The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-16
SUSPECTS FACE
CREW MEMBER
FJagman Declares That Murphy
and 0'Dell Resemble Train
Robbers.
FEELS CERTAIN LATTER
is SHORTER BANDIT
Conductor Middleton Makes
Similar Statement; Prison
ers Are Defiant.
Special to The Tribune.

OGDEN Jan. 5.-Unflinchingly and
Thomas ODel and w. Lewis, suspected q
Of the robbery Of the Overland Limited
Irain at Reese the evening of January :.
ieced a squad OF detectives and add
riona members of the train crew, brought
here this morning 10 assist In lne Wofh
OF Identification.
cells TO the courtroom, where FlaGman
H H. Hancock Conductor w. A. Mid
dleton and Brakeman l.. w. Cross were
waiting The long black ovcrcoats, COW
cred with grease spots, were brought III
by the detectives. and the men were or
dered TO put them on. They were then
pIaced in different postures while their
faces were closely scrutinized from every
angle by the trainmen, When the rail-
road men had taken good look at the
suspects, the latter were led back TO
their cells.
Murphy and OPEL certainly look like
the bandits who robbed the train" he
said. 'MuTphy's build with the slightly
stooong shoulders closely resembles that
o9 the taller bandit. but as the men were
both wearing blue, handkerchiefs over
ms Identification on that ground
Says o'Dell Is Short Man.
while feel certain that O Dell is the
short bandit. ] am not sure as TO MUIR
phy. would not swear that they are the
men"
Conductor Middletons statement was
similar 10 Hancock's. Both declared that
Lewis also answered the descrip.i ion of
The tall bandit and that in some ways
lie bears a closer resemblance TO the
= bandit who was directing them about
the train than does Murphy.
Brakeman Cross declared that ODel!
closely resembles the short bandit and
Lewis looks like the taller man. Thei:'
yoices are entirely different from those
OF the men who robbed the train. ac-
corllnc 10 Cross, but he believes that
the men disguised their voices while d.
recliaG trainmen and talking with pas
sengers from whom TaluableS were stolen.
Sbafer. the youngest of the men under
arrest has heen practically eliminated
from suspicion as to any active part he
may have taken in the train robbery.
1je was found with the other three men
and Is known To have been handling
soma CT their money for them. iior this
reason ne IS being held The officers say
that Il may develop that he assisted in
disposing OF the loot stolen from the
passengers.
Considerable Confusion.
There appears 10 be considerable con :
fusion regarding the identification OF
Murphy and Lewis. Each fills the gen
eral description Of the taller bandit, and
there seems TO De variance OF opinion
as 20 which man more closely resembles
the tall man who was directing the rob
berry and giving ali Of the orders while
the train was being held up.
A saloon man saws that Murphy was
In his place OF business the evening Of
January .. at the time OF the holdup Of
the train. He says that il would have
been impossible for Murphy 10 have been
AT Reese. ten miles away. as he was
talking with him about the time the
train was being robbed.
Although none OF the stolen articles
taken from the passengers and members
Of the train crew has been recovered
officers at work on the case say that
they expect 10 locate a portion OF the
stolen property In the next few days.
Two detectives left yesterday for Butte
wehre II is expected a portion OF the
stolen property has been shipped 10 a
well-known fence cf the Montana
city.
Cant Identify Pillow Slip.
Hancock. the flagman who was com
PEELED 10 carry the sack for the two ban
dts. was shown the Pullman pillow
slip found in the rooms Of the men at
the Model lodging house. lie could not
positively identify the case as the sack
lie carried for the bandits. lie says that
The mouth OF the sack was equally as
large, but, according 10 his impression.
the slip was Of coarser texture and moro
Ike q cement sack. He admits, how =
ever, tnat he may be mistaken in this