Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-04
OVERLAND LIMITED HELD UP
Masked Bandits Rob Passengers and
Trainmen of Money and Jewels.
KILL A PORTER, WOUND ANOTHER
shortly after the westbOund Train
Had Passed Ogden the Two Men
stopped II with a Red
Light.

EOGDENl Utah, Jan 3.--Sonthern Paclfic
f,,assenrer' train No. L the Overland Lin
TED. westbound, was held up Ny two
u,asked bandits at an early hour TINS
morning at Reese. nine miles west OF
ogden. A negro porter was shot and IN
stantly killed. A. w. Taylor, another DOT
ter. was mortally wounded. The panoits
did not attempt TO enter the express car
hut devoted their attention to the pun
mans, where they made a rich haui IRON
California bound parfsHgers holding the
| train for more than a. hour. ~
Robbers sPrSba bl v I'm Ogden.
The body Of the dead porter and the
wounded porter were brought here, No
nassenqer escaped the robbers and the
trainmen also lost their money and tewelry
local detectives are of the opinion that
the robbers made their way into ogden
during the night and are now hiding here
This theory is based on the fact that
sfter overland Limited No. had been
robbed the robbers uncoupled the engine
ond commanded the engineer to take the
switch and back his engine in the direc-
tton Of Ogden The light engine had pro
ceeded only a short distance when It met
n freight train on the main line plockmR
| further progress. The men after holding
I'm the freight crew and destroying the
telegraph Instruments in the caboos took
| to the wagon road. and were last seen
afoot a short distance west of Ogden
Az that point they held up young man
esoorting the daughter Of Bishop Waymept
10 their home in Warren. After taking
rom the escort the few nickels in his
pocket. the robbers ordered the oelated
party OF young people to beat IT,
Since then no trace Of the robbers VINO
The crews of the freight and passenger
trains are being brought back 10 Ogden
on a special for the purpose of giving more
detatled accounts of the robbery and aiding
in Identifying any suspects that may be
rounded up by the four armed posses In
the field. or by the police OF this city, who
ore making a house to house canvass OF
the roomipR places and hotels in the rail-
road district.
the Southern Pacific and allied Hartman
reads will offer a heavy reward for the
capture of the robbers
KiIIinE OF Negro Wanton.
The killing Of William Davis. whose home
Ia IN Chicago, and the wounding Of, A w
lTavlor, both Pullman porters, were un-
provoked. The negroes were In drawing
room Of a Pullman when the robbers en-
tered and they made no move to resist
one OF the robbers asked his confed-
crates:
what will we 90 with them?'
The reply was: XIII them, they are only
neRroes," and instantly came the mur'
derous response from the rifle. and one
of tha porters lay dead and the Other
desperately wounded.
Turning 70 Brakeman Hancock, who had
been holding the sack" and was an un-
willing witness 20 the tragedy, the murder
said; You didn't kill them. and th'
brakeman answered, Il guess you did.
Porter Taylor credits his escape from
death 10 his feigning death when he fei
10 the floor wounded In the arm.
There were twenty-seven passengers OF
the Overland and all but three wer'
searched. The total loot is placed at sllO
10 81 200 by railroad officials. One passen
ger lost $50 A woman who hesitated n
obeying the command to give up her val
uables was struck a severe blow In tn
breast, the muzzle 9f one of the rifle
being used as a prod. The other passen
gers were struck over the head by but
ends OF revolyers