The Washington weekly post., 1900-08-14
Union Pacific Robbers Meet
Death After a Fight.
REFUGE IN RANCH HOUSE
One OF Them Quickly Bit the Dust While
Trying 10 Run Away Under Cover Of
smoke, aud the Other Escaped Ie a sod
House, Where He Wa. Eventually
Burned TO DeaIh-Both Bodies Thorough
ly ldeRtihed ut GoodIand.

Goodland. Kans. aug. i0-Two men
who, on Sunday last, robbed a Union Pa
chic train In Colorado and killed a pas
senger. were surrounded in a ranch house
near here to-day. During the fight, which
followed, both the robbers were killed.
Two possvmen-J. Briggs, owner of the
commercial Hotel Of Goodland and
George Cullins-were severely wounded.
Another Of the pursuing party, name un-
known, was wounded slightly. One of the
robbers was shot and killed early In the
4 light. The second rObber, who made his
way into a sod kitchen back Of the house,
where he held fifty posSemen at bay un-
I'll o'clock this afternoon. was burned
70 Death. Two men succeeded in crawl
ing up to the building and threw lighted
fuses on the roof. The place was de-
stroyed and with it the robber
The Union Pacific Kansas City-Denver
train was robbed between Limon junction
and Hugo, Colo, ninety miles east of Dem
yer last Sunday morning. many passen-
gers relieved Of their money and valua-
bles. and w. J. Fay, an aged man, who
resisted, was killed by one of the COM
pany. The robbers dropped off the train
at Hugo and escaped. Wednesday, it is
] learned, they went 20 the ranch of D. +.
Land and 100 miles overland, and asked
for food and lodgings for a few days.
They said they did not want TO go TO town
as their clothes were ragged.
sent "A Boy for Denver Papers.
Last night a boy whom they sent to
GOOdland TO get the Denver papers told
the circumstances. From the boys de-
scriptiOn the men were believed to be the
I II. \.
ing of Sheriff Walker. ]. B. Riggs, George
CulIns. E. c. Biddison, and several others,
heavily armed, went over TO the BarthOlo-
new place.
Walker and Riggs dismOunted. and pro-
ceeded to the house. One of the robbers
caught sight of them and gave the alarm.
When Walker, a moment later, began
kicking on the door, he was met by a
volIey of shots from inside. The remain
ing members of the posse quickly lined
up around the house, and for ten minutes
bullets whirred at lively rate. The rob
bers returned the fire strongly, and Riggs
soon fell. hit in the breast and back.
Finally one Of the robbers jumped through
a window and made off in the smoke.
Before he had gone half dozen steps
he fell.
Sheriff Walker meantime had forced his
way toward the house and was intent on
getting inside In the smoke and COufu-
sion. CulIins got in the way Of Walkers
gun and was shot in the back and serious
ly wounded While the posse was remo1-
ing CullnS, the remaining robber made
his way to a sod kitchen nearby and
baTTicaded the door.
set the shack on Fire.
The robber was armed with rife, and
every attempt 10 approach the house drew
his fire. Al about o'clock some men
crawled through a cornfeld unObserved
/ to a shed near the house With great ac-
! curacy they threw two railroad fuses
upon the roof of the shack. In few
minutes 1t was in flames, but the robber
made no sign. and IL he was not struck by
| one of the hundreds of bullets fired 1t
| his retreat he met death in the flames.
Both bodies were brought here to-right.
Their identity as the men who did the
! Job near Hugo was thoroughly establish
/ ed On the BODY of the one shot In the
morning was found watch. two masks,
/ and a lady's watch chain and charm. A
/ large roll of bills and two valises were
burned.
| Riggs and Cullins, the wounded posse
/ men, will recover.