Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-08-15
TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED.
One Burned to Death and the Other
Shot Down by Posse.
THEY WERE CAUGHT IN A TRAP,
HiEhwnymen who Killed n Passenger
ON ~ Union Pacific Train Fight Armed
Men Near GoodiRnd, Kan.-Thc Bat
tie Lasted Tor Hours--Thrce pursuers
shot-tdentiiy Of Robbers Estabiished.

tl.
GoOdland. Kan. (Spccian- two
men who held UP and robbed Union
Pacific train near Hugo. Col. and
KILLED one of the passengers. w. J..
Fay, because lie refused To rive up
his money. were discovered on Il ranch
near here Il few days ago Tho ranch
house was surrounded and ono of the
bandits was killed. Liter the second
bandit was burned to death. Two Of
he posse that discovered the robbers
and laid scigc To their fort were So
'crely. and it is feared. fatally. wound
al. y third member of the posse was
Wounded slightly
TIC Union Pacific Kansas City Den
yer train was robbed between Limon
Junction and Hugo Col. ninety miles
rast of Denver. Sunday morning.
Many Of the passengers were relieved
If their money and valuahlcs and w
]. Fay, an old man who resisted. was
killed hy one of the robbers The
'obhcrs dropped of the train at Hugo
md escaped. ON "Wednesday +; was
earned that they had turned up Mt
he ranch of II. T.. Bartholomew. three
niles from Goodland. and mt least 100
miles away from Hugo. They asked
or food and lodging for few lnvS
and said they did not want to go to
town, as their clothes were ragged
Thursday night Il boy whom they sent
TO Goodland To get the Denver paucrs
reported their arrival. From the boy :
description of the men persons i'm
'oodland thought they must bc the
Hugo robbers
On Friday posse consisting of Shcr
II Walker, j. Is. Riggs. George Cullins.
l.. {. BiddiSon and several others.
heavily armed. went to the Barthol-
)mcw ranch. Walker and Riggs dis
mounted and walked TO the house One
II the robbers caught sight OF them
md gave the alarm
When Walker. moment later. he
-an kicking on the door. he was met
~ vollcY of shots from inside. The
'emaininS members of the posse lined
H. around the house and For ten min
llcS bullets whiZZcd mt lively rate.
me robbers returned the fire and
Riggs soon fell. hit i'm the breast and
'ack Finally one OF the robbers
Jumped through Il window and made
)il in the Smoi" BEFORE Ii. had gone
lalf Il dozen steps he fen
Sheriff Walker. in the meantime. had
nrced his way toward the house. In
he smoke and confusion Cullns GOT
II the way of Walkers gun and was
shot IN the back and seriously wound
a. While the posse were removing
ullinS the remaining rohh"r made his
WY to the sod Kitchen and barricaded
he door
ihc second rohhcr held ffiy posse.
men at bay until I o'clock i'm the ar-
crnoOn and was then burned To death.
The rohhcr WAS armed with rife
ma every attempt to approach The
louSc drew his fire. About 1 O'Clock
'onle men crawlcd through y cornfiaId
lnobscrNcd To !; shed near the house
win great accuracy they threw two
abroad fuses upon the roof of tho
shack In few minutes il was in
lanes. but the robbcr made no sign
hat he had been struck by any of
he hundreds of bullets fired at his
'etreat. He met death in the flames
Inc bodies were brought here and
were identilicd as being those of the
neh who committed the robbery near
Iuwo