The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-27

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little slow and he repeated, "Give
me that watch, | tell you," and it,
too, passed into the hands of the
highwayman. Without uttering
a word they then backed out OF
the door, keeping their guns
pointed at their victims until out
side, and closing the door as they
departed. Both Mr.. Moulton and
Mr.. King, within five or ten sec.
onds, opened the door, but nc
robbers were in sight. 1t is be-
lieved they ran through the gate at
Kings residence, around bis house,
through the back yard and oven
/ the fence, where they had a horse
and buggy hitched behind his
barn, and escaped in it. Mr..
Moulton rushed to the residence OF
Mr.. Putnam, under sheriff, and
as he was absent gave the alarm to
Mr.. Carver, who responded
promptly with a gun. Mr.. King
rushed to the Beulah and breath
lessly related what had happened.
Max Hoesrich ran out with his
gun and fred it off twice to raise
the town. In the mean time
Kings two youngest daughters
were running to Taylor Green's
where Mrs. King and Emma were
spending the evening with friends.
Excitement rapidly spread in our
usually quiet little town and with
in fifteen minutes 80 or IS men
and women were ON the site of the
robbery, many of the men armed
with guns and revolvers. Within
20 minutes dispatches were sent
TO Elizabeth, Eastonville, Colora>
do Springs and Denver, notifying
the authorities of the robbery.
Searching parties of daring citi-
zens well armed, both on horse
back and on foot, quickly scattered
in all directions, but so far the
bold robbers have escaped.
Mrs. Mamie Cowdrey came
down the sidewalk three minutes
after the hold-up from the resi-
dence of Mrs. Purden, with whom
she had been spending the evening,
and reported a horse and buggy
passing south on the west roaC
out OF town, the occupants driv
ing at furious rate.
Mr.. Petteys went home fiv,
minutes before the robbery and
saw in the bright moonlight two
strange men standing in front o.
Jacob Epler's residence, looking
toward the railroad. These mer
were without doubt the hold>up'
and were at that time about
ready for the robbery. They
waited for Mr.. Petteys to pass out
of hearing.
Total amount of robbery, in
cluding the watches and chains,
was about $50. 90. The time
consumed in making the haul " IA;
not TO exceed three minutes.
Neither of the parties can give {
des cription of their watches. Or
Mr.. Kings watch chain hung {
round gold Woodman charm.
Fortunately Mr.. King had jusI
rcmitted to the bank $357.75 and
yesterday paid Il small grocery
bill to Harry Forsyth, or the bolC
bandits would have cleaned nj
about s4o0. in cash in the haul.
The description of the holdup;
is as follows: Tall man about )
feet IL inches, weight $50, dressed
in dark clothes. Short mar
about 5 feet 4 inches, weight
1876, also dressed in dark clothes.
Each wore caps-the short man
one made of corduroy cloth. Theil
coats were buttoned tight about
their throats. The masks worr
were dirty handkerchiefs which
covered their faces from theii
eyes down. The voice of the tall
man was that evidently of a man
25 years old; that of the short man
was of a young fellow is or 20.
A lively effort was made by
telegraph by Mr. King to get the
blood hounds from Colorado
Springs, but as they could not
possibly get here before 8 II. m. ,
the officers wired that the trail
would he too cold to follow and
would not come.
Great excitement prevails in our
quiet little town as the TRIBUNE
goes to press and is spreading over
the county, for all realize if Il bold
hold-up and robbery of this
character in the early evening on a
bright moonlight night ike last
night was successfully accomp-
Iished, no community and no
citizen is safe, Our officers should
at once do everything possible TO
run down and capture the bold
robbers.