The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-07
ROBBER HAS NOT
BEEN CAPTURED
Reward of 81 900 Offered BY
Mells-FargO Company.
NEGRO NOT TIE GUILTY MAN
WHITE SUSPECT is ALSO UNDER
ARREST.


Los Angeles. Dec. 6,-Notwithstand-
ing that scores of deputy sheriffs and
police officers are patrorling the Santa
Fe railroad. nearly all the way from
Daggett and Needles and The surround
ing country is being searched to the
remotes't corner for some trace OF the
bandit who yesterday looted the Wells
Fargo express car at Daggctt, Cal,
after shooting and perhaps fatally
WOunding Express Messenger Evan
Roberts, tho man is still at large. Inc
FIRST suspect arrested, a negro, VINO
was taken into custody at Barstow yes
terday. arrived in this city today IN
charge of officers and has been lodged
in the city jail. Wells-Fargo officials
state, however, that they do not be-
lieve he is the man wanted. Several
other parties have been apprehended
at various places on suspicion, but II IS
believed that the right man has not
been captured.
Rewards offered.
The Fargo Express company
has offered a reward of $1,000 for the
capture of the bandit. This offer has
been supplemented by one for a similar
amount from the Santa Fe Railway
company and $500 from the state. The
large reward has attracted a number of
posses who are searching every foot of
the territory in the neighborhOOd of the
.iold-Up where a man could secret HIM
self. and il Is not believed that he can
possibly succeed in escaping. The coun-
try for miles in every direction from
Daggett is a barren desert with no
avenue of escape excepting by way oil
the railway.
Messenger Roberts is still alive and
the physicians state that he stands
about one chance in a hundred of re-
covering He is yet considered Toe
weak to attempt TO make any identih-
cation of the man who shot him.
Assistant superintendent Pridham OF
Wells-Fargo stated this morning that
the amount of money taken from the
way safe in the car is about $500. Sew
eraI checks and drafts, including one
for 81. 000 were also taken but payment
on these has been stopped and the rob-
Der viii hardly take the chance of max
ing an attempt TO cash them.
Another Suspect.
Another arrest was made today al
Ludlow. a small station fifty miles &c
the eastward of Daggett on the Santa
Re. The suspect is n white man and il
is believed by the authorities that they
have the right man. He was at Dag
Eett for some time prior to the robbery
and was seen there up to the time il oc-
Cured About that time he disap-
peared. however, and was not heard
from again until he was arrested to-
day at Ludlow. He denies any con-
neCtion whatever with the crime and
claims that he was on his way &c
some mines i'm the interior. 1t is SAID
that he was formerly a railroad mar
and familiar with the construction OF
express cars and would have known
how to effect an entrance into the cal
from the end door as was done.
Story of the Negro Arrested.
The name of the negro under arrest
in this city is Garfield Williams. Will
liamS claims that he was on his way
west with a carload of horses and had
been refused the right TO ride further
with the horses, and was making hi.
way the best he could when taken into
custody. He will be taken before Mes
senger Roberts as soon as the latter is
able to see anyone. The suspect a
Louisville is also being brought TO thi.
city for Identification.