Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-14
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS


men held up the east bound Great
Northern train No. 4. mile and a
half east Of Hillyard, In this state, at
au early hour this morning. .oLoed toe
mail car ahd made their escape. Only
the presence of mind of w. Perrin
the fireman, prevented the looting OF
the express car, which carried q large
amount of money including $4,000
consigned from a Spokane bank to
Montana town.
The train had slowed down In the
yard at HiIlyard when three men. all
armed with revolyers. crnwled over
the te1dsr. and. covering the engineer
and flr9man. ordered the train brought
to a stop. The enginemen obeyed and
when the train came to standstill
the bandits forced the engineer and
fireman to leave the cab. While two
Of the robbers stood guard over the
engineer the other took Fireman Per.
rim back to uncouple the mail and ex-
press cars from the rest of the train.
In the dark the bandit failed to note
that the first car was mail. while the
second was baggage and the express
car, which contained the desired booty
was the third In the train. Perrin
saw his mistake and quickly taking ad.
vantage of IT. in spite OF menacing
revolver held close to his head, cut
off the mail and baggage cars, leav.
ing the express car attached TO the
dead train.
The robbers then left the engineer
and fireman with the train and board
ed the locomotion and themselves
ran 1t several miles east whero they
brought 1t to a standstill. riflel the
mail car and then again boarded the
engine. uncoupling 1t from the cars
they left on the track and proceeded
three miles to Mead There rig was
awaiting them and they made their
escape Mead is only about ten miles
from Spokane. and II is supposed the
bandits then made their way back to
Spokane.
The amount of their booty is un.
known.
NEW YORK. Dec. .0-William Hen.
kel. who has been United States mar
shal In, New York for twelve years,
boasts Of having arrested 1900 men
and made q friend of every one of
them. Marshal Henkel is further proud
OF the fact that he has never seen
q horse race nor been inside of a
poolroorn or gambling house. has
never made bet of any kind In his
life nor. as he puts 1t, Done any OF
them things"
I've arrested 1900 men In my
Time" he said, with an honest twang
Of his east side origin in his speech.
"and. stern as my duties are, every
one OF these men, II he Is alive, is
my friend. / get hundreds of letters
telling me 80. and If these fellows are
better citizenes when they come out
OF tail-and ! think they are-I want
part Of the creedit for making them SO
Give me the big fellows every
time. With all the disgrace that ii
means 10 . man like. say, Nelley or
Whitaker. Wright or Morse. they
make less fuss than some bum coun-
terfeiter that's been caught with the
goods They know l can't help what
l have to do. and they make as little
trouble as they can for me-"
TRINIDAD. Colo, Dec. 10.-Direc
tors OF the Model Land and Irrigation
company have accepted a proposal
from y. p. Read of Denver. former
president and owner Of the Trinidad
Electric Light and Power plant, to as
hume charge OF the proposed reclama
ton Of 10000 acres Of land near Earl
thirty miles east of here. Read will
finance the scheme and take large
portion OF the stock.
BISMARCK, N. D.. Dec. 10.-Wreck
ed by broken rail. the North Coast
Limited on the Northern Pacific last
night plunged over a ten-foot embank.
ment. hurting the sleeping passengers
from their berthe and seriously injur
Ing twenty-five. One passenger is re-
ported to be bleeding to death this
morning.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Mrs. Rather
inc Randolph. handsome widow, pos
sessed Of half million dollars, sur.
prised her five daughters by clipping
from her beautiful home with Thomas
Lang. her girlhood sweetheart and
champion. now a poor journeyman
plumber.
LA JUNTA. Colo. Dec. lo.-After
celebrating less than ten minutes the
jury last night found E. ]. Smith. cash.
ier of John e. Goddings' State Bank
Of Rocky Ford. guilty of receiving de.
posits after he knew the bank insol |
vent. Smith calmly scribbled in a |
note book as the verdict was announc-
ed. He is liable to Imprisonment for
five years. and fine OF 5000. Smiths |
bail was fixed at $4,000. which he was