The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-11
TRAIN ROBBERS

Discovered and Killed, but Not I'm
til Three Members of the Sheriff's
Posse We're Wounded-one Met
Death in the Flames = Exciting
Encounter.
GOODLAND. Kas, August 1O.-Two
men who on Sunday last robbed . u
Union Pacific train In Colorado, and
Killed . passenger. were surrounded in
u ranch house near here to-day. Dur
Ing the fight which followed. one OF the
robbers was killed. Two posse men,
j. Riggs. owner OF the Commercial Ho-
tel. OF Goodlands. and George. CullIns,
were severely. and perhaps fatally,
wounded. Another OF the pursuing
party, name unknown. was wounded
slightly.
The second rpbber. who made his
way into a sod Kitchen, back OF the
house, where he held nifty men a. bay
until o'clock this afternoon, was
burned to death.
Two men succeeded In crawling up
to the building, and threw lighted fuses
on tho roof. The place was destroyed
and with 1t the robber.
The Union Pacific Kansas City. Dea-
yer train was robbed between Llmori
Junction and Hugo, Colorado, ninety
miles east Of Denver, last Sunday
morning, many relieved OF their money
and raluables and W. ]. Fay, an aged
man, who resisted. was killed by one
OF the company The robbers dropped
off the train at Hugo, and escaped.
"Wednesday. It was learned they went
10 the ranch of D. E. Bartholomew,
three miles ont from Goodiand, and one
hundred miles overland, and asked for
food and lodging for n few days They
said they did not want TO go to town,
as their clothes were ragged,
To-day n posse, consisting Of Sheriff
Walker. J. D. Riggs, George CullIns,
q. c, Cuddlson and several others.
heavily armed, went over to the Bar
tholomew place.
Walker and Riggs dlsmountrd nnl
proceeded TO the house. One OF tho
robbers caught sight OF them, and gave
the alarm. When Walker, n moment
later, began kicking on the door, he
was met by n volley OF shots from the
inside. The remaining members of the
posse quickly lined up around the house
and for ten minutes bullets whirred at
n lively rate. The robbers returned
the fire strongly, and Riggs soon fell,
hit In the breast and back. Finally
one OF the robbers Jumped through n
window. and made on In the smoke.
Before he had gone half n dozen steps
he fell,
Sheriff Waikpr. in thc meantime,
had forced his way toward tho house,
and WIS intent on getting Inside. In
the smoke and confusion, Culllns got
In tho way Of Walkers gun, and was
ahot In the back, and seriously wound
cd. While the posse were removing
Cullins, the remaining robhcr made his
way to . eod Kitchen nearby, and bar
,r!cndeJ tho door, 81
The r1hbcf was armed with ride
md every attempt TO approach the
house drew HIS fire. About o'clocl,
some mcn crawich IN a corn i,eld un-
observed. to n shed ncnr the house.
with great aocurIcy they threw two
railroad fuses upon the roof OF the
shaoi; III q few n;Iputes ], WAS In
.famez, but tho rpDbcr mado no sIyn,
MS llf no wa otsrtrurl; by enc or thr
hundreds Of bullets fred at hin re-
trent nnd met death IN tho flames, 10th
bodies were brought lnro Tonight.
Their Identity os thc ntcN who lid the
Job WIS thoroughly e,aeltshed. On
the body OF the one ahot III, TIN morn
GtYr was f6prd a wstthi i've n,esks, a
lody's watch chain and charm,
a larse roll ot bills and two rnllsea
Swnrel burned.
Riggs and z Culllns, tho woundei
! posae men, will recover, lt, III x si Il