Arizona republican., 1900-08-06
Two Men Hold Up Union
 Pacific Train
MURDER AN OLD MAN
Forced Conductor to Go With Them Through Pullman Sleepers and Carry Booty-Shot Man Who Offered Resistance Cool Piece of Bandit Work in Colorado-A Posse in Pursuit.

Kansas City, Aug. 5-A Journal | special from Salina, Kas, says: Union Pacific eastbound passenger train No. | 4, which left Denver last night, was held | up by two men several miles west of Hugo, Col, ninety miles this side of Denver The passengers in Pullman
 sleepers were robbed of their money
 and valuables. An old man named w. | F. Fay, resident of California. who
 had been visiting Denver, and was on | his way to St. Louis, refused to sur | render his valuables and fired shot at | one of the robbers but missed him. ] Thereupon the robbers returned the | fire. one shot entering Fay's mouth and | coming out at the back of his head | killing him almost instantly The rob | bers stopped the train, jumped off and | escaped.
 The robbers got on to one of the
 sleepers near Limon, and after the | train had started the men made a noise
 at the door. The conductor, thinking they were tramps, opened the door to 1 put them off. The robbers, who were
 masked, pointed a pistol at his head | and ordered him to lead the way | through the coaches. All of the pas
 sengers were asleep and the conductor was ordered to wake them one at d | time. The frightened passengers were | told to keep quiet or they would be
 killed, and at the same time were asked
 to hand over their money and valu- | ables The robbers obtained about s100 | in cash, a number of gold watches and other pieces of jewelry. The robbery | took place few minutes before 1 o'clock this morning. The body of Fay. who was killed. was taken off at Hugo 1 and shipped to Denver. He was 6S
 years of age and prominent Odd Eel
 low of California. The conductor. who
 was compelled to hold the bag while
 the robbers relieved the passengers. | lost his watch and asked that it be re- | turned to him in order that he mighf(
 run his train on time. The robbers gave
 it back. After ransacking two coaches
 the men made the conductor pull the
 bell cord. but the train was going so
 rapidly that the robbers were taken to
 Hugo before it slowed enough to en-
 able them to jump. They compelled the
 conductor to get off ahead of them, SO
 
 in waiting they would have shot him
 first. After the robbers had dismount-
 ed they ordered the conductor to return | to his train.
 THE STORY OF THE ROBBERY Charles r. Fyke, a Kansas City law yer. was among those robbed. Mir. Fyke | gave a graphic description of the mur-
 der of Mir Fay He said: Near Limon | two men were discovered on the plat | form of the Pullman car. The Pullman conductor, MT. Smith, mistook them | for tIamps and ordered them to get off
 the car. Go to the smoking car.' said he. and at the next stop leave the | train They entered the car and at
 once drew revolvers, both flashing | weapons in the conductors face. One handed him a flour sack. Hold it with both hands, said he, and wake up the
 passengers Then they began a sys- tematic search of the car.
 Tt was in semi-darkness and all the passengers had retired several hours
 before. One robber guarded the con ductor while the other eXtorted money and valuables from the passengers
 All passengers in the rear Pullman
 were soon plundered and then the bandits entered the forward Pullman.
 where I was. An aged man, w. J. Fay. discovered what was taking place be- fore any one else. He partially emerged from his berth and presented a revol-
 yer through the folds of the curtain
 The bandits saw the revolver and one of them opened fire. At the same time Fay fired and it is believed the bullet struck one of the robbers. Fay fell like log and was dead before his body touched the berth. The bullet entered his mouth and had passed through his
 head. His brains were scattered over the bed coverings. At the moment of the shooting the train porter entered the car and at once the men covered
 him with their revolverS and com manded him to throw up his hands. He turned and ran toward a chair car. The robbers followed him and as the porter entered the chair car one ofy them fired at him but missed. Then the men turned to the Pullman conductor ' and ordered him to stop the train. He pulled the rope but the train did not slow down.
 |" Pull harder one of the men com manded, and the conductor again strug- gled with the rope and so hard that it parted.
 |" Uncouple the cars, they then ord- cred, when he explained to them it was a task he could not perform For a dozen miles or more the train proceeded until it pulled into Hugo. Then the rob bers compelled the conductor to alight first and with a muttered good bye they walked south at a swift pace"
 A posse is in pursuit.