The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-07
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Al ALSO j KILLED A5PORTER'. !
Becaase OF tho skill Of the Robbers
In Directing the Train Drew in
Handling the. Train, Railroad OF.
flcials say the Bandits Are For
mer Railroad Men.

working on the theory that tho
TWO masked bandits who held up the
Southern Pacific Overland limited at
Rees, are hiding In Ogden, Utah, ev-
cry rooming house In the city 10 be-
ing searched and all suspects are be-
ling brought Into custody,
There are; nov, working on the case
all the detectives OF the Hartman,
lines and private detectives, IN addi-
ton to the sherlRe and police of Salt
Lake, Weber and Bo1-Elder coun-
ties. IN,
Five suspects. answering to the de-
ecrtptton OF the bandits, were ar
rested wednesday night. Because OF
the skill Of the bandits In directing
the train crew4iu handling the train
railroad Ofactal1 bay the robbers are
former railroad men. = <
u The bandits not only displayed "a
knowledge Of automatic block signal
apparatus, but>also showed that they
were informed In the method ;of thet
operation Of trains on the Southern
Pacific.
The semaphone which halted the
train was inseniously tampered with.
Tho lock had been broken and q
Imatch Inserted 80 as to prevent the
copper contacts from touching'
thereby throwing the slgnal In tne:
block and stopping the train.
H. II. Hancock, fagman on the
Overland Limited, who was COM
pelled to carry the sack in which the
bandits collected the valuables, gave
the following ;:hccount Of the rob
berry: ~.
""About 1880 the train wau,
stopped mile and half west OF
Rees stationL;:by an intermediate
bioek signal Brakemen Cross went
| ahead to locate athe trouble: I vent
east to protect, tho rear Of the train.
| had gone, about 9 third Of 9 milo
when. Il vas sIEnsled shy the engineer:
Ito RETURN, JuBtyas9I II Was rto
step: 10 the rear platform was con-
lfronted by two ugly guns and beard
stern command 70 get on the paas-
form and do It quick. ! climbed on
tjust,as the train started and two 1aen
followed me. AS soon ga we were
together on the platform one OF the
linen said: Here, yoa: take this
sack and hold It as we go through
$he train ~ e. -
Entering the car We found the
door OF the toilet room locked and
one OF them fred through 1t. Both
carried sawed .,off. repeating shnt
guns and each had revolver In q
belt well filled with shells"
Hancock described the robbers,
saying that one was tall while the
other was short. y.
"As we passed through. the car"
said Hancock, "the short one ordered
the passengers from, their berthe.
They were told to drop what ttasy
thad In the sack. -. :. -.
| ."At one of the berths two young
women protested that they did not
have anything. The short robber
pushed his gun violently against. the
breast Of one and struck the other
over the right eye with the butt Of
the weapon.
when We came to the drawing
room of this car. William Davis, the
porter. tried to keep them from en-
|tering. The short man deliberately
raised his gun and fired. Davis fell
to the floor dead and Taylor, the
other porter, grappled with the rob
Der and wrenched his gun away from
hdm., The bandit pulled bis revolver
and fred. Taylor dropped to the
floor wounded.
/ "Ry this time the train had reached
Rees and Brakeman Cross had
boarded. We we're Just starting 10