Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-12
ROBBERY AT SANTA FE DEPOT
Coal Thieves Secure Twenty Thousand
Dollars From a Sale.
unieiai statement By 'he Wells Fargo
Express Crmpsny-rracLiaE
tho Villains.

CoLoBADo SPRINGS, Nov. l2,-The
Wells Fargo Express company has
given out tho following official state
ment regarding the robbery at the
Santa Fe depot last nighr
Twenty thousand dollars was sent
from Dsnver to tho Frat Nstionsl
Bank OF Colorado Springs early In the
afternoon. The money was received
about 4 O'Clock, too late 10 be delivered
TO the bank. The package containing
the money was placed In the depot safe
and both doors locked. Evidently tue
thieves knew OF Its existence. Wien
No. q train came In, about O;s3, tie q
we're other packages aboard vito Uui.
rency to tue amount OF $50, 900 con-
signed to the same bank. These pack
ages were delivered TO the agent and
placed Ia tue sale. After the train had
departed, Agent George kfOut went 10
the platform to strAignten trucks
which were standing there, and when
he returned TO the office was met nj
the door by two masked men with
| drawn revolver.. The package con-
| tainlng the so, 900 was demanded and
he was compelled to open the safe and
give It uP.
The agent said nothing about tho re-
naming packages and the robbers lett
nj once.
When Krout entered the ofiico two
men. ono tail, the other short, con.
fTonted him with revolvefs aud com.
mznded him to throw up his hands.
Krout obeyod. Then one Of the robbers
said;
"Not a word from you; we want you
TO open that safe aud 10 quick about
It,"
with trembling hands he slow ly
turned the combination. When this
door swung open, Kiout explained
that there was only on package there
anu reaching In, picked up an on-
velopo containing 100000 which he
HANDED the short man. tie then closed
the heavy door. hroul's action In
handing o ut tue $50 900 package AT
| closing the uoBr vi tnu ssie saved the
company $4,000. Dufins ali this time
the thieves uid not appear the l.att ex'
excited. The robbers ordered kroui
TO unlress himself aud get into bed.
| After he had dono No. oIs OF this nen
took pains 20 see tho quits aud com.
furteTs drawn tightly over Kroups
head and tucked down, then they
left. When krout plunsed up courage
to 10 outside, there was NO ore N
sight. Before IL o'clock posses wer'
securing the vicinity OF tue depot.
Bloodbounds tracked the men along
Pixies Peak avenue through tho hsAfl
Of the city. On the theory that they
will 40 TO Cripple Creek over the
Cheyenne mountsin road, tho posss
started from that city 10 head thsm Oh
Tue depot agent was not 100 yAtIs
from KrouPs oiiiee while the robbery
was being committed, but knew moth.
log until informed by Krout
Tho express oompAnyS cfiicials be-
lievs toe robbery was olmmlttod by
A. j. Grey, alias sam Wells, aud J. L.
stuart, aliss q. J. Starr, who were ar
rested for tho theft of $4,000 from nj
express al Cripple Creek on April H.
aud who recently, In company with
Tom Mccarthy, ESCAPED from jail In
this city. Is. Il. Montgomery, VIII,
was n prisoner at tho time OF tn,
escape, notified tho police OF Denvei
several days ago thai Grey and btuarl
plotted when In jail to ron the express
company again. The officials OF tn,
company believe that the robbers hac
an accompiice in the bank.