Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

tnu conductor, ana Ryan, BRAKEMAN,
alone cuuld furnish anything like a
clew Two Of the desporadoes were
dressed like two cowboys they had had
aboard the night of the collision, fort
night back, and the leader, who was
tall, slender, we'll dressed, with tho
voice and information of man of eduCa-
ton and social position, closely resem.
bled III build a passenger who boarded
the sleeper that night at the Junction
and left it after the accident and went
to Pawnce. The division uperintendent
wired to Omaha such particulars as he
could give The legal representative and
certain detectives of tho road were or
dored to leave for the scene by first
train. The sheriff at Butte had good
sized posse i'll readiness by breakfast
time aud then started valiantly on the
trail of Rays troop, passing through
Fort Ransom about the time that Mr..
Dana was mounting guard.
Other sheriff's officials went ont to
Minden with the division supcriutcnd-
ent, and others still pushed on to Paw
nee, up on the broad plateau, to inquire
for two cowboys, a tramp and swell,
all of whom had appeared there III COM
pany just after the smash up at AlkaH
Flats, none of whom were there now,
but one OF whom, tho tramp, 50 called,
looking so entirely different man
with trimmed hair and beard and good
clothes-as to have been unrecJgnizaLlu
had he not rashly given himself away
to everybody by Dragging about his OK
ploits the might Of tho smash up That
tramp had boarded No. 3 at 1870 u. III.
at PaWnce with ticket for SweutWa-
ter but, so 1t transpired, had checked
his trunk only as far as Butte. All this
by rapid telegraphing to and fro was
developed before the posse started on its
way, but not until after the despoiled
train had changed engines at Butte, and
then, according to the inexorable rules
of the railway, had gone on again Jar
Wis remembered that Il very decent
quiet fellow boarded the forward pas.
seHgpr coach at Pawneo with "a ticket
for SwcetWater but be did not connect
him with the tramp SO lavishly provid-
ed for by the "sWell" the night Of the
collision But. now they spoke of it,
they were about the same size and build,
and, what made it significant, that fel
low seemed to have disappeared when
the robbers jumped aboard and went
through the passengers nor did he APP
pear again until just as the train pulled
out for Butte after the 1obbers were
gone. Wiring west after the rushing
train speedily brought this answer: "Nu
s.sls
Sweetwater aboard. And rs he had
been seen and talked with and listened
t. up to the moment Of the arrival Of
No. 3 at Butte Jarvis declared the man
must be somewhere about the town at
this moment, and Butte's few police
men We're put i'll search.
All they discovered by noon was that
such party had been seen talking ez-
citedly with tall stranger in heavy
overcoat ami cap near the baggage room
just after the train came il. The bag
gage man said that the man who pre-
scented check for the trunk from Pawnee
was tall, slender and dressed in rough,
heavy coat and travelling cap. The trunk
was sole leather 1t had lot OF foreign
stamps, hotel posters and railway lug
gage slips all over it, but the baggage
master had no time to examine it. Two
men had carried the trunk away be-
tween them, declining the offers Of the
baggage man. Somebody remembered
such trunk being wheeled in barrow
up lIoyt street Just after No. 3 came
in, two men with it. ia tall and a short,
and that was ali
Recruit Hunters pass was up at
noon, and at 80 he jumped from a
light wagon at the south gate and was
hailed by the corporal of the guard as
he was striking brlakly toward his troop
quarters:
Say, young fcller, como back here :"
The tall recruit halted, turned and
looked around, irre>olute 1t might he
authoritative, it might be more praCti-
cal Joke. At all events the corporal was
responsible, and the soldier walked
straight to where the nuncommissioued
officer was seated on II bench, near the
hall door of the guarlhouse.
Whore you been:'
ITO town on pass, vas the calm an
swer
"What did you hear about that hold
up:"
Nothing of consequence.
"Woll, your troops gone thief catch
ing, and you re to report to Sergeant
Merriweather as soon rs you come iii.
Now you We come III, You haven't any
cigars or drinkablcs about you, have
you? This is the custom house If you