The Oregon daily journal., January 22, 1905, Image 1

VOL. L NO. 45. . . t. vf v - PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 22, 1905 FOUR SECTIONS-3e PAGE&" . , . ; ; : j PRICE FIVE CENTS.
to
$3;200 REWARD OFFERED
Rewards amounting to 52 timet the value of the property X
taken have been offered for the capture of the. robbers., t x
..The state of Oregon will pay under the provisions of the
statute. $300 for each man taken, a total of $1,200 for all four.
The O. R. ft N. Co. will pay $500 for each man, or $2,000
1 for all ftfur, :.-s - , .V . ''..'.(,
i. . m Vi. l 1 ' .1 4 ann
low uicrc is iu aggregate icwuu v iuv iwauui( uic a
man who will capture all of the four men who robbed the train. X
-- B. E. Calvin, general manager tf the O. R. ft N. Co- when
: x apprised last night of the hold-up, immediately made the offer X
the. four, men concerned in the affair, which makes the aggre-
fauthorised the of fer without" 4" moment's hesitation, saying t-X
ine 'journal may tonouncc uiai. uic yi cgun ruiuwajr ;x
Navigation company will pay $500 for th'arrest and convic
tion of each one of the four men who held up our passenger Z
jttain that left Portland st o:ia o'clock p. m. The company x
Z makes the offer in the hone that some one. or more, persons
X will come to'claun the reward, fot we ar6 anxious to bring to X
1 justice every highwayman who interferes" with t the operation- X
ot our trams, ana suDjects tne xraveung puou ra. incugniucs
such as accompany these outrages.
"JWhen Governor v ChSmberlain was tasked regarding the
'reward that would be paid by the" suteA of Oregon for the
apprehensi6n. of the robbers, he replied:; 7 -
r-r "The state will offer ho special reward, but will pay .the.
f reward provided for by sutute, $300 for the arrest and con-
7 - X-vietibnf each person Holding up a train.- This reward will Z
' A . . .1 i 1 . A ' f .La' L. 1 A J.-a.
I pe pajci wiuiquv rciucianto oy vac sutic, iui wc ywjr waiu
citizenry-realise the serious character of 'these crjrnes." T
;rr The State rewards will therefore -aggregate $100, which,
. added to that ottered by- tne rauroaa company, sweua tne total
to $300. V So that the official who succeeds in bringing in the
entire oranW of four will not onlv brine to book the perpetrators
f.i "of flagrant crime, but will enrich?mmself with that generous,!
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r Four masked bandits, heavily armed:' boarded
the Oregqn Railroad &T Navigatioivi, company s
jpokaneFljrer' at the -east side station at 6:30
o cioclc last night, concealea themselves on.tne
rear platform 'until the trauv was under way, en:
tered the" smoking compartment' of the rear coach
as the train was climbing the heavy grade through
Sullivan's gulch-near Twenty-eighth street,; inthe
aty - limits, held up - and 7 robbed 5 Six passengers,
forced PnllmanConductor, Lewis, at the point 6f
a revolver to stop the train, beat the. colored "porter
and -made theirescape. . : : 2': f
They fired a single; shot as they Ieap4 from"" the
platform and disappeared In the darkness. Shepard
Brigg, 20 years of age," wbd Myes at 733 Pacific
street,-was passing and ; awthe.men escape Jnto
The robbefs Secured $100, in cash, a gold watch
anaaarattor'?780.
Cfiieflxecutipamb
; ject of Highwaymen.
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Holdap Criminals Prepared z to -Hortoi.yictims
Who Resist and Are Not Fit to Live
: - Among JPeaceabl Disppsedi i ; 3; 3
1 "A man who holds up a tmln. of com
mlt an othae aot eoramvn to hlhwy
men, hould t hncdlby tho npk until
ht la ad."; ald Governor gilamberlnia
last nlirht. .. . .
"A hold-no etiitonal tatm to hi wot
with flmi detmntiistion to eommlt -mur.
dor. It. necary, to carry out mm pur.
nose. II knows that no mar meet wivn
hrmed relstanc, tor no ordinary por
on who haa In his bands ins weapon
whiph ta ao so wui nesiisis w
U1CJI (1W .HgMW - ,
trom such an outrageous assault. ;
-v. -Ooln forth In bloodthirsty frme
of mind, and havlnfcso little retard for
human life that for th purpose ot tak
ing taoney or foods ho wills to kUl his
'.feUow man. he Is not nt to live among
others wbo are peacefuUy disposed.
"The crime of robbery In Itself Is
most serious. It Is possible only-on the(
part ot a person who has lost all sense
of the proper relationship that should
be maintained between those who oon
stttutel society. He Is a menace to Very
cltlsen who Is anxious to respect the
rights of othera.lwho desires to live by
his-own exertions, and who helps rather
than hinders the retention by every per.
on of his own property. So that ' the
crime "6f Wtberjrir ttarrifletuty seitui
to warrant the severest punishment.
"But, in the case of train .robbers, or
highwaymen, who operate In other ways.
added to the crime of robbery Is that
of Intentional murder, and, vthether or
not he succeeds In his punwsei ths death
penalty Is none too heavy. (t
i Seatk for TraU Bobbers.
favor legal enactments, by amend
ment or-pases re of new lawa. such as
wOT provide "aeaniBy Tianglngr6r-Ihyi
man or men wno 'attempt to hold up
train, and I would not limit the death
penalty to those only who actually bold
tip ' trains. I would apply. It to those
. rnnvicted of attempting to hold - up
'trains, spd I. hope that he lav-making
bratoch or the le(tilatur will Uke this
view of . the matter. The existing staf
titesdo not cover the ground,. In my
opinion, Imprisonment being altogether
too light a .penalty for the crime of
th lold-u.- . . . ;. ... .
, .. ,. Oroisaa's am nta ease.
. If a blU, Introduced In the senate .by
proisan: or Marion last Wednesdsy Is
enacted.' the holding up of a train, a
, streetcar.: a sta coach r a farmer's
wagoqi wlU be punishable by death.
f ' The bill was Introduced at the request
6f a . Urge number of people, and has
good prospects of passage. Such, legis
lation la deemed necessary on account
of the number of hold-ups. of trains
which have occurred la the last Saw
months I9 th. weet and northwest' In
several a number of people were Injured.
Express Messenger O'Neill was killed at
Copley, in northern California. , while try
tng to prevent , robbers front - entering
the maU car.. . J1 ' '
There is little doubt that the "holding
up of the Bpokine ffyer will have a
trcragnendency to send the bill through
both bousea.- Its author Is saldT to have
received an intimation that In such case
It would receive the signature of Gov
ernor Chamberlain, i
"Any-man who holds up a train 'or1 a
stage coach," said Senator j Croisan,
'does so not only with the knowledge
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Up Their
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Bandits Joke With Victims, Then
Compel Conductor to Stop Train
-iSahd Make Their Escape.
Passeneers in 6thcr oarts of the train were in
gndrahce of the darinfir defd. -'Twer of the passen
gers wna were robbed, together with a oart of the
train crew, left the train, walked several blocks to
find a telephone and notified police headquarters
five minutes'after the "Crime had been committed,
The train continued its journey.
The Q.K.&. N. train Na 4, the "Spokane Flyer "
stearned out of the union station "at 6:15 o'clock
last night As soon as the train was in motion
thrporter locked the doors of the Pullman cars,
incjuding'the rear .door of the la?t car, which was
a WUa-jWalla "sleeper that runs only to the: Wash.
He locked the door as the train crossed the steel
bridge and saw no one on the rear platform. The
door of thevestibule,.; however,' was, open Jonone
side; oft the can The' train stopped at the East
ortland station at 6:20. It was only, for a few
moments, and with heavy coucrhs of the locomotive
.T a . - .. - 1 - . .f. I It . . .
anaa constant jangic oi uie ocu stanea up tne
steep grade in Sullivan's gulch through 'the city
limits. As soort 'as "the train started, the;.porter
unlocked the rear door of the Walla Walla coach.
In the jsmoking compartment-of -the-rearicar
were six passengers. . lJiey were u. j. comank
Roger B.-Sinnott,;E. B.' Duffy, Ben L.Norden;
Charles E. Atherton of Portland, and J. R. Nichol
son1 of-, Chicago. With one exception ' they are
members 6f the order ot Knights ot uiiumbus.
- INICnOlSOn 13 a tutvctuiK man, uu kwu ".iv
e has been in Portland frequently, and read in
the newspapers of the fake hold-up of theLSpQfe
ane Flyer", that Bert Yetter told several weeks agp,
-"You know most all these hold-up stories are
fakes," he said; 'simply wildcat yarns,. that;.som$
fellow tells and the newspaper reporter; jumps on
'em for all they're worth. It don't pay to believe
all you read in a pewspaper. The idea of an at
tempt being made to hord upa, train like this
inside the city limits ,Uke. the stfcfy. that flow
Yetter told. I'm from Missouri on that Ikind of
proposition" , . ' ,
His auditors agreed with him. It was absurd.
the Story of a hold-up in the limits of a great city
like Portland. Mn other parts of the train passen
gers were settling snugly for a long -journey. Jn
the Walla Walla special smoking compartment
the traveling man kept tho others busy listening J
ithathejmayjojafceji There were norange. sounds, only the dull
of motion."- All "w ere smoking and some were
yanlrig.?K;;
Suddenly-two men rushed into the compartment
EachTwore a slouch hat pulled over , his eyes and
a bandana handkerchief tied about hisace." . Both
pointed revolvers at the passengers. Immediately
behindlthem those i in the, compartment- saw an
other man, also arrried and .masked standing guard
at-lhe entrance of the compartment .-Behind him
they discerned, still another man," also armed and
masked, who Stood sentry; atthe- entrance from
tne.trop and rear ot the car.,
."Throw up your hands,? prd
grnf fly;,, w
iered one of the men,
The . passengers - hesitated ; they thought it was
a joke.--, r r ,..y - : ' ' t": i: j,
equkkv'Laied .another baoditfwe'rehun
gry, and we're in hurry'-. """--.i:. -:: .:T'
-i'Yes, boys, let's do. what they say ', there's no
joke aoout this,l said lNicholson.as he rose and
raised his hahds. The .other , passengers did hke-
FIVE . OF VICTIMS, LIVE' HERE i
The six passengers who were in the smoking comnart-. x'
meni oi ine waua waiia ruuman sleeper when the robbers . T
X went in and demanded that they hold up. their hands were: X
T Edward B. Diif fy, traveling agent D. & JL a railwayi. 551"!
Xovejoy street ...r' z . 4 . ,.. . ... t .
: Benjamin L. Norden, medical student. S87 Washingtoii
. Roger B. Sinnott, attorney, 54 Twehtieith street
-Dan J. Comanrchief clerk O. R. ft N. Co 129 Fourteen
street-; . . ' .
Charles E. Atherton, 309 Madison street x". ':-. 7;.
1 J. R, Nicholson, a travehng man for a Chicago furniture
lUUSe:-r-."'""r" " ' ; i , -.V . ,:4i'f
"Tt The robbers secured about $l6fl M m1i? m.A
t from Benjamin 1- Nordeh and a7 sight idraft-for $7hQt from
Vm. is. Atherton. . . .. "r ;r
. Quick: work was done in assembling -men and officials X
for a abase after the robbers. Not more than: 45 minutes had T
elapsed after the hbld-u& before a special train was" at the
T ...ni nV Wm (a... t t Xy SL Xt i.1 il . W
with a large detail of city detectives and a. strong posse from
the sheriff s office. : . . v.-:'Vr----.- 7-;-
They immediately began a careful search for clews lead- X-
ing to the direction m which the robbers went after leaving X
uie tram, .-j, t-j - ; ? .. ;-i,.i'.r--,";.'T.r.f ; " :-. : '
4 Added to the officials, were a number of sicked members
of the force .maintained here by the "Pinkerton agency, under, a
commana oi captain wevins;.,. :
The-'(9ffic?rs;and detectives spread out into the county
X surrounding the place where the hold-up occurred, and everv-
. .1 . - . , . . . . ... . -. T
uung uiat mignt tnrow ugnt upon tne locality ot the. bandits . T
w .was examined. - - ; : . -
- The work was made difficult - by. the: extreme darkness'
of the night, a circumstance that aided the robbers in eluding
-the 'pursuers; : - .' ' ; r",;..-. ; : 5 .
t . . nt a late nour tma morning word came trom tne. noid-up .
f
wise.
The7 man in the door covered the passengers
while the other two began a search for-valuables.
The fourth bandit stood guard at the entrance to
the,car:v. 1-,. - v----
There was no' hurry - nor, excitement ,-" Every
thing was pone deliberately. - -v -j
iAa Sinndtt's turn came to be searched.he backed
against the wall; and stealthily put one hand behind
himJ7 Quick. as a flash he pressed the "button that
caiis-the portef. His action was" notetected
rumbling of the trairTandthie pecliTIasehsalion
f ."I'll help you find all I've got without your tear
ing the buttons off my vest," he protested as
bandit seized him. He readily gave what he had.
It's onlv because we are hungry . that we do
this," explained one tof the masked .figures. ' "We
can't get work, and must have the coin."J"
Then they came to ..Norden. The young man
had a diamond pin in his tie and a watch in his
pocket.iThey .took his watch and one; of the; ban
dits was in the act of taking thf diamond oin. .
"Don't take that;, old man," pleaded . NOfden,
"m? mother gave me thatr and she's1 gone now."
"Yes, leave that alone ; cut out the jewelry, part;
we don t want anything but money, said the man
in the doorway, who was eyidently-the leader bf
the gang. The diamond was left, but the watch
was not returned. ,;.
-As the bandit pulled his hand out of passenger
Nicholson s pocket it was filled, with small change.
A dime dropped on the floor.
"Pick it up, old 'man" saiOficholsonIt31
buy you coffee and'sinkers."
"Go to. hell," replied the bandit, "I'm not doing
any stooping in, this business. . - . - ; . .,
-Duffy picked it up ahd whe,n .the train reached
The Dalles exhibited it to a number of friends, and
said he would keep it as a souvenir. .'
...rThe bandits hadlpracticallyLcompleted their
search of the pockets of their victims whn John
Lewis, the colored porter.i sauntered leisurely .back
through the. car to respond ta tne can Den. ne
als? thought Vlak be Isaw was part of a joke.'
Lawd omussy,; white man, you done look like
dat Jessie James what Ah been readth' "bout" he
said. Then as the sentry" ordered him to keep
quiet and held a revolver .close to his head, heVeal
ized that he was being held up. . He threw himself
-Cfltiituf-n-Pag-Two.)
BOY iS EYE TITKESS
TO ROBBERS' ESCAPE
Shepard
horn-Irain Fire- OnShot T:
-"1 11 . .tv -' -i,r--- 0'
v ano inen icun -
Hurried Past Huii Thcn Turned Into Brush and
- Fled Jfoward the 3ty Two Short; Two t -:
? : Tall' Faces T Hid,
Shehard Brljn of 733 Padflo atreet.
waa an eyewltneaa to the exciting terml-
natloh of the holdup. - He saw -the four
robbera Jump from the train and heard
them fire the ehot to frighten the pae
eenseri. They ran down the track within
aLiect-Qf where he wae atandlng, con,
sealed behind eome buahea, and after
they had paeaed him turned to the left
aa If headed for. the city. . ' '
I waa returning home from my work."
Mid he. "I walked up the railroad track
to within. aeven block of the Dornbecker
furniture factory, -when I turned olt
the track and walked near It for two
blocka. ' The train tbeta paeaed : alowly
and-when. a. short OUtance Ujtha.track
It stopped, suddenly four men . Jumped
from the .rear ear, flred a . pistol - shot
and ran paet me down the truck. They
passed - Within" SO feet of. where T . was
standing "and I saw tbem distinctly.
From what I saw I suspected they
ere tralnrobbere and watehed them
very closely. - They talked In low' tones
aa they., hurried paatr-. but I could hot
understand what they were saying, af-
thoush they appeared much excited.
when thar reached a point about a
block below me they turned to .. .the
left and stood for a moment . In the
rush, t do not know what they were
olng "TBere unless It tr afthi'f the y
TRAINMEN TELL THE ST OR Y OF THE ROBBERY
-Bpilal tMspatch to T Johml.)
The Dalles, Jan. Jl. Tho train that
was held up In Portland waa In charge
oJConavctojmL.J?unii1J
Charles - Whipple waa on- duty In the
cab. . Conductor Hayes was In charge
of the Pullman oars and Porter Lewis
was on duty. When the train reached
thl platfe the crew told of the hold-up.
"I knew nothing of what was going
on Until It waa sH over and the Pullman
conductor told ma of the stick-up. " ssld
Conductor Dunn. "W were mnnlng
slowly through the eltjr, and I thought
T -
maybe they had found a bum an the
rear end r and had ordered the train
stopped to put him off. - The (hen must
Station.'
7 think from what t hare heard that
most any of the-Tlnltms eeuld Identify
the men If they had the opportunity,
although they wore. masks," said-Conductor'
Dunn. "Frequently a man Mar
be Identified by his voice. The hold-ups
talked a good deal, I am told, especially
the one who refused to pick up the dime.
His vole ' could . be- identified again
very .probably If the deteotlrea ' suc
ceed In apprehending him, . - 4 .
The other passengers and the crew In
tha.ore part .ofjhe tralnlneludlnt my
seir. were in complete ignorance of what
waa golngen. , Of course If wej had
known we might , hare . eapture4r the
bandits ourselves. " If some one had
been atatloned at the end of lha train
while they were In the smoking mm
partment searching the men there they
might have' been held at bay and made
to surrender.', .
"X hardly' had time to realise It wa a
real holdup before It waa all over." said
Pullman Conductor. Hayes. ,
"The robber "ordered me to stop the
train and I pulled the rope. I dldo't
saw them only ss they were leaving' the
rear end. " They carried revolvers, and
had colored handkerchiefs - aver their
fare as masks."'
'1 was hardly able to realise It was a
holdup," aald Porter Lewis. "I thought
at first It waa a Joka but when I aaw the
guna and the masks and aaw them going
through tha pockets of the gentlemen In
the amoklng compartment t knew then
It was the real thing. Nobody's going to
Joke that way. They were1 evidently
young men and green at tha buslneea.
The gentlemen in the smoking eompart-
Joehed back. They all wore overcoats
but ona."
Porter Lewis bore marks af the beat-
Ling he had received. ,
a. iui. iww viiw 01 nm nivn wno wae
robbed suddenly discovered that hi
name wss Smith.' He said It waa B. Ti.
Smith. He told hla account of the hold
up, which corresponds with that told by
ether vlcUmab ii
were changing their disguise." , could
have atruck them with a rook from
whera I stood. They soon started to run
again, and their footsteps sounded ss
If they were going to the' left, which'
wvuiu ! mera into the thickly Inhab
ited part Cf East tnrn.
unggs stated , that be would not be
able to Identify any of the men. ' It '
was rather dark and he could not dis
tinguish their features. Two of the
men appeared to be hither short, whlK
the other two were tall. At least two
wore overooats. , All , had ' oa darlc -
ClOthea. ; ;1 . - , ".
A short Unie later, In company with 7
Henry Beckeiii returned, to where he -had
seen the men stpp in the brush.
thinking they might-And the tftsrutaes
of the men hidden, but they discovered - .
nvinms in ine aarc. ......
It Is the opinion of mauy 4lit"the '
robbers followed down the t rack lla 1 1
tnr-reached ,eojwof .the street ear t- Z
lines, boarded a. car" and came -Into 'the '. '
city. The atreet cars wnicfc the robbers
might have taken are the ant Aakeny '
street ear at Eaet Twenty-eighth street
and .flandy road. Irvlngton atreet rar'V '
at Fifteenth and Holladay streets, snd
tha Broadway caw er Eaet Twenty.flret -,-and
Clackamas streetSi. . - . ,
A Ieoeat wbe hps a I'imi'f sltne i
at East Twenty-eighth atreet and Sandy
road, state that be dletlrtotly. heard '
the shot fired, by the renOeMb .'A fee . .
mlnutea elapsed, ami Roger Slnmrtt
ruahed Into the- stor- very much si-
cited. , . . .
- "We have been held -opf" he c
claimed. "1 haven't cent; give me -nickel
to telephone to the detKetlvesr"'
Tha store was without a nirkal, and he
hWTjry ButuHWurybec w mrkerTrw-
a atreet car conductor hefnre he con' I
communicate with- the O. It. 4 K,
flea. ,,'.'""...
Conductor Stevens of the Kast -'
and Montavllla street ear line, t .
man boardd his ear am r ths er, I e
run. He had not beard of the I
but when the subvert V
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