Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16
A Plucky Fight.

l
bers held up Union Pacific passen-
ger train at Hugo, Colo. and killed a
passenger, and robbed the inmates of
iswelry, money and watches. Search
parties started after them, bat it fell
to the lot of the people of Goodland
to kill the robbers. The dailies tell
the story as folIowe:
'sBoth of the bandits Who robbed g
Union Pacific tram near Hugo. Colo,
last Saturday night. killing W. j.
Fay during the sffair, were killed by
a posse four miles north of here Fri
day. Before they were killed they
shot and seriously wounded two of
the possemen. George Cullins and J !.
B. Riggs.
The two robbers came to the ranch
of D. E Bartholomew, where they
were killed on Friday. They asked
for shelter and something to eat.
Bartholomew gave them the best he
had and asked few questions. They
volunteered the information that they
did not want to go to town, as they
were ragged and unpresentable. The
fret suspicion that was aroused
against them was when they sent
boy to town to get the Denver papers.
The boy gave full account of the
men to the officers here and his de-
scriptiou convinced Sheriff William
Walker that they were the Hugo rob-
bers.
Friday morning Sheriff Walker
and posse, including Il. @. Biddi-
SOD, J. B. Riggs. George Oullins and
several others, went to the ranch.
Sheriff Walker and one of the others
dismounted and went toward the
house, but their approach was seen
by one Of the men. who closed the
door and remained passive until it
was kicked open by the sheriff. Then
a general fire began.
After several shots had been ex-
changed and the other members of
the posse had joined their comrades,
one of the robbers jumped through
window and endeavored to make his
escape, firing repeatedly. He tried
to reach the horses but before he
could get away he was shot and in
stantly killed, but not before he had
shot Cullins and Riggs. Blddison
tired the shot that brought the rob-
Der down.
After the killing Of the first robber
the posse withdrew. leaving the dead
body where it lay, but carrying away
the wounded Oullins and Riggs
Sheriff Walker telegrsphed to Dem
YER for cannon to batter down the
cabin, and while awaiting for it's ar
rival a desnltory Are was kept up on
the refuge of the remaining bandit.
The man inside the house was
armed with Winchester and a too
near approach drew his fire. About
4 O'Clock some men, by crawling
through a corn field, got to shed
near the house and from this place
threw two railroad fuses to the roof
of the house, setting 1t sfire. It was
not many minutes until the entire
building was in flames, but the rob-
Der made no sign and if ne was not
shot by bullet from the many that
were fred at the house from the out
side he found his death in the flames.
A rife shot was heard IN the build
ing while the fire WIS burning. and
is possible that the robber shot him
self to avoid cremation.
A guard was placed during the
night oyer the debris. Early the
next morning Sheriff Walker, to un-
cover the body of the bandit, ordered
the handling of the smoulderiDg
ruins in the basement.
The men had worked scarcely half
an hour when the last doubt as to the
possible escape of the robber was
done away with. The chsrred body
of the man who had gwen his name
as Gould was carefully removed,
there being, however, only the trunk
remaining. Beside it was found the
iron parts of Winchester rife and
Colts revolver, also the rims of ladies'
pocketbooks and q silverine watch,
seven jsweied. gilt EIgin movement,
number 5650579, case number O9735,
manufacturers brand nameless. Alb
soIuta Identification wss established