Arizona republican., 1899-09-11

spirits The other bandit piled dyna-
mite On the through safe and while
the fuse was burning, joined the group
and entered into the conversation
The first explosion was Intellectual.
Another and heavier charge was ap-
piled This one opened the treasure
box from end to end and wrecked the
car Then he began gathering up the
contents Of the safe. He discarded
the silver, taking only gold and bills
There was SO much of it, the engineer
said, that the robber threw it on his
/ shoulder with great effort and he
looked like a strong man. AS the rob
bers started away one of them said to
the engineer, You needn't be in a
/ big hurry about running back to the
( train. You better wait fifteen min
utes anyhow" The engineer waited
the full time. The robbers went away
! in northerly direction, but that is no
sign that they kept a straight course.
j After the train had been cut in two
the operator at Cochise station tested
the wires and found them all right.
He telegraphed to Wilcox, eleven
miles east and to Tucson. Posses were
hastily organized at both places and
the Wilcox crowd was quickly in the
field headed by Deputy United States
Marshal ]. P Welles, who was on the
looted train.
There is a difference of opinion
about the number CT robbers engaged
The Aainmen saw only two, and they
think they were lying in wait at the
station There is reason to believe
that they were passen gers on the train
to that point A young man from the
north. who was on his way to Tempe,
said that three men got On the Santa
Fe train at Albuquerque. They were
dressed like cowboys and carried con-
siderable baggage in telescope valises.
He got acquainted with them at Dem
ing and was told by them that they
had come direct from Fort Dodge,
which he knew was not SO, and were
on their way to Benson. They were
brothers, they said, and owned ranch
south of Benson. They were on the
Southern Pacific train when it left
Deming, but were not seen after the
robbery.
He described one man as being tall !
and slim and wearing a square-cut /
coat and blue overalls The other two |
were SLOUGH hats. boots, and overalls |
turned up at the bottom. They also !
had big red handkerchie[s tied around /
their neck and carried a Satchel be- |
tween them. Though they had a bold /
and fearless way about them, their /
general appearance was that of igno
rant and uncultured men.
1t is supposed that whether they
came from abroad or were waiting at
the station they had a confederate
with horses in the vicinity
They were doubtless thinking men,
or they would not have chosen the sta
ton as the place fer the ho.d-up. They
knew that the train would stop there,
for Cechise is the shipping point for
the Pearces mine and receives and
sends a great deal OF express and
mail matter. They figured that it
would be more strategic to surprise
the messenger in an open door, than
to carry his car by assault. This is a
new move in train robbery and if gen
orally adopted, will save a great deal
Of dynamite heretofore uselessly ex-
pended in blowing express cars open.
CCchise is an admirable place to get
IN the verge of the Sulphur Springs
valley it is at the same time almost in q
he foothills Of the nearly inaccessible
There is a theory, based ;
On conjecture and a single circum- {
stance, that the robbery was executed
by Climax jim" whose headquarters
are in the White mountains near Blue
liver. The single circumstance is that s
Climax Jim" was seen at Wilcox {
asst week by a man who says he {
knows him. He spent a few days, pre- {
looking fer members CT his
scattered band, and then disappeared. {