The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-22
BOLD ROBBERS
STEAL A SAFE
Daring Express Robbery or
the Southern Pacific.
MUCH MONEY WAS SECURED
DETECTIVE THACKER HEADS
PURSUING POSSE.
CAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2i-rraia

q An FRANCISCO. jan 21.-Trsin
y robbers stole the iron safe from
the express car of tbe--saassst
Limited. northbound. neaY San Luis
Obispo. early this moruiklg and il
that the robbeE RS secured q
large amount of treasure rom the stol-
en- strong box. the sum Id iug placed as
nigh as sS0.ooo This, I'd yever. IS de
MED at the office of weIl Fargo q Go.
Train No q. or the Sunset Limited.
was travelling in two sections and IL
was in one of the Express cars of the
second section thbt the robbery oe-
CURED. The expr9 IS messenger T. sui
livan. had two OARS 90 look after. AID
shortly after the train left san t-Iis
ObisDo and While they were nearing
san Marcuireite he discovered the loss
Of the safe. IIe had been working r
the forward (exDress car. and 9s soon
es he went II the rear car he made tine
astounding discovery that his safe had
been wrendhed from the corner OF me
car Wheret il had been secured Wi-n
heavy steel bars and carried away
detectives Notified.
n laH messenger tafat-lAaflt lr-A-
warning{ the train was stopped ana
word was wired along The line % ioa1
cut for the robbers. The train reached
this city1 today AMI detectives were at
cnce sent to the scene Of the ro5beT}-
The officers seeking "a clue 70 he myS-
FERROUS lcrime are headed 5y Special
Detective Thacker Of wells. Fargo &
Co, whd IS thoroughly familiar with
the sectipn Of the state mere IL CO.
Cured. They have already learned
that the missing safe mas been founa
in the rough lands alongside IT the
track. IL had been rified of IT'S con-
tents. but the roDber or robbers had
overlooked "a good sized diamond and
some papers which may De of value
Messenger Not Suspected
Andrew Christensen. manager Of tne
Pacific department Of wells. Fargo O.
Co. says that there VAS very little 90
the box but there s. a report tEat one
package sent from santa Barbara wa7
worth about Sl5G9 RE added chat
Timothy Sullivan. she messenger ii
charge of tlsa car. was an old emuiaye
and thoroughly reliable.
on the arrival o. the train iu this city
Messenger Sullivan told the story ~
the robbery TO IardEuaster PerciTal-
He said that shortly after tie train
left san Luis D3irgo 0u Its ~2r north
he left the express car and in tIe dis
charge Of his duties went into tlc DaG-
gage ear, unmedia teiy behind it, his
helper was i'm 81 compartment Of one
of the cars. While the express esr
was thus temporarily vacant 1ns
thieves possibly h0boes Who had been
stealing ii ride. cut hole i'm lne front
end door and entered They then
forced open the side door. threw oul
the safe and presumably jumped after
IT, This was an easy. matter. as the
train was moving very slowly on am
up grade
Missed His Safe.
None Of The passengers OF traIUUan
saw the crime committed. nor did the
express messenger know of the rob
berry until ON returning to the express
car. he missed the safe. Tt first Sc
was reported chat she train had been
held up and considerable anxiety was
manifested regarding The safety of
those on board. 5ut this rum0r was
soon proved 90 be unfOuuded. There
were two safes on the train. one of
which was locked a. New Orleans. the
ether being "a depository for local vai-
tables. which seldom contains more
than $500. 10 Fas the latter safe than
was stolen.
Suspect Arrested.
A mans nat VAS found fin the vicin-
ETY. Of The stolen safe TO-DAY After
the robbery a man about 20 years Or
ge bought q hat from "a section man.
and on the arrival Of the southbound
train this afternoon was arrested at
the depot and identified by tho section
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