The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-04

Murphy and fadlock and Detectives
Chambers and Wardiaw These officers
were instructed to scour the country sur
rounding tho Utah Hot Springs. as the
bandits had apparently gone in that di,
rectlon from the information received
Chief Of Police Browning of Ogden
lhen ,1 called ne eniirc police fore of That Ina
,y nro,men wer vided rhs into sad ng anS
We're given instructions as tn what sec
ton, they were TO search. Upon tho ar
Of the OREGON short Line in a special
train from Salt Lake City. with General
Manager l.. c. Manson, Sheriff Joseph
Sharp and deputies: hasty conference
Thomas Rowlands. where all kilograms
and such other information which had
been gathered by railroad officials, were
laid before the Short Line detective.
Detective Jones decided TO wait for the
arrival of the eastbound train No. 6, to
which the dead body OF William Davis.
other porter who had been wounded by
the robbers, had been transferred. hoping
TO obtain description from the injured
negro.
Graphic Statement.
Taylor.s statement TO the officer. after
hc had been placed on stretcher, wa
graphic. He declared that he and the
dead negro had Just entered n drawing
room on the train 10 eat their lunch
when the two men entered the car. See
Ing the weapons, Davis said; For Gods
sake. do not shoot and the taller OF
the two bandits replied; "kill the --
-----'" whereupon the short man
''When ! was struck" said Taylor. II
realized that ! was not entirely done for,
but / played dead. | fell over under the
seat and rolled my eyes back and lay
still. I heard ono of the men say tc
the trainman who Was going throurf
hles: Have l killed them BOTH and
when the tranman said Yes, they went
on through the car,
Systematic Search Begun.
Believing tina, the two robbers returned
to Ogden a systematic search OF every
downtown roominS house in that city was
begun by detectives Tuesday morning.
Numerous rumorS and groundess clues
were investigated Tuesday by the officers
without avail. Five men were arrested
suspicion there Is no evidence against
them.
As an instance Of the many clues
which werc investigated, the police were
informed by an excited occupant OF an
Ogden rooming house that he heard
roomer next door to him come in at
sa lcheI tillcd WITH silver undcr his bed.
Detective James Fender and squad of
officers went TO the lodging house and
broke in The door, finding an inoffen-
gambling and had returned with small
amount of loose change. which had
dropped from his pockets onto the floor,
thereby exciting tho attention of his next
door neishbor
Amount of Loot Secured
The amount of loot stolen from tho
passengers on tho Limited has been va
riousy estimated. According TO the re-
ports which have been officially received,
the stolen articles consist Of five dla-
mond rings. three bracelets. thirteen
watches. three of which were taken from
traipmen. and about $500 In cash. The
entirc value of the stolen swag which the
bandits crammed into small sack will
approximate $4,000 in value.
How Passengers We're Robbed.
The cIearest story Of the manner In
which the passengers were relieved of
thciI valuabIes was told today by DR.
n a Paradis. Southern Pacific surgeon
at Montclo. Nev. DR.. Paradis arrived in
Ogden Tuesday morning al o'clock with
the body OF the dead negro and the
wounded man. He received a telegram
ms him TO board No. at MonteIlo and
care for the injured. He met the Over
land Limited at Lemay and attended to
the injured man. after which he went
scripiion OF the bandits. as we'll as the
personal experiences OF most OF the pas
sengcrs.
According to the physicians state
ment, three men were suffering from
bruises over the head from the butts OF
the robbers rifles because they did not
shell out in a hurry. One woman pas
scnger was struck in the breast with a
revolver because she was little slow in
producing her valuables. She was suffer
ing considerably when the physician
reached her car.
Robbers Were Cool
All the occupants of tho train were in
highly eXcitablc condition. and ap-
peared anxious 10 relate his or her per-
| sonal experience All agreed that for
coolness and daring tho train robbers
could not be cqualed. While passing
through the coaches, the taller OF the
two men would be constantly passing
quii'5 with his companion The fact that
two mon had been shot indicated to the
passengers that they meant business, and
| they went about their work with cooness
and dcliberation.
Conductor PIunkett OF the Pullman
company arrived I'm Ogden late Tuesday
afternoon and turned over TO Superin-
tendent Rowland a fist Of passengers who
were held up and robbed;
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