El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-10

mings watched his chance and put
heavy charge of buckshot plumb into
the fellows head, the charge entering
just over the eyes. He fell dead in-
stantly. There was no further attempt
to enter the car, and the other four
horses escaped in the darkness, leaving
their fallen comrade dead in his tracks,
and their dynamite and other stuff on
the platform of :be car.
| ''When quiet had been restored"
there was a recOnoitre, a careful
reconoitre, for the bandits bad fired
some $50 shots to properly terrorize
the passengers, aud the train hands.
AS far as the passengers were concern
| ed, "the performance was grand sue
cess" for the passengers hugged the
| inside of the cars closely. The body of
| the dead bandit was found where he
saae fs ana ssr 1s@ovea Tg %as to Of the isSt Sas
complexion, aged apparently 81,
poorly dressed and from q letter
found on his person it was believed that
he was a cook recently from the San
Simon cattle camp by name of Collins.
The remains were taken back to
iaori;sus idaords6usg 49,, where the. the BODY 3. wa; x;s
morning. The train Continued
west one and half hours late. It is
not believed that these bandits were of
Black Jack's gang, but were new hands
at the business. OF course there are
suitable rewards offered, etc., etc.
Vic Collins, the robber killed at
STEMS Pass, formerly lived at San
Elizario and is well known to the
officers of Ell Psso Other parties who
have beer in Juarez lately are supposed
to have been with the gang that held
up the train last night.
CORRECT ACCOUNT.
The following special was received
by the HERALD, giving q correct ac-
count of the attempted hold up. II
was received at 1870 this morn
ing:
STEIN s PASS, N. M December 10.
-Four masked men entered STEMS
Pass station last night at about 6:15 p.
M, and ordered the agent to hold up
his bands, while they went through
the money drawers aud obtained but .
small amount of money. Every one
that came about the depot was ordered
inside the Office, and held under guard
until the west bound pas eager train,
No. 20, arrived, when they were joined.
by three more men. he captfves
were then turned loose to hunt safe
quarters from any stray bulle ts, while
the robbers proceeded to try and cut
loose the EXPIRE IS and mail cars. Not
being able to uncouple them, they or
Ici Ol VIC SuSluc0E W pull tu0 tI6
about one and one half miles west of
the station, where they intended to
blow up the safe. Their plans were
however, as their leader
was shot through the head and in
stantly killed by the Wells
Fargo express messenger on his
the express car door. The
other six men seeing their leader kill
ed. aud thinking the train WAS armed
with guards fed for safety, leaving
d. namite, etc., on the train.
The dead man is said to have been at
Bisbee, Arizona, for some time past.
He had letter in his pocket from his
mother and also one he bad just writ
ten her. A posse of eight or ten men
we're at once started in the direction
the robbers had gone, while ano,her
posse of seven men arrived at Sfeio's
Pass, at about O'Clock a. M, and pre-
:eeded to tie place of robbery. At day
light they commenced to search for
the trail, having with them q trailer
from the Mexican army. At 10 q. m.
,oday reports we're that they had found
,wo horses and a saddle, supposed 10
oave been left by them, aud also the
rail of six horses going south. It is
hought to be Black Jack and gang.
None OF the railroad employees were in
ured. These are the last reports up
20 10:3O a m