Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-17
Dynamited the Express Car, Blew
Open the Safe aud Secured
Its Contents
AMOUNT OF PLUMBER UNKNOWN.
Bandits We're Experts - One ApolOgKed
10 Engineer, Calling Him by Name,
For Hurting Him.

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2;20 a. MAT II O'Clock two masked |
men held ny North Coast limited |
| Northern Pacific passenger train, east
| bound, at about mile and half east |
| Of this station. After bringing the
train 10 a stop they dynamited the |
express car, blew open the safe and |
secured all Of its contents The amount |
secured Is not known but is believed |
to be large. After blowing out the rear
| lights OF the train the two men dis |
appeared and have not been seen since,
BOARDED THE TENDER.
The hold-up was similar to the one |
| which occurred two years ago In near |
! ly the same spot and i'm which En- |
| gincer O'Neill lost his life The hold |
| ups boarded the tender Of the engine |
| at the water tank at Bearmouth and |
after having remained quiet until the |
| train had gone mile and a half they |
! Crawled IN over the coal and covered |
| Engineer Wade and Fireman Reed with |
their guns and told them to throw up |
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commanded TO ln'ng his train TO a
standstill aud he Immediately complied. !
! The engineer and fireman We're order |
ed from their engine and with the hold
| ups went back 10 the express car Be
| fore making an effort TO gain an en- |
| trance they forced the engineer to light !
| cigar The express messenger was |
| commanded to open the door but re-
| fused. The engineer was next COM
| manded to light stick OF dynamite
| of which explosive they had a large
| quantity and placed the lighted stick
| against the car door. The force Of tho
! explosion completely wrecked the door
| ard the engineer and hroinen were
! compelled to precedc the h0ldups into
| the car.
AFTER THE STRONG BOX,
once admission was gained the hold
| ups at once directed their attention to
! the strong box Five sticks Of dyna-
! mite were placed on top Of the safe
| and ignited The force OF the charge
! was insingnhcaut and another and
| larger cap was used. The second !
! charge exploded with terrific force,
! blowing out the side Of the car and
| throwing the safe a distance OF 40
| feet. After rinmg the safe OF its yalu-
abcs the robbers commanded the train
| crew to remain quiet aud no harm
| would be done them. While this cor
| versation was going ON one of the ROW
| hers accidentally struck the engineer
| with his revolver ana in apoogizng
| for 1t called him by name, indicating
"A possibility that he may be a rail-
| road man.
ROBBERS DISAPPEAR,
The party then left the express car
and the men were ordered back to the
| engine. being covered with guns until
| they had obeyed the mandate The men
| then passed to the rear of the train
and after putting out both Of the rear
| lights of the train disappeared I'm the
| darkness Meanwhile the passengers
We're terror stricken and had crawled
under every vantage place which Of
! fered hiding
! The rear brakeman the moment he
| realized what had happened slipped off
| the rear platform OF the train and ran
! back to Bearmouth where communca-
| ton was had with the superintendents
| and sheriff's offices I'm Missoula, A pos
| Sc was Immediately summoned and at
! 1910 o'clock, an engine, a car Of
| horses and Supt. Palmer's private car
| were on their way to the scene, arriv-
! ing at o'clock, The posses consisted
! Of sheriff Thompson, Under Sheriff
! Sterling George Saunders, I'd Larson
| Chick White, James McCaffrey, James
| Tabor, william Carter and others
FOUR MEN IN PARTY.
1t is believed there are four Of the
hold-ups. all told. Four men have been
| IN Bearmouth for the past two or three
| days and II Is said have been laying IN
a large supply Of groceries, especially
canned goods. The theory Is that they
! have rendezvous not far from the
scene Of the hold-up
A light engine from Drummond bear
! ing eight deputies was Immediately
started and It Is thought that the men
cannot escape. Deputy Whitley Wat
| son ana George Murray are on their
way from Missoula up the Hell GAZE
| canon to head of escape In that direc-
| ton, while Tabor and Saunders were
| let Off the train at McCarthy's Bridge
| to head OF escape there, 1t Is learned
| that the railroad people were expecting
! the hold-up for the past two days but
| looked for Il on the Phillpsburg branch.
For two days armed guards were car
ried on all trains bearing bullion and on
! Wednesday, 1t Is believed, this course
averted n hold-up at Flint, just north
| Of Philipsburg From the description
had OF these men II Is believed they
are OF the same crowd who did last
| nights hold-up.
CAN IDENTIFY THEM
Two boys, Ralph DAILY and Al HOr-
| ton We're stealing a ride on the blind
baggage and both say they can identify
| the men. One of the men had red
beard but a dlmple ON his cheek would
serve to identify him, even with the
| beard shaved off He Is described as
six feet tall with stubby beard He
] wore a black SLOUGH hat, turned down
| In front and overalls turned up at the
bottom like q lumberjack,
Supt Palmer Is cooperating with
Sheriff Thompson in planning the pur-
| suit and at this hour g 30l the dawn Is
] beginning TO break and the men are
| getting ready TO start out,
\ HUMOROUS INCIDENT,
The hold-up had It's humorous fea-
| ture. DAILY, one OF the blind baggage
| passengers got down as soon as possi-
| bile after the safe was robbed, looking
for loose money. All he could find was
stack OF worthless money orders
which he turned over TO supt. Palmer
He said II gold brick was IN front OF
| him, some one would beat him 10 IL