Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-03
GREAT NORTHERN
OVERLAND HELD UP
Torpedo on Track First Drew Engi.
neer's Attention to Trouble and
Looked ROuud aud Saw Gun.
SAFE OYNAMITED THREE TIMES
Amount Secured Not known --Passeu.
gers We're Not oestcd-EXprcss
Car a Wreck

Tacoma. Wash, oct 3.--Au Everett
special 10 the Ledger says:
The Great Northern overland due
here at 800 Monday ulght reached
Everett at 12.l5 o'clock this morning.
The delay was caused by ono of the
boldest holdups m the history OF rail-
reading ON the Pacific coast The hold
mp occurred just south Of the brick
yard near Ballard. which ia located
near the 10 miles post.
Three dynamite shots were put into
the through safe the robbers working
until 800 o'clock before they finished
the job. They worked over am hour
and O. half Most ~ tho coutcuts of
the through s3to were secured EN
press Messenger Anderson says he docs
not know how much they obtained, but
says they left some of IT'S contents iu
the wreokaso. The local safe VAS not
touched
40 one wag injured seriously all
though a continual fire OF reyolvers
was Kept mp. stories differ as to the
number of robbers engaged I'm the ion
There were at least three There may
have been four or oven more
A torpedo on the track FIRST attracted
Engineer Calders attention. Then an
other torpedo explosion occurred and
then red light was swung over the
track. The rain caused the engineer
some apprehension aS the track near
Ia. 90 A..
mud slides lie brought his train to
stop While slowing down his at
tcutiop was called to a rObber standing
over Fireman Gorett With "a gun I'm his
face, Almost at the same instant am
other robber held a gun over the eugi-
ncors face. The bandits were masked
wore rubber hats and rubber coats
They had Crawled over the tender
As coon as tho train was stopped
these robbers took the engine men of
the locomotive and back ~ the bag
gage raG whore thcy compelled Express
Messenger Charles Anderson to leave
his car They compelled obedience I'm
o. rough manner using their guns with
good cncCt but fortunately wounded
no one. They 3t once began the dyus.
hitting Express Messenger Anderson
and the engiuemen say they were com
PEELED 20 remain with the robbers and
watch tho proceedings Three charge,
We're fired. The first was @ small az
fair six sticks Of dynamite being used
IN" second contained l2 sticks and the
third is sticks
The cU ana most OF It's contents ar,
a total wreck There was considerable
| delay between shots. When the work
was getting under way. after the train
/ had been stopped. and especially after
the first shot was fred a number ol
the passengers attempted to go for.
ward tn witness operations but their
movements were halted by fire From
reyOlvcrs.
a high bank was at the east Of IN,
train and the waters Of Puget Scum,
| close up 20 the track on tho west side
The bandits worked alongside the train
on the west side Their bullet hole,
through the baggage car all struck A
dlugonally
Tho head brakeman started back
| down the track Several shots were
fred al him, but he eNtuguishod hg
lantern and kept going he thinks %,
had gone half mile when he wa,
| halted ana instructed TO return to th,
train by one of the bandits who h3t
| been stationed back Of the wreck
| Conductor Grant managed to leave thi
| train I'm spite Of the hail Of bullets
lie oNtlnguished HE Hight and remained
| who're he could observe operations huI
| was unable TO- proceed toward tht
scene the trainmeu attempted TO uJ
| the Wire 10 report and This caused fur.
| thor delay No attempt was made a.
| rob the passengers. most of whom wore
pauic-strckou throughout lhe ordeal
Two young fellows about Q who claim