The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-09

Positively identified as the bandits who
on the night OF January 2. held up the
westbound Overland Limited Union Pa
cifc train at Reese. twelve miles west of
Ogden, numbering William Davis. negro
porter: seriously wounding A \. Taylor.
another negro porter; clubbing three pas
sengers who offered resistance, and max
ing cleanup OF the train, getting about
$4,000 In cash and jewelry, Bryan O'tiara
Michigan, and will. according to the
plans now making, be brought back TO
Ogden to face charges OF murder and
Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp OF Salt Lake
county left yesterday afternoon on The
Los Angeles Limited for Detroit, Mich:
Complaints charging both Q, ,Hara and
Ctore with first degree murder. also the
requisition papers. were prepared yes
terday afternoon by County Attorney
David Jensen OF Weber county, who also
prepared the warrants for the arrest OF
both men. Sheriff Ed Harrison of Weber
county teegraphed the warrants for the
Sanilac and Macomb counties, Michigan.
where the suspects arc held In custody.
and will this morning present to Cover
nor nor Spry for his approval the applifia 1ltia,,
promptly receives the signature OF the
governor which is not doubted. Sheriff
Harrison will be able to leave for Lam
sing TO present the application for ex-
tradition 10 the Michigan executive.
1t is anticipated that both men will
put up a: legal light against eXtradition.
Sheriff Sharp FASTENED on and Sheriff
Harrison telegraphed the warrants.
Trailed by Pinkertons.
O'Hara and Clore, who are asserted
to answer perfectly the description OF
the murderous bandits, were arrested
town only a few miles from Detroit. and
Clore at Mount Clemens. also suburb
OF the metropolis They We're trai.ed
Pinkertons. according to the statement OF
James Mcfarland. manager OF the west,
ern division OF the Pinkerton Natlonal
Detective agency, who came to Salt Lake
from Denver last Saturday and is per-
sonaly taking charge of the arrange
ments for returning the men under ar.
rest. Mr.. McParland's own story of the
work of the Pinkertons in trailing the
suspects follows.
while here the middle of January l
got hold OF a clew that looked good TO
us Then we ostensiblv dropped out OF
the case, but all the while kept secretly
al work We discovered that sryan
O'Hara. the tall man, and Victor Clors.
the short man. were railroaders who
came down from Armsted Mont. where
they had worked on the Gilmore & Pitts
ogden and then came to Salt Lake the
middle of December. 1910 We located
their room I'm local lodging house, do
not care to give the exact location-and
stayed here until December 90
Return to Former Quarters,
Five or six days after the robbery
both O'Hara and Glore returned TO Salt
Lake, going at once to their former quar-
tiers. They had been like tramps BEFORE
hut now had plenty OF money and spent
II somewhat freely. Within ten days they
purchased first class tickets TO Detroit
One or our men rode part OF the way on
the train with them and heard Clore say
that they had been in the holdup, but
claimed that they were beating their way
OH the blind baggage at the time We
had O'Hara traced TO Palms, Mich, where
his mother lives, and for several weeks
have had a man rooring with each o.
them at intervals gathering evidence
photo OF OHara was obtained and sent
on 10 Ogden, Engineer Rowse, Conduc-
tor Middleton and others of the crew OF
the train that was robbed positively iden,
tjHed the picture that OF the tall
man. Both mon were kept under close
but the report that they
were arrested a week or ten days ago is
Incorrect,
"Whie we were confident that we had
the right men. we made sure by sending
Conductor Middleton and Engineer Rowse
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