Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-09-23
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Additional Particulars or the VII.
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Yesterday THK CIrlLEN cou,ain,p! y
brief dispatch concerning highway rob,
barry at Williams, Arizona. The follow
ing particulars arr obtained from AL.
vance prpd sheet If the Williams News.
which IL ISSUED to-day.
one u the h"ll-st highway r,hl~rirs
committed In this section IL Ariluu, IN
many years. rcurr,d between thus cit,
aud fairvi"w. n small station on the At.
lhntic n Pacific aninr tfN""n miles west II
Williams, Thursday Alrrnnon The hugh.
waym"n aSSaul,,l ,hrr" ,itirrrn, parties.
rrc"iving an amount from each which
swell'd the total Ia one hundred and NJ, &,
dollars Ia money and several fine watch
~. i"'si!rs other articles Of value, such
NJ ringS, scarf pius. clothing, etc
Ah"u, "'cl"ck two men, SUPPOSED 90
h" MeAcans, met the track walker II
FOREMAN Dnnahur'r section. this side IL
the tunnel, aud with drawn guns demand
al HIM tn hold ur his hands The Mex.
can. for such hr was, being thoroughly
frightened. complied with their request
AMI TIA" high"aymcn securSi all his val.
ual!rs, watch and II small sum II money
Aft"r telling the man Ia go. the robbers
passed IVES, AMI through the tunnel. Ia
ia" small building occupied 10y Watch
man George L..ch. an old man - years
81 age. They found the old man sitting
IN front 81 his door They cvrlri their
guns at him and told him H. hold up his
hands The uli man r-il,r,a ,u do ~, and
one al the robbers Deliberately struck
him over the heal with his gun. Telling
him 'n his knees, when lac was again
struck. this tim" GA the back IT the head.
anal Ia" rolled over un the ground III
ial,d condition. TIL. robbers then
S"arrh'-l the HOUSE, taking everything "f
value With hi- gun still pointed u, the
pr,,sira,e man one Of the robbers asked
him how old hr war. The man then
luw.red his gun AMI told Leach tu stay
whore lac was or he w"uld kill him. AMI
after relieving him uf hne gold watch
they departed back through the tunnel.
On the other side II the tunnel the two
men placed several larg. rcks ON the
track with tn. evident intention IL wreck
ing No. !, which would IL. due nj 1870.
II was fortunate tina, section Foreman
punahu. war nj work with hiS i've men
an the east end IT the section ar the prob
abilities are that terrible wreck. with u
great losE II life, would hay. occurred
Any I'm. familiar with that part IL the
road knows tina, /, would hav. been AN
utter imIoSSibility Ia avoid ia. obs,ruc-
'ion placed there Wy the men, as the
grade i- very steep. aud terrible wreck
would b- bound Ia have secured
Foreman hpnahn., with his five men,
after completing their days work. plac,si
their hanl car on III. track and start.si
down ia. canon on their way Ia Fairvi-w,
their HON. Amer proceeding som. dis
lance the rocks w-r. discovered AMI n
hal, WAS made for ia. purpns.' II r-inov-
ing them. The two robbers then uiad.,
'H'H hIIHhIhu'' anu WIN ufnWn gums
demanded the party Ia hold up their
hands, The robbers then pr,c..dei b.
~ through ia. party, striking nnd abus.
ing thor- who showed the least incina.
ton Ia resist, and injuring on. man. Je-
sus Garcia, NJ seriously tina, hc was sent
Ia the hospital at Albuquerque. In all
the robberr -"cur-i $3.50 and several val
uabl. watches. while robbing the men
the zhrill blast II an engine was hcarl in
the distance, AMI Foreman Dpnahue.
knowing that wrcek was inevitable,
lsRg'-d the men to remove the rOcks. a..
surfing them that there was freight CON.
ing, and that the passenger would not be
along until -igh, o'clock. The robbers
cUnSsntesi, aud all hAnGs went 10 work
and removed the rocks, aud the train.
few minutes af,er, pass.-i in safety, III.
robberr then disappeared,
Ar snDn ~ possible Mr. Donahus W. nj
IN fairyiew. frOm which place hs wired
particulars to the trAinmAster at this
place. Inz.a was n, once organilei.
hrAd,h by Deputy Sheriff Johnston. and
yesterday morning the pursuit com.
mcnc,si.