COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 28, 2015
Cottage Grove Retrospective
BIRTHS
A look back at Sentinel stories from 40 and 80 years ago
Jan. 16, 2015
Jan. 31, 1935
5A
To Jessica Kittell of
Creswell and Damien
Henderson of Springfi eld,
a son.
Stolen car, moonshine captured here
A story of a girl friend loaning her brother’s car for a trip from
Portland to Cottage Grove was told by a woman member of a
party of four who were apprehended here Tuesday with a stolen
car and a half gallon of moonshine. There were two men two
women in the car, non married to any one of the others. The pres-
ence of the moonshine was explained by its alleged presence in
the car when the car was borrowed from the sister of the man
who owned it. Presumably the occupants of the car had not dis-
covered the presence of the liquor.
The woman who claimed to have borrowed the car also claimed
she brought the party here for the purposed of borrowing mon-
ey from a relative, who is a well-known resident on Coast fork.
None of the four had any money.
State offi cer Koepke took the quartet to Eugene for return to
Portland.
Jan. 19, 2015
To Tiffany Griffi n of
Cottage Grove, a son.
Jan. 23, 2015
To Kandice and William
Kelso of Creswell, a son.
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Jan. 19
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Jan. 21
Jan. 22
erty included a fi ve-gallon gas
tank ($14) and a 4D cell battery
($190).
Criminal mischief, Anthony
Ave
Drug — contraband seized,
Row River Rd
Suspicious condition, N 11th
St
The caller said that her car
was keyed at her residence. The
offi cer reported that the word
“hi” was scratched into the hood
and “fag” was scratched into the
driver’s-side door.
The reporting person said
that a staff member found drug
contraband in a room at the lo-
cation. Offi cers seized a set of
digital scales, one glass pipe
and several syringes.
Theft, Gateway Blvd
Explosive device, E Washing-
ton and S 16th St
Caller said that she heard
someone tapping at the window
of her RV. She also said that she
recently left Oakridge due to a
stalker. When asked about the
stalker, she could not give any
information. A patrol of the area
was negative.
A reporting person said that a
bicycle was taken from in front
of the location. It was a 29”
Kryptonite mountain bike val-
ued at $300.
The reporting person heard
a loud explosion near the loca-
tion. Offi cers, who also heard
the blast, canvassed the area but
were unable to locate the source
of the explosion.
Jan. 23
Jan. 24
Runaway juvenile, N 19th St
Caller said that her daughter
never came home from school
the previous day and has not
heard from her. The case was
taken as a runaway.
Mental, S 5th St
Theft, S 6th St
Caller said that the theft oc-
curred at the location in the
last couple days. Stolen prop-
Caller said that she is a men-
tal health patient; she is hearing
voices and needs them to stop.
Offi cers transported the caller to
the ER for evaluation.
Burglary, N 9th St
Caller stated that her home
was broken into within the last
hour while she was gone. She
believes that her daughter may
have done it because the caller
kicked her out approx. a week
ago due to her drug use. The
stolen property is a Playstation
4 valued at $500.
Jan. 25
Theft from vehicle, S River
Rd
A person at the station re-
ported the theft of two sets of
car keys and a Macbook laptop
($600-$700) from his vehicle
at the location at an unknown
time.
Suicidal subject, S 10th St
A reporting person said that a
female at the location was talk-
ing about killing herself. The
subject was recently released
from Johnson unit and needs to
go back.
Suspicious condition
A complainant at the station
reported she could smell a pos-
sible campfi re inside the wom-
en’s restroom at the location;
she could not see any smoke or
fl ames. Offi cers checked the lo-
cation and found a small, extin-
guished fi re inside.
O FFBEAT
Continued from page 1A
The express car
As you boys all know, the
express car is where the good
stuff is. Oh, sure, you can fi nd
some good cash and securities
and other valuables in the mail
car, but the real money in a train
robbery is in the express car —
if you pick the right train.
And you’d better be abso-
lutely sure you do pick the right
train. You want to pick a train
that’s carrying payroll cash, or
maybe a big shipment of gold
bullion. There’s nothing more
disappointing than going to all
the trouble of robbing a train
and fi nding out it’s the wrong
one.
Here’s another pro-tip, gents:
If you stick up a train, and knock
on the door of the express car,
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and the express clerk opens it,
that means you got the wrong
train. Shake his hand and walk
away. There’s no loot in the car:
guaranteed.
You see, the good things in life
don’t come easy. The fact is, the
more loot is in that express car,
the harder the clerk will fi ght to
keep you out. To get into the car,
you’re going to have to use your
dynamite like a can opener, and
after that you’re probably going
to have to use it to encourage
the clerk to give up. And even
then, it’s not a sure thing, as
my good friend Mr. X did when
he knocked over the Oregon &
California Fast Express in Octo-
ber 1901, just north of Saginaw;
remember that job? X picked
a good one; there was a lot of
loot on board, but he didn’t have
enough dynamite with him. The
clerk wouldn’t give up, and he
didn’t have enough dynamite to
change the fellow’s mind. Fi-
nally poor Mr. X had to slink off
into the bushes south of Eugene
with a couple hundred bucks
fi lched from the mailbags, and
half of the mail clerk’s boiled-
egg dinner. How much gold was
on that train? I don’t know, but
they gave that clerk a $1,000
bonus for defending it, so you
can bet your bottom dollar it
would’ve been plenty. Moral of
that story is, bring enough dy-
namite.
Have a yegg on
your team
Another thing you’d better
bring, if you’re gonna go after
the big score, is a good box man
— a yegg. That’s because get-
ting into the express car is only
the fi rst step. There will be a
world-class safe inside that car
with the goods inside, and usu-
ally the express clerk won’t
even know the combination
to it. You’re gonna have to get
into it, and do it fast before the
bulls show up. You need a yegg
on your team, a box man who
knows where to drill the safe.
And the smart yeggs who work
train boxes use dynamite to get
into ‘em.
Keep your
dynamite warm
One more tip: Keep in mind
that dynamite doesn’t work
when it’s cold. Don’t make the
same mistake my colleague Mr.
Z made back in November 1906
— tying a few sticks of dynamite
to the tracks on a lonely stretch
-day
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FRIDAY Jan. 30
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SATURDAY Jan. 31
SUNDAY Feb. 1
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TUESDAY Feb. 3
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near Hood River and lurking in
the bushes to wait for the explo-
sion to stop the train.
You probably never heard
about this job, because it didn’t
happen. The train just ran over
the dynamite and kept on go-
ing, and some kid found the
squashed-up sticks of blooey a
few days later. Remember, dy-
namite freezes at 45 degrees. If
you’re going to try something
like this, wait for a warm sum-
mer night to do it.
If you’d like to learn more
secrets of the professional
train robbers, send your check
or money order for $19.95 to
“Course No. B-101: Dynamite-
Enhanced Train Robbing Tech-
niques,” c/o Prisoner No. 7215,
Oregon State Penitentiary, Sa-
lem, Oregon.
Do it today, and start enjoying
the exciting lifestyle of a suc-
cessful train robber tomorrow!
Sincerely,
BLACKIE DuQUESNE
April 1, 1916
(*All the train robberies men-
tioned in this column are real
events from Oregon history, but
Blackie DuQuesne is a fi ctional
character from E.E. Smith’s
classic pulp novel, “The Sky-
lark of Space.” However, the
‘advice’ he gives in this column
would have stood an aspiring
train robber in good stead back
in the 1910s. Sources for info on
the train robberies themselves
came from back issues of the
Portland Morning Oregonian,
Oregon Journal and Bohemia
Nugget, and from Oregon State
Archives.)
Finn J.D. John teaches at Or-
egon State University and writes
about odd tidbits of Oregon his-
tory. For details, see http://fi nn-
john.com. To contact him or
suggest a topic: fi nn2@offbe-
atoregon.com or 541-357-2222.
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