New-York tribune., 1900-08-31
HOW TRAIN WAS ROBBED
STORIES BY CONDUCTOR AND FLAGMAN
OF UNION PACIFIC EXPRESS.
WHICH WAS HELD UP.

cheyenne wyo Aug. 30.-Posses have been
sent out from Rawlins, Rock Springs. Green
over and other places in search of the bandits
who held up Union Pacific passenger train No.
8 near Upton station last night They have
been traced in southerly direction toward the
Colorado line. There some steep mountains
north of the Rock Springs. where IL would be
hard to find them IL they reached the
range but they are now thought to be south OF
the railroad.
Paul Bailey of the United States Marshals'
force, has telegraphed to the Washington au-
thorties asking that Federal reward be offered
for the bandits. No action has yet been taken
by the State looking to the capture Of the rob-
bers No accurate information is obtainaole at
this time Of the amount of money the robbers
secured from the express safe. officials say.
however, that it was not large.
The conductor, Edward J. Kerrigan. who was
in charge of the train when It was held up came
into Cheyenne to-day. He gave the following
account of the holdup:
We had just passed Upton. when felt the train
stopping. 1 knew something was wrong, and went
up ahead to what II was. There was ~ S~tIlaL
toward the baggage car. AS soon as reached the
engine a man covered me with a winchester and
soe be eonducor f he took me back to the
and told e bSn oP9 tns rn l h 9oWn the
track started to do this. but the train was on
move down by themselves They let me set the
brakes the coaches to hold them ana tnen L1 ran
the front part of the train down the track ABOUT
half mile After they stopped they ordered Wo1d Cd.
cerk srs and cone out This he refused to do for
minute; then, when 1 they were going 70 blow
rbey took the engineer Henry Wallerstein the
fireman The atf ana s ye bH
one man, while they blew up the cars and safes
baggage car and demolished the next car to it
They put three charges on the safe before they
wanted they went to their horses, which were
tied near by; and fed. 1t took about an hour to
They did not rob the passengers. but 1 had a hard
before we cut off the front cars. They shot one
passenger to scare him; another one got to walk
the the butt Of his winchester and told him to lie
there or he would get killed. Another old man.
and just got him back in time to save his life
He did not hear the robbers orders
at the baggage cars using dynamite. at
the engine, one guarding US. and think they left
another with the horses They were all bad men
and were well armed. I think could identify
them If saw them again.
William Kuhns who was fagman on the train,
said:
Brakeman Frederick Nash and I were on the
engine gin "a was bro broken and stepped off behind When
bsnfe nsaE4 T,t5 shot knew we were held up ran
which was following US 'FN0'''
When ! got back they had Kertgan. and were
making him uncouple the car tell you he was
gritty and deserves great credit. He would not un-
couple thosa cars until they let him set the brakes
He explained to them that those cars full Of people
would rush down the baggage car and cause
death II let alone without brakes. They took the
trainmen OFF and guarded when they used the
dynamite could see their horses few hundred
yards from the train, guarded by one man
Ogden, Utah Aug. SO.-The train reached here at
$40 a. m. The mailcar was untouched and the
Oregon Short Line Express car was slightly dam
aged The robbers confined their work TO the
RAG RACINE he Express ear, which was totally wrecked
a
me mall clerk and express messenger state that
a man concealed himself the tender at Tipton
. about two miles west of that place he compelled
the engineer 70 stop the train. Three robbers
appeared from the brush. The train was cut in two
ara Inc express and mail
Inlie down the road, where the
blown open with dynamite Officials here declare
the loss is only s154.
Omaha. Neb.. Aug. So--At Union Pacific head
quarters little is known regarding the Wyoming
train robbery General Manager Dickinson Is on
the scene directing the pursuit.
Denver, Aug. 30.-An unconirmed report has
reached Denver that the Wyoming train robbers
were captured to-day by a posse under United
States Marshal Hadsell ten miles from the scene
Of the robbery 1t is said one deputy and one
robber wounded.