Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-04-13
HLANi KUBBERI.
The ENprcSS wagon at trlrrlt Crcck
Held Up.

Held W,
p-'vrr. Colo. April II A special /.
the lines from Cripple Greek, C"io, ,-nyr
The mail and "hprrs- wagon ~h,rh r"u
nrrtr with the Midland t-rinIuNl railr,Ah
at u,rArry wAn bnari-d tu day Abrut twu
milrr frum this clty 10y tw" n"u, VII"
nv-rIuwrr-'i the driver, Robert smith,
secured All express packAgr containing
$1,000 and rsrAI-d On hurrrbArk The
huld.up t"nk pace Ahout H:jU u'clu,k uu
the summit of T-ndrri"nt hill un th" high.
way between Cripple Greek aud ,irnHr!
STATION uu the Midland Terminal rAllruAd
The mail And rIprrrs wagon. drawn hy
n"r=rr, driven 10y Mrrr-ugrr Robert
Snith. wAr IN r,ut- from irArry /" trp.
pile Greek with mails aud express matt,
received At itAr-y un the morning tram
frou Denver and Colorado springs.
Two men ri,tIne l,y the r,d" "i thr nj
ace, -,-d smith, asking iur rir liz
ir-w up the team and one II the men
rlimh,-i up H. the seat hr-ldr hlu, wlNlr
the other mounted TIA" hNgshE" h"hIud
A s-,n aH SmIth started Il" iuNr, the
man irhrnd struck L,m several ,ur- ~
the head with revolver Ih" hr"r
staggered hun. hu, dd uu, r'un hlm.
The IuAu un the seat with him also drew
u revolver. AMI l-vrlug II al hun com.
msnd'-i HIM I" get down, wax I" the
head uf the hurr-r aud h"ii the. huilrr.
lie compiled, AMI while hr W.r covered
with guns they ripr'"d open Nui r.'I"i thr
mail ani rHprrss pnuchrr After r"cur-
lue $4,000 which Was h-iue -hfl'd e."
one "f the Cripple Creek uNtoual unukr,
aud several other valuable parkagrs.t ties
unnllch-,i the tv" leading hur-rr, ,uuuutrd
them and rni- rapidly int" the m"uu
tH,ur. smith, very weak sud bleeding
prfur-ly. druvr int" the city ar quickly
~ pn-uill- when he drew up ~ trout
1T the wrll-. Fargo -Kprrrr "ihrr n"
iAiu,rd and fell from the seat
! smith revived IN few minutes Ani rr-
lated what had h-falru him Mrhn
twenty minutes fr7,m the time 'h. ruhhrrl
|
aud JAckrnn and 4O men started I" scout
the hills IN search Il the r,hl-r-, VIA"
have =" short = start It II not l-l,rv'd
they eau -.cAp-
A turssag- a.. leru sent tn Canon CT!
tr hlodhnunds.
The kl6,U1 package secured hy the
roh' era wAs consignment FROM Denver
by the Wells GArs" express 1t has no
yet been arc-rtAln-i by whom II wzr
ahpI+,i. hut IL believed /" have been Tor
varied frnm the fIr-, National hank If
p-nvrr tn the f,rr, National bank ui thir
city Another package CONTAINING $500
II misslng II II b-li,vtai the robbers
came from D,uy-r anil knrW l.rg''
money rArkSg" w" IN thu wagon,
; At2I IN. 1t has i~-n harmed thA, 'h''
kIG,OO package wAH cnnrlgu'"i /" 10"
Blm-tAllc National bank a. b" u-'i ia
: paying lninrr The robbers hAy" h""i
traced To the D,Nrir r,sd north 4 town,
near the Rhyolit- mountain Ih"y
|, rrnrr..d over Cow tn"lutAiu, and urAi
) "a lett" discarded the stolen horses Ah'l
,rnk hsh, higgy aud h"rr" thry had
. s-cr-trd III the timber. and dr"N" away
: They len thr regular Cripp" 'r'"k al"
nvMr ruAd Alnui -iL miles umih "t t'"i
aud h-Ad,- in~ari AlhsmhIA AZ r.'H
An their course Was Determined W"ri ~n'
~-nt /" this place Hnd I"'sr" II hh> h"''
A yII, Arm-i men cut Acr,-s the country -
:, horrrlArk toward High psrk, ~h"r" 'h"l
> bop" to ,utrrc-p, the rohb-rS. ~h"' 1t
i-hrv,ai Arr headed frr either AlhNmhr'
ur the ArkAusa- Valley Fiv" hHni'"'
A men from iLis are A." Hr"urlus ih" e. "a"
uN, aud among ;h, v"iun'""rr ate "i'
VIII know every lueh II ground 80 M
p" around