 90 have been heard
dIaInciiy Ia Kansas cay, undoubtedly
d.str1ypd amy ynluhhles uHt tn rlfea
frI have contained. That thr robbers
fh.mafves were not blown TO atoms
ftfe1a Strange.
Ths exprras officials examined their
o. rruainlrs afgug box this morning
no absolutely refuse 10 make
Flifmcm ~ their 1aa, saying Simply
mu liWaramal. Suptisnto niwi. Mpyic
81 De- express company insists that the
taln carried but iHlc treasure,
A rmhu army ct detectives was %
tho r.tne early this morning, but w
b % am. no trace or tangible Glow ut
d. robbers had been secured. The be-
% that they are old hands at tho
tafn,ya aud arc by this time safe from
opiurc, 10 guncral.
Eying debris flum the shattered eN-
rffaa car carried down the telegraph
uIfna along the 'Ffifco track WHICH
NNNANA|NM Wv ANHNNMNA y MNNANN ~ 80"
point VI thf robbery. and completed tho
kiyppaEc Of tolegraphlc communicnupn
begun al the BELT LINE station. II Naa
therefore s1mc time before the neSs u
tho tuihcry became known, and aiill
longer before a wrtckagc crew could be
BOT
a new engine had to be secured. m
that which the roadmen had been using
had been KILLED" II was $3.50 this
Nsa anHV.aaAHHI Ia ga
s;ruwn IN all dlrocilona. was gathered
tuEC her, the train made up ana the trip
south continued.
The cXpiNTH matter. much OF u ruined.
was taken ~ osaawatumie. kanH. Much
excitement prevailed amoug the pas-
fsngera during their long walt In the
detached ears. though but lHue hrlng
9as INDUCED In by tho robbcrA
The robbery was undoubtedly one u
% hoidcat that has cyei bccn COM
m.uei Ia this locality. 80 noted for
hld-upf,
a trach train lcfi the cry Tor the
tuur NJ the robbery about 1 O'Clock this
maulug, carrying several railroad ana
elnHH officials Operator u. N. ulsry
Clr ihIa account OF the robbery
% vas luu before Missouri SO. Q was
dlg' uld illsly when two men. tan
ani short one. came into the telegraph
oiqr. The short orV, wearing al black
mask. showed q Wlnchtate 70 my
stomach and ordered me 10 hold up my
hands The tan man had cloth died
tt1r the lower part n hls face, and
displayed blk rrd nose and pair VI
VIZ vicious black eyes lie carried a
illf OF pliers, with which he cut a few
wins then tried 20 smash the swltch-
bllrl with hla revolver. The DAMAGE
% not amount ~ much.
Just then the train crossed the
Mhue u'lr b. and stopped as usual.
~ sh1r. man showed me- at the point
N revolver down the track. The en-
she wac surrounded 10y perhaps ave
MN WEARING masks. They hid the en-
tu'pt and fireman down from the IN
sue The engineer. fireman and my
Ntft ordered 10 unCuuplc the engine
az hAEsags ear from the rest Of the
uNh' we compiled promptly. We ihrre
Wy mon ordered TO gsI ON the train
III say more, under pain of death,
pNilrr w ne ifsln came upon the
n'' uul a shot from one 81 the rub-
treat. ''""' "'''''
~ ieu mlut's more the robbers had
- on % Sac engine and started
~, ~ inAd. Ahnu twenty minutes
s beard a terrific explosion ana
NJ. ltpl Mersftsur ilills came
tiiN.ns oiek aud said the express car
n.'h hIsAn up, lio had not stayed
alarm wv" saw $50
,,sAprFH MESSENGER 8. II HIS tod an
hs .i'lOs story OF his experience with
va. working away" said he.
i vl,tn ! i't Thai my car W,ts a,artlne
an, ue iesi " the train, looked
II M. NNi htW me men, | realized u
% IA NJ and duckod IN. They
Il Ntn came 90 ne SIDE door ana heat on
WIN uieit guns Lei "a In or wen
II ~ ~ upl thpy demanded. l opened
n NDll ana ihrne men got In, They
49, MASKED aui carried sacks over
M arms one man got the drop on
my curved nv and asked how
ia uIlity there NaB In the safes,
~ " lhfin food good ana pleniy The
treJ une OF the men slipped and
49, wv good look at him. quick
~ uiah NJ hN me ON the head with
49, OH MS revolver. They put seven
VI uytumite ON tho hlg oimhlnn.
M ana set the portage safe on tor
| a-I Mantle, The ear finally stopped
nm, Hrt fuse. / saw "a match
i ~ ~ lhry Jumped out leaving me IL
4 nrsn," plndcd with them and they
4 dIlnv d, me jump down. We AL
IL a9, Were was a Hash and a roar
"a lnd an age lR He wa5.ed. The fis,
4 th.y -ppAtenily refused % work AMI
iron, 1.ftd me 10 uncouple the engin,
doing hiKRaGe or just as / WA
m Wrfa was fash and a road
rec,,s, 'Ae ground stunned. Whet
f..-na 49, .euleNnilN 10 gain my lee
the M lli 'G,i, quicli' started OF
Of ths t"n ne Track l0Nnfd the rea
NA while the robbers who hat