The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24
The Wells-Fargo Million
Dollar Express Robbery
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press. I had given instructions to my
men what to do when we got to the
holding-up place and every point
would be covered so that we would
have the drop on the gang at the start
of the festivities.
7 knew every foot of the ground on
the Erie. and when we got within
few miles of Port Jervis | began to
feel Just little hit nervous. While
1 was running all the details OF the at
tack over in my mind the train slow
~ pulled up, but did not come to
full stop. [ looked out of the win.
dow, but did not see anything, In
moment we were pushing UP the bill to
Port Jervis at full speed. When We
pulled up at the little depot ] jumped
off the car to take final look at
things, and as I passed the Red Star
car ] heard q moan. [ listened and II
was repeated several times. could
not understand it, but ! felt that some
thing had gone wrong,
I did not want to make a foonsN
break OF any kind, so | first went to
the engineer and asked him what he
had stopped for before reaching Port
Jervis He said that he saw = red
light swinging on the track, and
slowed up. The light had disappeared
before he got to it, and he could not
understand it. j knew the meaning OF
it, and saw the game In a second. Inc
gang had fooled Thompson By giving
him a wrong description Of what was
going 20 he done This WAS verified
when | reached the Red Star car, The
lock had been broken off, and inside
the car was Thompson, lying on his
back we'll done up
He was partly conscious and knew
enough to tell that the thieves had
fooled him and had dumped the safes
on the track about three miles east
of Port Jervis. They had Jumped Oft
the train when it slowed. But, l.
Thompson had been fooled he had
fooled the gang also, for he had flung
the kit Of tools, which was TO be 9sed =,
To open the safes off the car, and II
was dollars to doughnuts they would
not be able to find them.
7 got an engine at the depot, and in
ten minutes ] was on the wav hAc'
With my men. Before reaching the
nlace [ noticed lanterns flashing along
the track and I ordered the engineer
to run past the lights half mile or
40 before slowing UP. As we went
bv the spot I saw the gang at work
carving the safes to wagon. We
stopped after turning cnrve and
started back on foot.
The thieves, / concluded, had dis.
covered the loss of the tools, and in,
stead of trying to open the safes had
decided to carry them away and break
them up at their leisure When We
got back TO the place the gang were
about ready to move and l ordered my
| men 20 wait until they all got into the
wagon before making the attack.
We stood in the shadow of the trees
| on the roadside until the wagon came
ND and then I Rave the signal. One
man seized the horses head aud
turned him into a fence and the rest
| Of us covered the gang with guns
! Two of tho gaug inmped and were
| shot, The others threw up their hands
We took the whole outfit to Port
| Jervis and Walt Hcrrick died on the
way. Durand was shot in the chest.
but recovered in time for the trial
With the conviction of johnny Dobbs.
| Jim Brady, Bub Furey and Pete Dur
and one Of the most notorious gangs
| of safe breakers was broken up,