The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-04

REWARD 0FS5,OOO
FOR THE ROBBERS
Whole Country Aroused in the vioin-
ity OF Seattle.
BL000H0UNDS ON TRAIL
EXACT NUMBER OF THE HOLD.
UPS UNKNOWN.
BLOoOHoUNDS ON TRAIL

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Seattle, Wash oct S-The Great
Northern Express company this MORN
ing authorized a reward Of $1,000 for
the capture and Identification of The
men implicated in the hold-up OF No.
last night; q prop0rtionate amount Cor
the capture and conviction of one or
more men in the party and $500 per
man additional for the conviction of
each robber
The PinkertOus have been sent out Oh
the case by the railroad and the en-
TIRE strength of the roads secret ser
vice force on this division has been as
signed 10 the robbery Sheriff smith
mas hdu Il posse III the held since the
hold-up was reported and the police
mere and IN Everett are 'WoriSinS on
the meager description of the only tWO
men VINO were seen closely enough by
the train crew to give any idea of
their appearance. one Of these was the l
man or slender build, medium height
and SLOUGH hat who climbed into the
engine cab and commanded tnemeer
Calder 10 stop his train. The second
rObber was seen by one of the brake
men. He wore a rubber coat and hat
anu was OF Lueulun nelSnI.
Two Modes of Escape.
A fisherman living near the scene re-
ported this morning that he had seen
four or five men in small launch
speeding south from Ten Mile post
Officers believed at first that the
escape was made by water for the
scene of the hnldup is close, To the bay. /
The road at the point skirts a gravel
beach on one side and a pFeCipitOuY J
bank on the other. \ heavy growth of
timber shades the track. The discOv- [
cry of a wagon and one horse. mir /
teen miles from Seattle on the Lake |
McAleee road this morning. affords 4
new theory for the escape of at least /
"a part of the gang. The horse tallies /
with the description of one stolen |
early Monday morning from Kent, and |
when found was in badly spent con- /
ditiOn as though driven at a nigh rate /
of speed. Farmer Hunt heard a wagon /
driving by his place at 1880 o'clock /
last night and the gates to Farmer !
McCoomb's place, near the robbery, |
were left open. A hitch strap on the |
horses neck had been cut
Small Amounts Secured.
Reports of the money carried in the |
through safe are incomplete, but the /
theft Will not exceed $1,000 Officers of |
for 1886 that was entrusted TO the safe |
from the Seattle office. The amounts 1
sent in from coast points and Ie- /
shipped here are not yet tabulated.
Deputy Sheriffs Livesly and McKin- /
non and Railroad Detectives Webb and /
Ryan are following the trail of the /
train robbers from Bitter Lake TO- /
ward the old line of the Seattle and |
international into the jungle where |
Tracey hid for days, while q small 1
army Of deputies were after him.
-Four miles from the point where |
Rancher &. II Thomas found the rob !
bers had abandoned their wagon, the |
officers found footprints of three men I
in the sands along Bitter Lake Earlier /
Ina the day they had discovered d |
Waterman employed at ii fish wheel 1
along the beach who had driven Ih-ee |
robbers away from boat they we're |
attempting TO loose.
Shots Exchanged.
Shots were exchanged between the |
Waterman and the robbers. then he |
latter took to their heels and lied up |
the hill 10 a SPOT on a private road, |
half a mile from the county highway
where the rig had been fastened. The |
hitch strap was cut and the men drove |
madly down the county road to the |
point where the rig was abandoned. All |
along the route detectives founJ mat |
farmers had been aroused by the sound |
of the mad drive and that dogs had |
chased the fugitives,
The OVeralls, blue coat and "slicker' |
found IN the buggy We're the property
of r. II. Calhoun of Kent, from whoa !
the buggy and horse We're stolen early |
Monday morning. These clothes were |
worn BY the robbers during the at |
tack on the train.
Deputy Sheriff Hodge of 1;aVcus- |
dale is coming into Seattle and viii |
start out this afternoon with three |
Texan blOOdhOunds on the chase. The /
scent viii be taken from the clothing |
found in the buggy. Guards have Teen |
thrown out 10 head off the men If ILey |
attempt 10 reach the White river val /
ley and others Will join the man-nunt |
today.
All Day Long on the Hunt.
All day today the sheriffs posse was |
kept at work in the near vicinity of the /
scene OF the holdup but late this after !
noon il was called in and tonight "A heavy /
detachment was started for the village |
OK Boutwell,, near the head of Lake Wash |
lngton ana tomorrow morning san an
other squad of officers will go 10 WOd- /
luvllle IN the same general lcality.
Two business men of Ballard late to-
night gave TO Sheriff Smith a descrip-
tioL that may lead TO the capture of three /
or the men implicated IN yesterdays AZ /
fair
They reported at noon they were stopped l
on the road near the scene of the hold /
up. 10y three men, one of medium build
ana about tJ years old. wearing heavy
black beard, the others smooth faced /
young men of from - 10 Sd years They
asked the way 10 the railroad tracks, but
after being directed made their way into
the brush. The man with the beard wore
about his shoulders a gunuy sack The /
same sack was found today among the
things Ia the discarded rig three miles
from the scene. The three men were seen
again last evening by the same Ballard
residents. AT that time they were sitting
On the sand at the scene OF the hOld-up
and the younger men ran hurriedly into
the brush, when local train from Ever
EFT to Seattle came in sight,
The Great Northern sent out state
ment today from Everett 10 the effect
that the total loss by last nights robbery
was 81, 300, but there are persistent rumOrs
aflOat tonight that the sum was vastly IN
excess of thai amount.
The Seattle police force are keeping a /
sharp lookout for the highWaymeu, ana
believe they are in the city as the last
seen of the wagon in which they escaped |
was about three miles from Ballard, az !
a. clock this morning. The wagon an this |
time had no one in 10 and the horse was |
running.