Arizona republican., 1911-01-04

ogden, Utah. aJn. 3.-On the theory that the two masked bandits ,hat held up the Southern Pacific's Overland Limited at Reese carly today are hiding in this city, every rooming house in the city is being thoroughly searched and all suspects are being taken into custody. Now in the field working on the case are all the detectives of the Hartman lines and Pinkerton detec- tives in addition to the sheriffs and police officers of Stat Lake. Weber and Box Elder counties. Five suspects answering the description of the rob- bers were arrested early this evening and are being held pending an investi- gation.
 General Superintendent F.. c. Manson of the Salt Lake division of the South ern Pacific who arrived in ogden early this morning and held conferences with the officers working on the case stated tonight that the oregon Short Line, whidh is operated by the Southern Pa hific from ogden to Sparks. Nev., probably would offer a reward of $5.0O0 for the apprehension of the criminals. A similar reward is now still standing for the arrest of the two bandits who held up the oregon Short Line train three miles north Of ogden June 27. 1910
 THEY WERE SKILLED.
 owing to the great Knowledge eX- hibited by the Reese bandits in direct- ing the train crews in handling the train. the railroad officials are fully convinced that the robbers are former railroad men. The bandits not only displayed a knowledge of the automatic block signal apparatus. but also showed that they were informed as to the method of operation of trains on the Southern Pacific.
 The semaphore whose signal halted the train was ingeniously tempered with The lock box had been broken, the door opened and a match inserted .to prevent the copper contacts from touching, thereby throwing the signal in the block and stopping the train.
 H. H. Hancock, the flagman of the Overland Limited. who was compelled to carry the sack in which the robbers collected valuables. gave a clear ac- count of the footing of the train when he reached here today He said that about 30 last night the train was stopped about a mile and a half from Reese station by an intermediate block signal. Brakeman Cross went ahead to locate the trouble.
 T went, east to protect the rear of the train," said Hancock. "I had gone about a third of a mile when I was sig nailed by the engineer to return. I did so after putting two torpedoes on the track and lighting a fusee.
 HE HELD THE SACK.
 Just as I was about to step on the rear platform I was confronted by two ugly guns and heard a stern command to get on the platform and do it quick. I climbed on just as the train start ed and the two men followed me. As soon as we were together on the plat form one of the men said: Here. you. take this sack and hold it as We go through the train. Wait a minute; we will just take that watch you have
 T asked him not to take the watch as had no other. He jerked the chain loose from my vest and dropped it into the sack Entering the car they found the door of the toilet room locked. and one of them fired through it. In the light l had a chance to inspect the men. Both carried sawed off repeating shot guns and each had a revolver in his belt well filled with shells.
 DESCRIPTIONS OF BANDITS.
 "One man was about six feet tall. l slim and round shouldered. He had on l new overshoes. his finger nails were | long and his hands were white and | soft. A blue handkerchief with white | spots covered his face below the eyes.
 The other man was five feet seven: | light complexioned He had cut on | one finger of the right hand and was | quick spoken He wore a black cur tain mask and seemed to be the leader. | As we passed through the first car the 1 tall man kept me covered with gun. | while the short one ordered the | passengers from berths. He told | them to drop what they had in the sack | I carried. In one of the berths were | two young women who protested that ! they didn't have anything. The short 1 robber pushed the gun violently against | the breast of one and struck the oth- ar over the right eye with the butt of | the weapon.
 Tn the second car they found two | men sitting in the smoking cOnipart ment. The men were forced to give up | their property and were then warned | to sit quiet. that one of the robbers | would be standing just outside the door