The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-09
MICHIGAN PAIR
NABBED AS TnlIh
ROBBERS
Victor N. Clore and Bryan 0Hara,
Of Palms, Accused Of Daring Job
On Southern Pacific, in Which
Man Was Killed.
Arrests Follow Chance Glue Picked
Up by Pinkerton Detecive-Sus-
poets Swallowed Long Time.

Swallowed night and day by Pinksr.
ton detectives from Ear on Wyoming to
Detroit, two Michigan men are now
under arrest for one OF the most dar-
ing train robberies or modern days.
They are Victor M. Clore and Bryan
O'Hara. rs and 80. years old, respec.
lively. both OF Palms. Mich. Clore 10
held In Mt. Clemens and O'Hara In
Sandusky, Sanilac county.
In the hold-up, one man was shot
TO death and another wounded. The
loot consisted OF 81, 400 In cash and
81, 600 In jewels. The robbery occur
ed IL miles out of Ogden. Utah, on the
Southern Pacific. on the night OF Jan.
2. Since that time, Pinkerton men
have been on the trail OF the bandits.
Ii was q matter OF chance that the
capture was made. The morning foE
lowing the robbery. the Pinkerton men
were called In and eight detectives
went on the trail But II remained
for another ofiicer, who was not de-
tailed on the case. TO get the clue that
resulted in the arrest OF the pair.
| This detective was riding on train,
when his attention was attracted by
q couple OF men, who appeared to be
roughing Il about the country. They
seemed to have plenty OF money. This
detective, OF course, knew about the
train robbery He learned that the
rair had first-class tickets to Detroit.
He notified his ONCE and from then
on the shadowing process was begun.
The two men have been around De-
! troit for several weeks. Night and
day they have been followed. Every
move has been observed. They had
intended purchasing a saloon here, but
could not get location that suited
them. They spent their money freely.
In the early part of their stay here,
both men tried to get positions on the
d. U. r., but failed 20 qualify. Tues
day, Clore went to Warren, Mich, TO
meet his father. with view To pur-
chasing a farm. He was trailed there
by Plnkerton man. In n barroom or
that town, he was placed under arrest.
Shefiff Harriss, of Mt Clemens. and
Under-Sheriff Matthews then took him
to the jail in Mt. Clemens.
O'Hara went TO Deckerville, where
he, likewise, was Swallowed and ar
rested. He Is held In the jail In San
dusky, Sanilac county.
Engineer Rouse and Conductor Mid
dleton, of the train that was held up.
! were brought on here by the Pinker-
ton men and played an important part
In the shadowing process. Both
trainmen have identified the pair AZ
the bandits who held up the train. II
was on the strength Of this identifica-
ton that the arrests were made.
Both men deny that they were i'm
plicated in the robbery. They admit,
however, that they were In that sec
ton Of the country when the hold-up
took place.
The hold-up of the night train from
Ogden. Utah, on the night Of Jan. 2,
was a most sensational affair. The
i train was made up entirely Of sleep
ers. Twelve miles out or Ogden, the
rain was tagged by block signal.
A fiagman went back to see the cause
Of the delay. Two men stepped out
of the darkness. Both held ugly guns,
which they held to the Hagman's
head
some money. These they placed In q
bag. which they forced the hagman
to hold. They took him with them
back to the train Then they marched
through the train, coach after coach.
1 pdbbcuBcf tnty iOTCCo sur
render his valuables and dump into
the bag, which the fiagman held.
William Davis and A. w, Taylor,
two Negro porters, attempted resist
ance and were shot down. The band
its carried 44-caliber revolvers. Davis
was killed outright and Taylor was
badly wounded. He Is still in a hos
pital.
II took the robbers as minutes to
go through the train. After collecting
the loot. the robbers forced Engineer
Rouse to detach the locomotive from
the train and carry them away to
safety.
Not far from the scene of the hold
up, freight train approached them.
That likewise was stopped by block
signal. On this occasion, the robbers
held up the conductor and brakeman
Of the freight train. They then smash
ed the megaphone In the caboose, SO
1t would be impossible to call for help.
At this juncture. the two men start
ed out alone. The last seen of them
was when they cut across field for
country road.
On the following morning, the Pink
ertons were on the trail. Two men
answering the description were re-
ported to have taken a train out or
Green River, Wyoming. II was on
this train that the Pinkerton detec-
tive accidentally ran on to the two
Michigan youths. His suspicious were
aroused and from that moment neith-
er Of these men was lost sight Of.
The Pinkerton detectives say that
since the two men arrived In Detroit,
they have been spending their money
freely and that They even drank ex-
cessively.
O'Hara, the older of the pair, was
once a soldier In the Philippines.
Both take their arrest calmly and say
they can prove they are innocent.
II the men are convicted, they will
have their choice of being hanged or
shot to death, according to the law of
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