The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-24
TRAIN HELD UP
NEAR PORTLAND
Bandit Shot Through the Heart
BY Express Messenger.
ENGINEER ALSO WOUNDED
DISASTROUS ATTEMPT TO ROB
o. r. & N. EXPRESS.

I ! ORTLAND, Ore. Sept 23.-The At
lantc express on the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation line, which left
here ut Sis p m, was held up by four
masked men at $3.50 tonight near Cor
bett station, Uwenty-one miles east of
this city. One Of the robbers was shot
and killed by Express Messenger Fred
korner, and Engineer Ollie Barrett was
seriously wounded by the same bullet.
After the shooting the robbers lied
without securing any booty.
Two OF the highwaymen boarded the
train at Troutdale, q station eighteen
miles east of here. and after the train
had got under way they crawled over
the tender and. covering the engineer
and. fireman with revoIvers. told them
TO stop at mile post Il, which is near
Corbett station.
Carried Dynamite.
When the train slowed down two
more men appeared. Two OF the rob-
bers compelled the engineer to get out
of the cab and accompany them To- the
express car, while the officers Watche5
the fireman. The men carried several
sticks Of dynamite. and WHEN they
came to the baggage car thinking ft
was the express car. threw Il stick a;
the door. Express Messengcr Eorner
heard the explosion and Immediately
secured his rifle and opened fire. The
bullet pierced the heart of one of the
robbers and went through his body.
entering the left breast of Engineer
Barrett, who was Just behind him.
BafFetts wound il above the heart and
is not necessarily fatal
Robbers Fled.
After the shooting the other three
robbers fed without securing any
booty, and it is supposed they took ID
boat which they had mOOTed at the
bank of the river. The point where
the hOld-up occurred is on the bank
of the Columbia river and "A PERCEPTIONS
mountain lis on the other side of the
track. The easiest route OF escape is
by the river and the officers believe
the robbers viii either cross to the
Washington shore or come down the
river TO this city.
The robber ordered Engineer Bar
rett 10 walk in front of him while APP
preaching the baggage car but he
jumped behind just before the shot
from the express messengers rifle was
fired
Body Left Behind.
The body of the dead robber was left
beside the track and that of the
wounded engineer placed on board the
! train. which was run to Bridal Veil. "a
distance of six miles b-- the. Fireman
An engine and cabO0se from The Dalles
brought the engineer to this city. ar
irving at 1890 a. m. and he was taken
! to st. Vincents hospital Sheriff Story
and four deputy sherids left on a spe-
cial train for the scene Of the robbery
at 12:45. but they have small hopes Of
capturing the robbers. as the country
! on both sides Of the river is rough and
heavily timbered
The oregon Railroad & Navigation
company late tonight offered a reward
of $1,000 for the arrest of the high
waymen- 1t is believed that the rob
bers are amateurs from the fact that
they mistook the baggage car for the
express car. The door of the car was
| badly shattered. but the trucks We're
not injured. and it was not detached
from the train.
Engineer Barrett is one of the old
est men on the road. having been in
the employ of the O. r. & N company
for twenty-five years. Express Mes
! senger Fred Korner is known as one
of the most determined men in the en-
plOy Of the Pacific Express company.