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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14

within short distance of the little sta
ton, which was closed for the night
Now, you fellows get off this engine
as quick as YOU can commanded the red
haired robbeT. Don't run or make trou-
BILE If you do this automatic will dc
business"
Gum and Lessig obeyed with alacrity.
Covered by the hold-ups they were
marched to the mail car, next to the en-
gine.
call to the fellows in the mail car and
tell them to open the door, and you tell
them not to shoot too" again command
cd the red-haired man. Engineer Gum
did so. The mail car door was opened, an
instant later the stiffness of the night
was broken by a fuSillade of shots. fired
by the hod-ups I'm all directions. If any
passengers had intended TO come out to
see about things they cid not do so after
the firing began Mail Clerks Coulter and
Taylor were ordered to come out.
Mail Car Entered.
They obeyed instanter, and were lined
up with the engineer and fire man. TAX
ing Taylor with him, the haired man
then entered the mail car, his companion.
a short stockily built fellow. wearing a
black mask. was outside to guide the 9th
er trainmen. Occasionally he fired q shot
along the side of the train.
Inside the mail car the red-hsired man
got busy. Apparently he knew exactly
where the registered mail is kept and this
he went for. He carefully examined every
package. took those he wanted and threw
them into a sack, and then ordering Tay-
Tor to walk ahead of him. jumped from
the car. All told. the robber took eight
cen packages of registered mail. three of
which are known as Inner packages.
Now then, boys" said the red-haired
robbeT TO the trainmen. walk along
ahead of US like nice fellows"
They did so. After walking a short
distance up the track the robbers COM
manded the trainmen to return. As Gum
and Lessig climbed on board the engine
the bandits ran in front, shot out the
I headlight, then disappea-- ming in
the direction Of Fort Le
Gum made a record IL to .de union
depot, where he reported the robbery, and
within a few minutes officers in automo-
biles were hurrying to the scene. Fort
Logan was also notified. and posses start
ed cut from the army post. Iittleton and
Petersburg. Complete descriptions of the
robbers were furnished them, but up to
1880 this morning no trace of the robbers
had been found
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
FIREMEN WENT
DOWN TO DEATH
Roof Collapsed While MiIWau-
kee Department Was Fight
ing a Blaze.

Milwaukee, Feb. 1S-Fiye firemen are
injured while fighting a fire in the
warehouse of the Johns-Manville Man
ufacturing company at 225 Clybourne
street this afternoon.
The warehouse, together with the
plant of the Netsnow Manufacturing
company, near by, were practically
completely destroyed, entailing a loss
of $500, 00e.
The firemen were killed while fight
ing the blaze from the roof of the Net
SOW building when the roof collapsed.
The Dead.
Eugene Hackett.
John Kraft.
Leonard S. Curtis.
Assistant Chief James G. Cunning.
Captain Matt e. Hurley.
Injured.
Charles Huebner, truckman, leg
broken.
Jack MCGEE, repair man; skull frac-
tured. will die.
Otto Nimmer, driver; back broken,
viii die.
Joseph J. Tautas, pipeman; face and
neck. burned, scalp wounds
Paul Lempke. burner and other in
juTies.
Michael Keogh, pipeman.
r J. Criwley, D. A Sullivan and
Michael Tighe, injuries not serious
A Slavonian employed by the Johns
Manville company, was fatally burned,
dying after he was taken to the hos
pital.
The fire is said to have started from
an explosion Of oil in the basement. A
manic followed among the employees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
BODY IS FOUND IN WATER
Believed by Mrs. Conley Of Salt Lake
to Be Remains of Her
Husband.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 13.-The body
Of the man found at Venice yesterday
wedged beneath a raft at the end Of an
ocean pier. has been partially identified
by Mrs. W. NJ. Conley Of Salt Lake
City as that Of her husband. who left
their home in Salt Lake three months
ago in search of work.
A 10-year-old child aided in the iden-
tificatioB, which is not yet positive.
Mrs. Conley arrived here three DAYS
ago I'm quest Of her husband. from
whom she had not heard during the
past two months.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
THE DEATH RECORD.
benjamin. Hurtia.

New York, Feb. 13-Benjamin HurtiE.
senior member Of the firm OF Hurtig &
Seaman, died at his home here today after
a long Illness. aged 43 years. Starting
with Barnum & Bailey's circus as proprie-
tor Of a sideshow twenty years ago, he
had come to be an active and successful
manager of theatrical enfernrises-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
Mount CoIima in Eruption

Mexico 13The Of
continuing uptons with
Der OF loud deonatons
covered large and completely the
A
beer reported
IN @ vc OF Mount Cona and the eruption has ceased though
cndeTs not spreading
ana ders e on the towns of Colna
ing
pie rushed from their and
since eruption
state which
and people In the vicinity II water
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
PRAISE FOR CLEVELAND

Abraham Lincoln the
presidential chair and asserting
Of
% Leslie delivered interest
iol's Republicans said
the
President Roosevelt
Cleveland and William Mex niey had occupied each Others Places
failure Each
man at the right Mckinley crisis ana solved II 50 dd
Who held the thing to solve Questions when
i'm
Referring Shaw counseled the officers
not
Ut there prosecutions in too few
nghfuiy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
JURY SELECTED
IN COOPER CASE
Four Can Neither Read Nor
Write and Two Speak Eng
IiSh IndifferentIy.

Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 13.-withous
further changes. the jury was sworn
this morning in the case against Col
onel Duncan B. Cooper, Robin ]. Coop
er and John D. Sharpe, charged with
the Staying of Former Senator E. W.
Carmack.
The state asked for several days in
which to gather its witnesses. The court
suggested that the taking of testimony
begin Tuesday morning. Counsel on
both sides agreed, and court adjourned
until then.
Every one connected with the case
drew a long breath of relief today
when the state announced that it was
satisfied with the jury selected. For
twenty-five days court, attorneys and
officers had been trying to get compe-
tent jurors Il was necessary to draw
five venires of 500 each. and one of sig.
or a total of 3,019, before the jury was
secured.
Densely ignorant.
As it is. four of the jury can neither
read nor write and two others speak
English only indifferently. Every man
of the twelve swore he had not read a
newspaper since before the killing, and
some had not read one for ten years.
out of the state from the week before
the killing uitil the day he was sum-
mOned.
Names of Jurors.
The jury follows:
z. NJ. Burke, carpenter, A..
Robert Mcpherson, farmer, 49.
@. A. Lane, fermer, 80.
w. A Adair. farmer, %.
Casper Schnupp, farmer, IL.
J. II. Vaughn, farmer, 40.
s. NJ. Hyde, farmer, So.
Gus Knipfer, farmer, ~.
F o. Bierman, real estate, Il.
]. A. Woodruff, farmer, 50.
Jacob FrutigeT, farmer, 80.
William Hows farmer. 80.
Mrs. Eastman. who was talking to
Senator Carnack when he was killed.
probably will be the first witness next
Tuesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
DENVER & RID GRANDE
EXPRESS TRAIN HELD UP
Robbers Secured Large Sum From the Mai
Car, Possibly $4,000, and Made
Their Escape.
Crime Occurred in Outskirts of the Colorado CaptaI-BOd
Work Of BanditS-Sat Lake Packages Taken.

Denver. Colo. Feb. 13.-That the hold
nm of the Denver & Rio Grande pas
scnaer train near Denver early this
,,ornfng was the work Of three instead
of two robbers. and that the robbery of
the mail car gave them a loot of possi-
I'm, KS 900. are indicated by the investi-
alton of the police and railroad off,
Gals today. So far no tangible clue to
the identity Or whereabouts of the rob
bars has been found, but ii seems prob
able that the men came to Denver and
are now hiding in this city.
Packages From Salt Lake.
Eighteen packages of registered mail
we're secured. These included five from
salt Lake City. addressed to Greeley,
Colo. Georgetown, Colo; Waco, Tex;
Whitewright, Tex, and Denver; one
from Pueblo to Denver; one from Colo
RADIO Springs to Denver; one from Tay-
Tor. Wash, to Steamboat Springs,
Colo: one from Winfield, Wash, to
Sterling, Colo: one from Leadville to
Deever. and others from GlenwOod
Springs and other Colorado towns. One
Of these packages is said to have con-
tanned a large sum of money, but until
a thorough checking up of the missing
packages is possible, the exact amount
secured by the robbers cannot be as
Certaiued
The robbery was remarkable for its
originality and daring. 1t took place
within eight miles OF Denver, within
less than two miles of Fort Logan. the
United States military reservation, and
at a spot where habitatiOns are plenti-
full Yet so thorough was the work of
the robbers and so well were their plans
laid that they had fully an hour and a
half start of the officers.
Probably Four Robbers.
Search Of the vicinity of the hold-up
indicates that a third man, and posi-
bly, fourth, were engaged in the rob
berry: thai rubber-tired buggy was in
waiting for the actual hoid-ups. and
that torpedoes and red signal fires were
used unsuccessfully in an attempt to
STOP the train before the automatic re-
volvers Of the two men on the train
succeeded in doing this.
From the manner in which the hold
up was accomplished. 1t is thought pos
s.Dle that the robbers are the ones re-
sponsibie for the hold-up of the Denver
q IIo Grande train last May. when
Express Messenger Wright was killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
NEGRO IYNcHED.

Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 1S-Jake wades.
the negro who was arrested yesterday IL
Gainesville, Fla. accused Of being the
assailsnt of Miss Irma Newell at Oak
land. Fla, last Tuesday. was today
lynched Immediately following his identi-
fication by the young woman. He was
hanged TO tree and his body riddled with
bullets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
ESCAPED FROM ASYLUM.
Maniac Kills a Man and Wounds a
Woman in New Jersey.

Port Norris. y. !. Feb 13-Inflamed
il is said. by JEALOUSY. Richard DoneEan
today shot and killed Joseph Somerfield
and seriously wounded Mrs. Madge Kin
kle. with whom he was enamored. The
1S-year-old son Of the woman also was
shot but not seriously injured. Donegau
FLED. but was later captured in Bridgeton.
The shooting occurred at the home of
the woman in an oyster settlement near
here.
Norristown. Pa, Feb. 13.-Richard Don
cyan esca ped from the state hospital for
the insane here about a year ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14

Asphalt Trust and Commits
SiOner Buchanan Arranging
Matters Satisfactorily.

Washington, Feb. Especial Com
missioner Buchanan today telegraphed
the state department that he has just
signed a protocol with the Venezuelan
government for the settlement of the
disputes between that country and the
United States. He will leave Caracas
for home Tuesday.
Three claims go to The Hague tribu-
nal for arbitration, the fourth is set
tied by small cash payment, and the
fifth has been settled directly between
the Venezuelan government and the
claimants. The protocol is equally salts
factory to the United States and Vene-
zueia. It saves the dignity and honor
of Neneuzuela, while, as for America
the troublesome claims that have led
to so much negotiation are disposed Of.
Trust Again Installed.
The New York & Bermudez Asphalt
company, through Mr.. Buchanan. has
reached a direct settlement with the
government, by which the company OBJ
tains possession of its property I'm Ven
ezuela and agrees to pay the govern
ment a minimum revenue of $40, 600 q
year. Furthermore, the company will
pay the government a cash indemnity
of $4,000 to compromise the suit
brought against it on account of its al
legged participation in the Matos revo-
luton.
A. F. Jaurett, an American newspa-
per man, who was expelled from Vene-
zuela by Former President Castro, is
awarded 5000 without a reason.
The claims of the United States &
Venezuela. company. otherwise known
as the Critichfield concession of the
Orinoco Steamship company, and Of the
OrinOco corporation, are to be submit
ed to The Hague tribunal for arbitTa-
ton.
Mr.. Buchanan, it is felt here, has
achieved a great success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
WILL ASK STAY
OF EXECUTION
WaterS-Pierce Oil Company Is
Not Yet Divorced From
the Standard.
PROSPECT OF BIG FIGHT
PATHS Or THE TWO OIL CON-
GERMS HEREAFTER LIE APART.

St. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 13.-Thst the
Waters-Pierce OH company Of Missou-
ri viii on Monday ask the supreme
court Of this state for a further stay OF
execution Of that portion Of the recent
decree against it requiring it to loose
itself from the domination OF the stan
dard Oil company OF New Jersey. was
the intimation emanating from the Of
fees Of the local concern today The
fine Of $4,000 which was assessed
against the Waters-Pierce company,
probably will not be contested, the at
torneys for the corporation saying that
they see no recourse from this portion
Of the penalty.
Did Not Join in Request.
The Waters-Pierce company did not
Join with the Standard oil company Of
Indiana and the Republic Oil company
Of Ohio in the proposition recently
made to the supreme court by which
the state would gain a direct voice Of
the management of the interest Of
those corporations in Missouri. Part Of
that proposition was that the 50 per
cent of the Waters-Pierce stock held
by the Standard company should be
placed in the hands Of trustees to be
appointed by the state and companies
jointly This the Waters Pierce man
agement assert would result in prevent
ing the Missouri corporation from sew
eTing itself from the foreign company's
control and. they say, would only
strengthen the position of the Standard
in the state
Corporation Fight.
It is predicted unofficialiy that the
Waters-Pierce company will ask the
court to declare the holding Of its stock
by the STANDARD interests illegal, on the
ground that such holding contTavenes
the principle laid down by the federal
supreme court in the Northern Securi-
ties case. If this attitude IS adopted.
one of the greatest legal battles be-
tween corporations IN the history Of the
country may follow.
The Northern Securities decision IS
relied upon by the government in its
suit to dissolve the Standard on COM
pany Of New Jersey, which is 10 come
up for argument in the federal court
here next month.
conference HELD.
The probable attitude OF the Waters
Pierce company in the Missouri case
was intimated after conferences today
between H. Clay Phi s, head Of the
company. and its attorneys.
The Waters-Pierce company must
make a showing Of its attempts TO COM
ply with the Missouri custer decree on
Monday next.
The annual meeting Of the stockholm
ers Of the company. to be held Tues
day, probably viii be made ground for
argument for an extension Of time
1t is the unexDTessed hope of the at
torneys for the Waters Pierce interests
that the extension, if granted, VIII
place final adjudication Of the case be-
yOnd the decision Of the federal court
I'm the dissolution suit. so that any ia
vorable circumstances arising from the
big case may rebound to the fullest POS
sible advantage TO the Missouri com
pany.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
EIdest Son of Duke.

London. Feb. IS.-Edward George Hugh
Grosvenor, aged years. eldest son Of the
second Duke Of Westminster and heir to
the dukedom- is dead after an operation
for appendicitis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
DETAILS OF THE ROBBERY.
Only Two Men Seen by the Trainmen
When Trick Was Turned.

Denver, FEB. 13-Almost within the civ
limits Of Denver. at what is known as
Military Junction. two masked robbers
81 go this morning stopped easfbound
Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
30. {. known as the Atlantic express.
Amid a fusiliade Of revolver shots from
one OF the robbers, the Other forced the
mail clerk to open the door of his car.
The robber then cooliy searched every
piece OF registered mail in the car. threw
lne packages he desired into a sack and
Jumped OF. At the point of reVOlvers. the
eng 'ser- fireman, mail and baggage
'ierEs we're marched up the track a dis
AAee- then told to get back to their train
Ine robbers then disappeared with their
booty. How much they secured is not
Known, but il is believed to amount to
several thousand dollars.
Old Hands at the Business.
That they were thoroughly familiar with
railway postal business seemed evil
N-.ii as The rObber in the mail car threw
ssi'e package after package after exam
lAHg them carefully. Armed forces of
equities squads OF regular soldiers from
Aelt Logan and police are searching the
tye5ltTy around Fort Logan, and the foot
nus In search OF the two bandits. but
~ Trace Of them has been found. A care
I'i search IS also being made in Denver.
as tne robbery was only eight miles dis
lSnl from the heart of the city. and the
'-'17l7 must nave MADE tnelr way mere
Faced Murderous Weapons.
TIE train. which was several hours be-
iHl Tine was running at a speed of
l=aI} forty miles an hour. when sud-
Sef} Engineer Gum heard a voice behind
lIm Looking around, he found the muz-
Le q an automatic revolver pOked into
his face
Fireman LeSsig also found one within
I've inches of his cheek.
siam on the air and stop this train,
came the order.
Be quick about it or well blow out
Your hrah.---
t1s came from the TobbeT attending
~ ,ae engineer. lie was a hcavy-set man
WIN red hair and wearing a red sweater.
.e collar of which was pulled up over the
l-"fe part of his face and his revolver
NaS damned against Engineer Gunn's face
a. ''e latter hesitated moment.
'-' train was brought TO sudden stop,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
LUMP SUM WILL
NOT BE GRANTED
Judge Hitchcock Dashes Hopes
of Mrs. Lemp in at Least
One Particular.
BREWER TAKES THE STAND
DENIES ALL THE INTERESTING
STORIES TOLD BY HIS WIFE,

st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 13.-Mrs. Lemp
will not receive a gross sum in aiimony,
even if she is granted a divorce from
William j. Lemp, jT.
Judge Hitchcock made this an
nouncement to her attorneys, who were
pleading for an order of court that the
books of the brewing company be
brought into court to determine the eX-
act amount of Mr.. Lemp's fortune. The
court said that even if the evidence did
show that she was entitled to decree
of divorce and alimony, and even If he
did grant her a divorce, he would not
give her judgment for any stipulated
amount, but would make monthly or
annual amount, sufficient for the sup
port of herself and child.
Judge Hitchcock did not intimate
how he would decide the case.
Contradicted Evidence.
Testimony contradictory of witnesses
for the plaintiff concerning Lemp's al
legged midnight visits to various places
was given, and then the cross-com-
plainant was called.
In an even. dispa ssionate manner,
hemp fatty contIadicted the sworn
statements of his wife, of signing a
second ante-nuDJlai agreement between
the pair, and ne also denied her state
ment that he had struck her, knocked
her downstairs, OF otherwise abused
her.
peniaIs by Lemp.
Lemp asserted that his wife read the
paper which she said she signed while
ignorant of it's contents, and he denied
that he had covered up the document
so that she could not read its terms
He declared positively that he did not
present to her any. paper which would
leave her free to train the children re-
ligiousIy after they were years old,
and said that II had not even been dis
Cussed.
He denied that he had told his son
that there was no God, Or had spoken
disparagingly to him of the Roman
Catholic church or religion in general
The only allegation which Lemp ad-
mitted was that he had-engaged de-
teetive to watch his wife, but he said
that he had done this only after the
discovery of the dear little pal' letter
which Mrs. Lemp acknowledged writ
ing, after explaining that it was in
tended merely as a deeoy for her hus-
band.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14

Slough off the tasks cheaper gray
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-09

sieur. Here, Joseph, did you see
any one get out of this car
riage?"
. Yes, L think [ did, but only
two gentlemen.
"You see, monsieur, you are
dreaming
mo, no, l am not! Of
course, they were disguised. |
knew they were men. | have
lost my bag, which contained
valuables. Pray send the police
after them; there is not a mo-
ment to lose!'
"What were the men like, Jo-
seph ~ asked the official, begin
ming to take an interest in
Gerald s story.
Joseph shrugged his Shout
ders. ~ did not see their faces
they were muffied up. -
Gerald was brave, but he felt
so utterly crushed that he could
hardly think; besides, he was
still experiencing the effects of
the chloroform. He staggered
after several officials, who at last
agreed to take him to the chef
de police. Gerald saw it all
plainly now. Helen knew his
, danger, and she had tried to
warn him-or was her sympathy
part of the plot9 This horrible
idea flashed into his brain. lie
must think out a plan; he must
find the fat man and his niece.
Standing face to face with the
keen chef he told his tale" dnd
at last, after wasting valuable
time because of their disbelief