The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-16
ROBBERS ARE SLAIN.
Fate Of Two Men Who Looted a
Union Pacific Train.

Goodland, N. NJ, Aug. 1.-THE two
men who held up Union Pacific train
near Hugo, Col, last Sunday morning,
killing W. ]. Fay, passenger, and
plundering the passengers, were killed
Friday by sheriff's posse at the Bar
tholomew ranch, three miles east of
this place. The robbers were located
in a house on ranch Friday morn
ing anu the posse iii,eG up anu cut ti q
escape. After fusillade between the
robbers and the posse, in which j..
Briggs and George Cullins, deputies,
were shot, one OF the robbers jumped
from window and sought to escape,
but was shot to death. The posse then
lay siege to the house in which the re-
maining robber stood guard with a
Winchester, and finally succeeded in
setting fire to the building, which was
destroyed, with its occupant. The
robbers have not been identified
The Robbers Discovered.
The Union Pacific, Kansas City-Den-
yer train was robbed between Limon
Junction and Hugo, Col, 80 miles east
of Denver, last Sunday morning. many
relieved of their money and aluables,
and w. j Fay, an aged man who resist
ed, was killed by one of the robbers.
The robbers dropped off the train at
Hugo and escaped Wednesday, it is
learned, they went TO the ranch Old.
T.. Bartholomew, three miles out from
Goodland and 100 miles overland from
Hugo, and asked for food and lodging.
for few days. They said they did not
want to go TO town, as their clothes
were ragged, Thursday night boy
whom they sent to Goodland to get the
Denver papers reported the circum-
stances. From the boys description
the men We're believed to be the Hugo
robbers. Friday morning posse, con-
sisting of Sheriff Walker, j. b. Riggs,
George Cullins, f. G. Biddison and sew
eral others, all heavily armed with
rifles and revolvers, went over to the
Bartholomew place from here.
One Robber killed.
Walker and Riggs were the first to
dismount, and proceeded to the house
where the robbers were. One of the
robbers caught sight of them and
gave the alarm. No sooner had Walk
err, moment later, began kicking on
the door, than they were met by
volley of shot from inside. The re-
naming members of the posse quick
~ lined up around the house and for
ten minutes bullets whirred at live
ly rate, the Winchesters of the pur-
suers pouring a deadly load in the di-
rection of the robbers. The robbers
returned the fire strongly and Riggs
soon fell, hit in the breast and back
Finally one of the robbers jumped
through window and made off in
the smoke. Before he had gone half
dozen steps he fell in his tracks,
shot to death.
Sheriff Walker in the meantime had
forced his way toward the house and
was intent on getting inside. In the
smoke and confusion Cullins got in
the way of Walkers gun and was
shot in the back and seriously wound
ed. While the posse were removing
Cullins, the lone robber made his way
to sod kitchen near by and barri-
caded the door. The dead robber lay
where he fell, his body in range of
the house.
Perished in the Flames.
About four o'clock some men, by
crawling through corn field, got to
shed near the house, and from
this place threw two railroad fuses
onto the roof OF the house, setting It
on fire. 1t was not many minutes
before the building was in flames,
but the robber made no sign, and if
he was not shot by a bullet from the
many that were fred at the house
from the outside, he found his death
in the flames.