The daily sentinel., 1900-10-22
CISCO HOLD-UPS CAPTURED.
The Three Men Who HeId-Up the
Rio Grande Western Depot At
Cisco, Utah, Arrested.

Thursday OF last week, three over
grown boys, who doubtless have been
reading tales of hold ups and highway
men, held up the Rio Grande Western
station at Cisco, Utah. The station
house was inhabited by the station
agent, the night operator and two men
| waiting for train. The latter were
Harry Ballard, brother Of A. P. Ballard,
who WAS formerly owner of the Grand
Junction Book & Stationary store of this
city and travelling freight agent for
the Burlington.
The three boys or very young men as
they may be called came into the station
unexpectedly and commanding the night
operator and the two men who were in
waiting at the station to hold up their
hands proceeded to secure what loot
there was at the station.
The operator told them that there WAS
| nothing in the safe, but the boys insist
ed that there must be and made the
station agent who was in bed come to
the Office in his night clothes and open
the safe There was in the safe two or
three dollars, but the agent told the
boys that the money belonged to the
government and they had better not fool
with it. They toek him at his word and
said they did net want any government
money.
Finding that they sould not secure
any money tho boys lined up tho men in
the station and got away.
The officers of the Rio Grande West
ern were notified and at once took stops
to follow the boys. They we're told by
Ballard and others. among them the
station agent that the men or boys who
had done the work were young and evil
dently nsvces and would be easily over
hauled, 1t proved true, as yesterday
they were caught on Webster Creek,
about 16 miles north west OF Fruita.
T. A. Ketchum was the man sent by
the railroad to overtake the young ras
calls and he had an easy tune to follow
their trail although having he'd long
ride. They came toward this city and
into the Unaweep country, passing
through this city Sunday morning.
They were closely followed from here by
Ketchum and two other men who form
cd his party and were followed by
Sheriff Wallis OF this county. They
struck their trail shortly after leaving
this city and followed it to Ftuita and
from there to q point on Douglass
Creek, where they were captured by
Ketchum, he being in advance Of the
other members of the party. Tho boys
we're just packing up to move on when
arrested by Ketchum.
| The three were brought to this city
and placed in the county jail for safe
keeping.
The boys are we'll known in the La Sal
country and in and around Moab. The
names OF two of them are Jock and
Wren Hatch, cousins and tie other one
Tolliver, who Is said to be respectfully
connected at Vernal, Utah.
The distance which Ketchum had to
cover to overhaul the boys was 1856
miles. The fact that they did not seem
to know in which direction to turn and
that they rode in sort of circle is
sufficient evidence that they were simply
novces and bad boys who had gotten
tho highwsyman fever.
They will be taken to Moab, Utah for
trial, as the hold up WAS in Utah, in
Grand county, and they were caught in
Utah. They will probably be taken
without Iequisition papers.