Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-07
REIGN Of TERROR
At DAGGETT, CAL.
uo,o, and Crooks FIockins Into
wv Western End of Salt Lake
Route,
REGULAR CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
go. wi.rd Stories that Are RENT
,l,ceut Of the Old Railroad Con-
structlOn Days

p DYER superintendent OF tele'
,or the salt Lake Route who
b ,,,ned from an overland trip to Los
,nsees on Saturday tells some very
,.,s,esting stories regarding the nlaroh
:, me hobo army across to sounther''
n1,-ni, Ho says that you can see
O 49, men lying out under the cars on
~s sldlpgs asleep all along the road
W ,,ot the fellows will not work but
ar move on from camp to camp
nntu the cooks have to use strenuous
,roo.ures to get rid of them Al Dag
" ho Santa Fe depot is crowded
worry night with tramps. Despite
,,ronq measure the fellows decline 10
800 and they have practically taken
,o..osslon Of the depot where they lie
I,.a,ohed ont in the waiting room IN
N,,urasoua attitude all night long
erg,tt he says Is now a typical IRON
Dase abroad town Of canvas tents,
.n saloons and abodes of harpies
pue" rrev ON the legitimate laborers
VIZ ,b,v arrive from the front. one
A. which bears the euphontous tue
" 81, bucket Of Blood has especially
Cained an unevlable reputation, Here
Soncing IL carried on on the bare art
49, AZ one end Of the hail IL a
srnsii niatform upon which are seated
''.n drink. sodden musicians, one OF
ubor MAYS the fiddle and the other
p NJ, away at battered tinkling
nano Half dozen Mexicans make
!h,s palace their headquarters ana all
Winds OF "rough-houses' are raised
So had have conditions become at
Dageett that the Los Angeles Times
semi A member Of its staff down tsea
N investigate and report. As a sequel
The Times prints two column Nus
trated story fairly reeklng with CORY
details. Here Ii sample
"a high carnival OF crime has started
IN this town. - H.
from The big cities on every train;
,bey are waiting for the laborers to
come IN from the salt Lake Railroad
camps. rockets filled with money, now
that the gap is closed.
"Thelr grim watch suggests wolves
eirclng the herds with dripping jaws,
''The bodness Of their crimes is
startling,
Early yesterday morning an attempt
VAS made ~ Kill a man for his money
in the middle Of town within 100 feet
Of a depot filled with men. A Times
nan was In the crowd.
IAN day, two or three young men
had been hanging around town, ''siz-
Ing up the newcomers az they arrived
from the 'front.' on the construction
trains
zone Of the spoilers was handsome
young fellow with d certain artistic
carelessness Of dress His face was
stamped with vice. lie watched the
men along the main street like cat.
Every now and then he would go up
to one and ask for the price Of a meal,
II the wallet came out and seemed 10
be fat with money YOU could see his
eyes glitter,
Early yesterday morning, he put
his acquired information 10 use.
THE labors had gathered I'm the
stutty little station house waiting for
the o'clock Overland on the Santa
Fe They had been drinking, most of
them, The air was vile with foul
breath many Of the men We're drunk.
One playing the conductor, was signal
ing to an imaginary engineer and yell
Ing IAN aboard"
Game this good looking young man