The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15

Special to Tho Tribune.
OGDEN. Jan. f.-Sleeplng side by
side I'm one bed. on the upper floor OF
the Model roopling house at 2iiT Grant
GNsnue. in tie heart OF the business dis
,rIct, the two men alleged 70 DC the nam
dts who held up the Overland Limited
passenger train OF the Southern Pacific
a. Reese the evening OF January ?. were
arresteG this morning. with two OF their
pals. Tne arrests were made without
resistance. the four men submitting
Browning. Sheriff E. Z. Harrison. city
Detective James r Pender and Captain
OF Police c. c. Brown burst through the
doors and startled the sleeping coyey.
ply, 81 years OF age; Thomas O'Dcu. rs
yeaIs OF age; II. Shafer % years Of age.
and w Lewis. 80 years OF age;
They were loaded into the patrol
wagon md taken TO the police station,
where each was subjected TO q rigid ex-
animation by Joe Jones' chief OF the Ore
arrived In Ogden few hours after the
arrest. The arrest was made at o'clock
Immediately afterwards, detectives
turned the room topsy turvy In search
OF clues, finding a pillow case with the
name OF the Pullman company worked
on the side and two long oVcrcoats COW
cred with grease spots bearing unmistaR-
able signs OF having been worn around
an engine or other machinery.
Sack for Loot.
The pillow case was creased at the top.
showing that IL had held loot OF some
kind and had been slung across the
shoulder OF one OF the men. The bot
tom of the case was soued where IL mad
been placed on the ground. The two
overcoats at 10 n nicety the description
OF the garments worn by the two bandits
who held UP the train, robbing forty pas
sengers. and who killed w. y. Davis,
negro nort.r and wounded William Tay-
lor. another porter.
Beyond a show OF surprise at being so
rudely awakened from, their slumoers,
when placed under arrest They asked
no questions OF the officers, but calmly
held out their arms for the handouts,
which were snapped 20 their wrists be-
fore they were loaded into the patrol
wagon.
During the rigorous examination TO
which they were subjected at the police
station they answered the questions OF
Detective Jones slowly and guardedly.
Engineer Rowse and Fireman McClain OF
the Overland Limited and Fireman Peter
son of the freight train which was met
by tho light engine OF the limited after
It had been uncoupled from the looted
train. went 10 the city jail this after
O'Dell as the 'short man" who partici-
pated In the robbery Although Murphy
and Lewis both fit the description OF the
taller bandit. the members Of the train
1cntion.
No Weapons Found.
When arrested the men had no weapons
OF any kind In their room. The sawed
OFF shotgun. the automatic rifle and the
two automatic revolvers which were
nour!shod by the bandits NJ the time the
train Was robbed have not been located.
but the officers say that they could easily
have been disposed OF or hidden away
near the scene OF the robbery.
Shafer the youngest OF the quartet
exhibited more signs OF nervousness than
the others. Under a rapld-hre cross
examination by Detective Jones the
young man at first denied that he had
ever been In Butte, but later asserted
that he left there several months ago.
He also became badly tangled In other
statements and many Inconsistencies were
found in his story during the short ex-
animation,
O'Dell is well known In Ogden. He was
formerly q bartender ut Ed McGuirc~
saloon and at the Murphy saloon on
lower Twenty NTH street The police
ODell was arrested on n charge OF high
way robbery, Al the trial II was shown
that nc had taken watch from n COM
ponioD. and was convicted on "A charge OF
petit larceny and sentenced to serve
thirty DAYS In the city TAIL. Since the
in Ogden on different occasions. but the
police say he has never worked at any
steady employment.
Four Under Suspicion.
Tho four men have been under sus-
picion for several days and their move
ments have been carefully watched
They would have been arrested few
evenings ago. but the officers have been