, 1899-08-24
WESTERN NOTES.

was taken from tidNlon ~ iihhluau VI
a return train early this morning. 1t
Is believed the crew succeeded in
wounding one of the robbers, because
he was seen TO topple and roll down an
embankment. No valuables were Sc
cured by the bandits. as the passengers
and train men scared them off.
Clyde McReynolds, one of the fire
men of the Colorado Springs fire de-
partment, performed a very brave deed
Friday, and possibly saved the life of
a little boy who was helpless at the
mercy of n runaway horse. While Nc
Reynolds was sitting in front of the
fire station a two-seated buggy drawn
by n horse dashed wildly by and n lit
tie boy in the front seat was crying
for help. The fireman jumped on n bi-
cycle and had a wild race with the
animal for about two blocks. He final
ly reached the horses head, grabbed
the bride and after much exertion and
with a great personal risk, succeeded
in stopping the animal. The fireman
received the applause of a great crowd
of spectators and was congratulated
upon his brave deed.
The government purchased from
John D.. Heron, the Little Heron site,
corner of Harrison venue and Eighth
street, for n new public building at
Leadville. II has frontage of 100 feet
on Harrison avenue by 1913 feet on
Eighth street. and was sold for S12,-
900. The government has the option of
purchasing additional ground adjacent
TO the Little Heron site at figures re-
Gently submitted by Heron. Work on
the erection of the building will not be
started until after Congress has been
asked to make an additional a%ppropria-
ton. Fifty thousand dollars was all
that was appropriated by the last Con
gress for both building and site, n
this is considered insufficient for n
building suitable TO the needs of Lead
ville's business clement.
1t has been definitely ascertained that
the nan captured at Carlsbad, New
Mexico, last Tuesday. after n hard
fight, is II of the bandits who held up
the Colorado * Southern train ut Fol
som, July 14th. His name is McGinnis.
and he was badly wounded in the fight
with the posse mt Cimmaron. At the
time it was supposed he had been ia
tally wounded and it was generally
thought that he had beer carried to
some hiding place and had died there.
His partner. who succeeded in escap-
ing last Tuesday. is named Franks. Re
ports from the posse. which started in
pursuit. Is that they are close on his
trail, about one hundred miles north
west of here. He is evidently heading
for Arizona. The men came into south
eastern New Mexico to secure horses
left by them in May at the l.. Il. d.
ranch, and which they had previously
stolen in Arizona. Thomas, of the
sheriffs posse, who was severely
wounded in the fight. will recover Off
GERS are out looking for the men who
held up the Colorado 4 Southern train
near Folsom Wednesday.
The Colorado volunteers were treated
TO n very pleasant surprise soon after
their arrival at San Francisco. When
il long marcel from the dock to the
Preside was made, each of the Colo
RADIO officers was notified that he
would be the guest of the Tenth Penn
sylvania officers Mt their mess hall at
. p. m, on the Preside reservation,
and also the enlisted men of the twelve
Colorado companies would be divided
up among the mess halls of the eight
Pennsylvania companies. At this all
of the Colorado men rejoiced and most
of all the cooks. No trouble or money
had been spored by the Pennsylvania
men in the preparation of the dinner.
All the good things available in the
best markets of San Francisco We're
in waiting when the First Colorado in
fantry sat down. And they were eat
en- with nm appetite born of long SER
vice in the field. When the last piece
of pie for which there was inside
room had been made n thing of the
past, there were hearty cheers by the
guests for the hosts. The Pennsylva-
mia men cheered in return their Colo
IN do roT11pn1 lac and ,,n1ACtIy cold. ..NlT,
are only doing for you what Nebraska
did to welcome us TO San Franciso."
Late particulars show that the at
tempted hold-up of the Colorado &
Southern passenger train, near Folsom,
New Mexico, last Wednesday night.
was a bold and daring effort by a lone
bandit. Soon after leaving Folsom
Il man crawled over the tender of the
engine and forced the engineer at the
muZzle of II revolver TO stop the train.
He then took the engineer and fireman
back and ordered them TO uncoupIc
the express car. While they were do
ing this the rObber amused himself
by shooting bullets through the eX-
press car. Conductor Frank Uarring-
ton, when he heard the shooting. Sc
cured his shotgun. which he had al
ready loaded with buckshot, and drop
ped off the rear of the train. He open
ed fire on the robber with telling eff
feet. His charge of buckshot shat.
tered the mans right arm. The fel-
low started on n run across the prairie.
When the posse arrived at the scene of
the hold-up n search of the locality re-
yealed the mar hiding behind an en-
bankment near the rack. He was soon
surrounded, but was found to he help
less from his wound and loss of blood
He was picked up and brought to
Trinidad. He had lain where he was
found about twelve hours.
A dispatch from Carlsbad, New Mex.
leo, on the 10th said: John Thompson.
another Of the notorious Ketchum gang
II one of the four desperadoes who
held up the Colorado X Southern
train near Folsom, July 10Th last, is
under arrest. Word has Just reached
here that the posse is closing In on the
fourth and last nan and his capture
or death is only a matter of n few
hours. The capture of Thompson was