The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-06

nc CAV d pIllC description or the
murder of Mr. Fay He said:
Near LimOn two men were discov-
cred on the platform Of the rear Pull
man. The Pullman conductor. Mr..
Smith, miStOOk them for tramps and
ordered them to enter the car. Go to
, the smoking car said he, and at the
next stop leave the train
They entered the car and at once
drew revoIvers, both flashing weapons
| in the conductors face. One handed
! him a flour sack. Hold il with both
hands, said he, aud wake up the pas
senSerS-' Then they began a Systemat-
! ic search of the car.
| 1t was in Semi-daT6neSS and all the
/ passengers had retired several hours
/ before. One rObber guarded the con-
| ductOr while the other extorted money
and Valuables from the passengers. All
| Of the passengers in the rear Pullman
/ were soon plundered, and then the han
I dts entered the forward Pullman where
/ / was An aged man. ". J. Fay. dis
| covered What was taking place before
| any one else
He partially emerged from his berth
| and presented a revolver through the
| folds of the curtain The bandits saw
| the revolver; and one Of them opened
fire. At the same time Fay fired. and
/ il is believed the bullet struck one Of
| the robbers. Fay fell like a, log and
| was dead before his body touched the
berth. The bullet had entered his
mouth and had passed through his
head. His brains were scattered over
| the bed covers.
Train Porter Covered.
AT the moment of the shooting the
/ train porter entered the car, and at
once the men covered him with their
| comma T1s7aI him n
| up his hands. He turned and ran to-
| ward the chair car. The robbers fol-
/ lowed him. and as the porter entered
| the chair car one of them fired at him.
! but missed. Then the men turned 10
| the Pullman conductor and ordered
| him to stop the train.
He pulled the rope, but the train did
not slow down. Pull harder one of
! the men commanded, and the conduct
or again struggled with the rope, and
/ so hard that Il parted. 'UncOuple the
cars, they then ordered. but he eX-
planned to them that it was a task that
/ he could not perform For d dozen
miles or more the train proceeded until
/ it pulled into Hugo Then the robbers
! compelled the conductor 10 alight first.
I and with a mUttered good bye they
/ walked south at d brisk pace
: AS near as l can judge, they board
Z
on board nearly one hour, but after
| the shooting they were in absolute
command The male passengers could
/ do nothing and the women acted ad-
mirabiy. The robbers plans evidently
! niscarried. They. no doubt. had
| horses at some convenient place, and
the accident to the bell rope makes it,
I in my opinion. a good guess that they
viii be captured Hugo is the county
! seat. and the sheriff and a posse are
/ hot on their trail. The country for
miles around Is a barren plain.
Mrs varney's Escape
Mrs Varney Of Denver had a mar
row escape from serious injury, per
haps death. She occupied the berth
adjoining that Of Mr.. Fay, and the two
bullets fired at him passed through the
thin partition and the mattress on
/ which she was lying and lodged in
the floor"
Conductor James Folens. who
/ brought the train from Ellis, relieving
Smith. related an incident Of Miss
Shaw's bravery. After the robbers Wis
| tied her berth and relieved her of what
money she had, Miss Shaw dressed
/ hUrTiedly and made her way 10 the
second sleeper, in which they were
/ then working. Acc0sting them in the
midst of their work she exclaimed. in
dignantly: You are a great set Of
loafeTs TO be rObbing women If l were
a man You wouldn't rob me"
Story of a Tailor.
W.SP. Phillips, tailor of Los An4
geIes, Cal. was sitting in the rear Of
the chair car that was attached 10 the
second sleeper. He was awakened by
the shot which was fired by the IN
fortunate Mr.. Fay at the robbers
Soon after he said last night. tina
train porter came into our car looking
for a revolver, saying that there was
trouble in the sleeper He got one from
Mrs Thompson of LeadViIle and went
TO the door Of the car to get a shot at
the robbers
Jus as he got TO the door and had
it firmly fastened the robbers fired
three shots at MIN. but by lodging he
was able 10 get away. One Of the
I bullets came through the door Of the
car and ] picked it up and kent 1t till
I got 10 Hugo. where I gave 4 10 the
station master there The robbers did
not come into our car. but aHghted at
Hugo and in less than a half hour
/ posse was in pursuit
The news of the robbery and murder
did not reach the Union Pac1hc repre-
sentatiYeS till this morning The local
Pinkerton agency was at once notified
and Superintendent TillOtson and cap
tain Mahady set the machinery OF
their office in motion Superintendent
Daniel of the Pacific Express company
also interested himself and with Of
ficerS of the express company and me
| PinkertOn men proceeded I'D the road
/ into Kansas and at Lawrence boarded
/ the train which had been stained with
/ the blood OF a brave man. All the IN
( terested passengers We're interviewed
and the telegraph operators between
/ the university town and this city were
given plenty of work 20 do On tneiG
reutrn they were nOn-communlcauVe-