The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-09
KILLED BY TRAIN ROBBERS
w. J. Fay Shot Down BY Ban
dts Near Hugo, Col.
Occupants Of Two PulImaEs Relieved of
NaluabieS

X. {. Times. 9th.
Uni ~ PaciIi,. ira II No. t from the
west arrived ~ tie tnion depot |
in k1'Sas t.tr ia I night at 7:29
o'clock, Just two hours and twenty
minutes behind schedule time. Its
Passengers had bloody story to
tell. The train pulled out of the
Denver depot at 9:20 O'Clock Satur-
day night. and had on board three
score or more passengers for Kansas
City and eastern points. Two sleep
ers, the Asiatic and Lebo, were
attached to the train. and at a point
between LimOn and Hugo. the latter
robbery and murder were committed
by two of the bOldest bandits that
have Vet operated i'll the western
country. 4 dozen or more Ofpassen-
gers were robbed of small sums of
money and jewelry. and William j.
Fay, aged 63, manager OF the Pintsch
gas company at Los Angeles, Cal,
was shot down for daring to resist
their mandates.
LEAVE THE TRAIN AT HUGO.
At Hugo the men left the train and
three minutes later the body of their
victim was removed to an undertak-
ing blishment and IL score or
more armed men were hastily pre-
pairing to take the trail of his muir
derers The town is located on a
prairie, and pursuit, passengers said,
should be easy and successful.
The passengers menaced and rob-
bed by the hold ups were:
Ida B. Martin, music teacher, 900
Pepper building, Kansas City, Mo.
Cora B. Kelley. stenographer, 1901
Harrison street, Kansas City, Mo.
Charles V. Fyke, lawyer OF the firm
of Fyke, Yates, Fyke and Snider,
Keith 4 Perry building, Kansas City.
Thomas Johnson and wife of Pc
tergburg, Col.
J. ". Allinger, Mrs. ". O. Harger,
c. F. Buck and wife, II. j. Thomas,
j. I'll. Eaton, all OF Denver.
John A. Stevenson of Pittshurg,
Pa
j. W. Fay.
Mrs. Varney.
STORY OF CHARLES V. FYKE.
Miss Martin, Miss Kelley, Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson, Mr.. Olinger, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Buck and Mrs. w. D.
Hager occupied berths in the Lebe,
and in the Asiatic were Messrs. Ste
venson, Thomas, Fyke, Fay and
Eaton and Mrs. Varney.
Mrs Fyke gave a graphic descrip-
ton of the robberies and of the muir
der of Mr. Fay. Last night TO
reporter for the Times he said:
I'VE left Denver at $40 10 clock ast
night. At the Rock Island crossing
near Lemon. two men were discover
ed on the platform of the rear Pull
man, the Lebo, by the Pullman
conductor He mistook them for
tramps and ordered them to enter
the car. Go to the smoking ear,
said he, 'and at the next stop leave
! the train.
They entered the car and at
once drew revolvers, both flashing
weapons in his face. One handed
him a -four sack. Hold it with both
: hands, said he, and wake up the
passengers Then they began sys-
tematic search of the car.
1t was in semi-darkness and all the
: passengers had retired several hours
before. One guarded the conductor
while the other extorted money and
+ valuables from the dazed passengers
/ at the business end of his gun. Al
the passengers in the rear Pullman
were soon interviewed. and then they
entered the forward Pullman. Mr..
D W. J. Fay, whose home | was told
was in Los Angeles. discovered what
: was transpiring before anyone else
{ in the car. He partially emerged
: from his berth and presented a re-
I volver through the folds of tn,
3 curtain of his berth. The bandits
8 saw the revolver and one of then
! opened fire. At the same time Fa1
Z fred, and it is believed the bulle
3 struck one of the men. but of that n,
s one is sure. Fay fell like log. ane
Z was dead before his body touched
Z the berth. The bullet had enteret
: his mouth and had passed through
s his head He fell back and his bloc,
: and brains were SOON scattered owe
! the coverings.