Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-02
HOLD Up ON
ROCK ISLAND
Stop Train
Near New Mexico Line
and Wreck Express
Car

Rock Island passenger train No. 4.
eastbound, was held up Saturday
night at Logan, a small station
about seventy miles west of Dalhart
by three masked men, Engineer G. Z.
Walker made the following statement
concerning the hold.up:
sWe had made our regular stop at
Logan when both myself and fireman
were covered with guns and ordered
to move on. We did as ordered and
stopped the train at the end of the
switch. The robbers than forced us
t. uncouple the mail and express cars
and run a short distance up the track
where they again ordered us to stop.
Then they proceeded to enter the ex-
press car and attacked the through
safe with explosives. They exploded
two separate charge of dynamite on
Tue SAFE DuL idiiSu l VAiSSt AZ "a
trance Having used up all their ex-
plosives they made off in the dark
ness.
The mail car and passengers were
not disturbed but the explosions bad
II wrecked the express a and safe,
The local safe did not contain any
money, consequently the robbers did
not secure anything.
A posse from Dalhart headed by
Sheriff ]. N. Webb, was rushed to
the scene of the hold-up and it IS
said, they have the robbers surround
q ed and expect to effect their capture.
, Road From Dawson to Trinidad.
The Denver Times says:
There is a deal being framed UP be-
tween the Colorado & Southern, the
I'll Paso-Northaastern and John G. Os-
good of the Victor Fuel Company,
whereby, reports say, a branch line is
to be built between Dawson City, N
NJ, and Trinidad, Colo, that will con-
meet the two roads mentioned here
in.
]. M. Herbert, vice president and
general manager of the Colorado &
Southern. and Mr.. osgood were over
the ground about ten days ago and
since then the Victor Fuel Company
officials and the Colorado & Southern
directors have had their heads to-
gether on hespropusition. !
The special car belonging to the Ell
Paso-Northeastern in which osgood
and Herbert made the trip has been
waiting in the yards at the union de-
pot for a week to take the Denver men
interested back to FL Paso, where ne
gotiations will be completed.
The extension is to be built through
thirty miles Of the toughest mountain
district in the west and a tunnel will
have to be driven through the Ration
range. The Santa Fe already has a
tunnel through one part Of the range,
but the new one will be much longer.
A vast sum of money will be required
to complete the work.
The unpleasant misunderstanding
that have been in evidence for some
time between the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado & Southern
In regard to joint track agreements
in the southeastern part Of the state
was an incentive for the Colorado &
Southern to enter into the plan.
osgood wants the branch built, as
II will open up some of the richest
coal and iron mines he owns. The
Victor Fuel Company has immense
holdings south OF Trinidad on both
sides of the state line that will be
greatly benefited and Osgood will
then be independent OF the Denver &
Rio Grande and George j. Could.
While Osgood has always maintained
that the relations between himself
and the Goulds were pleasant, yet
It Is known that he has been laborips
to be Independent for some time. Nov
his ores are shipped over the Denver
& Rio Grande in many instances and
1t has been plain for some time that
he wanted to sever connections with
them.
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