Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-28
OVERLAND TRAIN
ROBBED AT OGDEN
Oregon Short Line Limited Held Up
ByMasked Bandist Within
City Limits.
DARING MEN ESCAPE IN BUGGY
Hold Up Passengers in Each Car
Without Sign of Fear.
THREE DEsPERADoEs DO WORK
Diamond Ear Rings Are torn from
Head of One Woman.
FOUR ARE WOUNDED BY BANDITS
Hundred Passengers Are Relieved OF
VRiuabies and Contents of Safe
In the Express Car Are
Carried Away.
Hold Up Passengers in Each Ca
Without Sign Of Fear.
THREE DEsPERADoEs DO WoR1
Diamond Ear Rings Are torn from
Head of One Woman.
FOUR ARE WOUNDED BY BANDITS

OGDEN Utah, June H.-Three masked
bandits held up the second section oi
Oregon Short Line train No i, north-
bound which LETT Ogden at l:SO o CLOCK
this morning at Second street In the hOrth-
ern part OF this city. All Of the passen-
gers in the train were relieved OF their
valuablos and the express messenger was
compelled TO deliver over the contents OF
his safe. The exact amount the robbers
obtained has not been ascertalned. Tw"
passengers and two trgiinmen were injured
The robbers drove to Second street from
Ogden in buggy. They stopped the train
by placing railroad torpedoes on the track.
When the engineer brought the train to a
stop the head brakeman went forward to
ASCERTAIN the cause Of the delay and was
struck with a revolver b. one of the rob-
bers. He was then taken at the point of
q gun to the express car and compelled to
call to the messenger to open the door.
AS soon as the door was opened one Of the
bandits crawled in and commanded the
messenger 70 open the safe, After rifling
the safe the robbers turned their attention
TO the coaches As they started for the
coaches Rear Brakeman y. b. Franklin
was met as he was on his way forward
The bandits commanded him to halt. but he
hlsregarded the order and two shots were
fired at him. He then stopped and one OF
the bandits knocked him down. Franklin
rolled into ditch, where he feigned uncon-
seriousness. After seeing that he was not
watched he jumped up and ran three blocks
to the home of Deputy Sheriff Johr
Hutchens, whom he aroused and informed
OF the robbery. The deputy hurried to the
secene. arriving just as the train pulled
out for the rc.tn.
The train robbers went through eact
coach with a deilberation and calmnes.
that showed they were not noyices at tn,
game.
When Conductor II. L. Williams left tn,
train, he was covered by cne Of the rob
bers and ordered back into a coach. Will,
one OF the desperadoes- stood guard ovei
Engineer Kirkwood. the other two with
revovers drawn, went through the train
ordering each passenger TO hand over hi
VaIuables, One woman, Mrs. J. H. Ball
was relieved OF pair of diamond ear
rings. which were torn from her ears. !
foreigner, whose name was not learned
was assaulted by the robbers The ma
did not understand what was going o.
and was brutally beaten with the butt o
a revolver. After the train had bee
robbed the desperadoes fired a fusllad
of shots in the air to terrorize the passen
gers, got Into their buggy and drove away
Sheriff Wilson gathered a small poss
and started in pursuit. There were nearl
100 passengers on the train, every one @
whom lost something
Officers have been busy all forenoon
rounding up suspicious characters Tw
suspects are under arrest.