Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-07-14
BANDITS TOOK IHe TRAIN.
Two We're on Board ana Others waiting
With Horses.

WIN horSeSs
The hold-up OF the Colorado & Southern
train at Folsom, n. N, eighty miles south
OF Trinidad. Tuesday night, was a well.
planned affair, says a special d,spatch 10
TO the Denver Republican. As The train
neared the point of the hold up. two men
who had posed a. passsngsrs crawIed
over the tender of the engine and ordered
the engineer to stop the train.
As the command was backed with
guns, the engineer did az he was told.
Two men then appeared on the ground,
evidently being In waiting with horses,
, and while their comrades kept the engi.
neer and other tfainmen covered with
guns. demanded admission 10 the express
car. Messenger Scott refused 10 let them
In until they had perforated the car with
bullets. While they were doing this the
messenger removed all ~valuables from
the safe.
After getting inside the robbers dyna-
mited the safe. The car vas badly
wrecked and the safe totally demolished.
but the robbers did not secure anything.
II took more than an hour to complete
the job, and during that time several
shots were exchanged between the rob
bers and Sheriff Higgins, of Chayps coun-
ty, New Mexico, WHO WAS a passenger on
the train. No one was hurt, however,
and the passengers were not molested.
Three posses are In pursuit Of the rob.
bers, and IL Ia ri expected that they will lie
Appreciated.
Charles Hobbs, "A news agent on the
Colorado n Southern, who CLAIMS To have
been on the train, says:
Twelve hours ago waa the worst
scared fellow In the United States. |
haven't fully recovered from the fright
yet, but | guess ! am In better shape
than some OF those passengers who we're
aboard the Colorado q Southern when
she WAS held up. They were a scared
bunch. | can tell you. when the train
stopped suddenly and the news reached
them that train robbers were In front.
Talk about the women being weak; why,
they we're gamer han some OF the men,
and the way they proceeded to hide their
valusbles was ludicrous. Only | didn't
have time to laugh ut them. ] was busy
along the same line myself. But some OF
these men had Mysteries and turned
white ~ sheets. All the stories they had
ever read OF western Outrages came into
their minds at once. ! guess. One poor
fellow guess he was sick, he looked II
TtduinR TIE IIle anu useus OF r ThHk
and Jessie James that | had Just sold
him. Well, You should have seen that
guy. II was w0rse'n u circus TO nee him
chasing up and down the car yelling for
help, and throwing his watch, money.
Key and pOcketbopk in every direction.
He finally hid his head In u seat cushion
and remained there until after the whole
thing was over.
Along about midnight the train sud-
denly stopped, | know the road az well as
the average vagrant does the "Trip from
Schenectady TO Troy, and knew there
was n station there. | wondered what
the trouble wa and threw Oh my coat
aud walked to the platform OF my car. |
started 10 step to the ground when u
gentle wierd voice from the darkness
commanded me TO halt, and suggested In
a feeling tone that | had better return to
the car, and come out later to find out
why tina train had stopped. | thought
the matter over about q second aud
ma, and strolled lsisurely into the coach.
| Immediately thought Of the welfare Of
my fellow passengers, and warned them
| ali Of their danger. The greatest excite.
| ment prevailed throughout the car when
It was known that thu train WAS being
| held up and robbed. Watches and pocket.
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