The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-09
SHORT LINE TRAIN
IS HOlDUP VICTIM
SHOT Is FIRED AT MAN as ,,e AT.
TEmPTs TO FLEE DURING Roe-
Berry BY HIGHwAYmEN
Cos Angeles Limited Held Up Between
Ogden And Salt Lake And Ban
dts Get Away With At [ east
One Thousand Dollars

hed. No q, travelling from Ogden n
Salt Lake city. N,l, robbed between
olearheid and Roy. nine miles wp,t Of
og'i"n. by tw" masked and armed high
"siyinen shortly after , o'clot.k We'd.
neSday afternoon
me Train, which is scheduled 10 RIM
without stop between Oyaeh and sal.
Lake, WIS stopped nv an automatic
DOCK sig al. The next moment rho
| Two robbers boarded tlir observation
coacl, OF the tram WIFI ray,Jvnrs
reverted they cnrnmanded The pdsSen.
gers 70 hold M their hands
Wilil'' on" rnbbei tLp pos>enoc,s !,
~ o>'rsatlon coach the other. ba;.dit
Pr"ret%iei to tn" orhcr co,rI,r,. wna,,.
we mai" Passengers w"rr forc,a N
give nD money and jewels
me total amount of loU y,it,o ~
me bandits it is be,ev.-t w.. N I,.,s,
$1,000. - "'''>
me robbers, according Z. tr., mss
| SeherrS, We're in jovl:l mood Tho
passengers said that they joh,.l witt
.h"m as they relieved them Of their no.
longings.
| women and children escaped tn.
foooers' clutches, one of the banaf,,
saying he had never robbed Il woman
With robbery Of practically all Of
ihe male passengers completed. one az
tue pinults pulled the cord and causcd
Tue cohdncinl, Robert Hayes, 10 signal
TOT The train to proceed TO its deSti,.
alton.
Inc Two highwaymen then rode in
win nc passengers they had robbed
Shortly before reaching the nor,h
yaruS OF the Oregon Short Line HE
robpers pulled the cord. bringing I'M,
tram 10 stop again. They aligLt,-l
he''r Tue establishment of the Morri
son Merrill Lumber company's yard
"hlIe en- route to this city pas.
Sehger unbeknown to the rubb.rs
scrubbed note and threw il from +.
"i'"uow. 1t was to the effect that the
tram had been held up. A railroad
eihpioye picked the note up and inmal.
iatcly telephoned into the general Of
noes here. AS result the off,c,r,
were IN possession of the fact that thn
tram mad been held up before il
reached its destination.
With this in formation before them
the officials formed a posse to moo,
the incoming train. bur before they
reached it the robbers had stopped if
and alighted.
When the train was held nv ono m,
IN the observation coach prncettl,d To-
Jump Off. One of the bandits tanned,
artery trained his revolver u,,cu h,u
Don't jump, or I'll shoot. he iy.,ar.
Ell, accompanying that threor Win
smile. The passenger failcd 20 te..1
the warning and jumped The ucx,
moment the other Passengers rral,yc,
mat the bandits meant business for
one of the gunner shot at The nceinr
passenger.
l.. a. Torrens and wife of New York
oity were the occupants of y drawing
room on the train. When one of the
bandits entered the apartment. Mr.
lorrens delivered $40 to him. rs that
aii you have got?" quericd the bandit
Yes, he replied. At that iuncture
slrs' IorrenS appeared on the scene
She handed over s.. Have Won got
any rocks?' asked the bandit Mrs
Iorrens said that she had only her
wedding ring and another ring which
was an heirloom. On her plea TO re-.
tam the same, the bandit complied
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrens were comm,
10 Salt Lake City to visit Mr. and Mrs
Henry NJ. Dinwoodey
The railroad company is now cheer.
ing on the amount los. by the posSer
gers. Details have NOT yer been IN.
nounced. Excepting the cnso Of rho
iorrens, the only other victim ;.nno,m.
ced with q definitely stated loss < II
NJ Grunder, commercial ,rov,ler
VINO reported that he had been robbn
of SIS.