Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-08-06
A BOLD ROBBER BAND.
Holds Up a Union Pacific Pas.
Senger Train.
ONE MAN WHO RESISTED KILLED,
Bandits Board Train at Midnight
and Compel Occupants of Berths to
Give Up Their JeweIry and Money
All Escape.

All
Salina, Kan, Aug. Ca Union Pacific
east bound train was held up several
miles west of Hugo, Colo, 90 miles this
side of Denver. The passengers in the
Pullman sleepers We're robbed of theil
money and valuables. An old man
named Fay, resident of California, who
had been visiting in Denver and was on
his way to st. Louis, refused to surren,
der his valuables and fired shot at one
of the robbers, but missed. Thereupon
the robbers fired, one shot entering Fays
mouth and coming out at the back of his
head, killing him almost instantly. The
robbers stopped the train, jumped off and
escaped.
Charles V. Fyke, Kansas City law.
yer, was among those robbed. Mr.. Fyke
gives a graphic description of the murder
of Mr.. Fay. He said:
Near Limon two men were discovered
on the platform of the rear Pullman.
The Pullman conductor, ID. Il. Smith.
mistook them for tramps and ordered
them to the smoking car and at the next
stop to leave the train.
They entered the car and at once
drew revolvers. Both flashed weapons
in the conductors face. One handed him
-four sack. Hold it with both hands,
said he, and wake up the passengers
Then they began a systematic search OF
the car.
ut was in semidarkness, and all the
passengers had retired hours before. One
robber guarded the conductor. while the
other eXtorted money and valuables from
the dazed passengers at the point of the
revolver. All the passengers in the reaI
Pullman were soon plundered, and then
the bandits entered the forward Pullman,
where | was. An aged man, A. j. Fay.
discovered what was taking place before
any one else in the car He partially
emerged from his berth and presented a
revolver through the folds of the curtain.
The bandits saw the revolver, and one of
them opened fire. AT the same time Fay
fired, and il is believed the bullet struck
one of the men. Fay fell like log. The
bullet had entered his mouth and passed
through his head, causing instant death.
His blood and brains were scattered over
the bed coverings
Shot Mt the Porter.
"At the moment of the shooting the
train porter entered the ear. and at once
the men covered him with their revolvers
and commanded him to throw up his
chair car. The robbers followed him,
and as the porter entered the chair car
one of them deliberately raised his pistol
and sent bullet after him. The bullet
failed in its mission, and 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 them commanded,
and the conductor again struggled with
the rope and so hard that it parted. I'm
couple the cars they then ordered, but
he explained to them it was task he
could not perform. For a dozen miles oil
more the train proceeded until it pulled
into Hugo. Then the robbers compelled
the conductor to alight first, and with
muttered 'Goodby' they walked south at
a brisk pace.
"As near as ! can judge they boarded
the train at 1:20 a, m. They were on
board nearly an hour, but after the shoot
ing they We're in absolute command. The
male passengers could do nothing, and
the women acted admirably"