Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-20
THAT BANK ROBBERY.
Particulars Of the Holdup and Robbery
of sierra county Bank.

Particulars Of the Holdup and Robbery
Of Sierra county Bank.
In connection with what The Citizen
has already published regarding the
hold up ana robbery Of the Sierra
county bank at Hillsboro, the Advo-
cate says:
The Sierra county bank at this place
was held up Wednesday afternoon
about 2:30 o'clock and robbed.
1t appears that two men. Americans.
mounted on small dark bay horses, en-
tered town from the north. by way of
the N )rth Percha road They tied their
horse 70 corral fence back Of the
bank building and approached Main
street by way Of An alley along the
west side OF the bank. They we're first
noticed walking one up and the other
down the street; but there was moth
ing noticably suspicious about them
and no particular attention was given
them.
After accommodating they met at the
| bank door and started to enter: but
there was a lady in the bank at the
time, and they withdrew short dis
lance until she had come out. They
then entered and throwing down on
W. II. Butcher, the cashier, and Lee
Crews. the clerk, demanded "hands
up" One Of the men then stepped to
the door and closed II and drew the
curtains.
After effecting the robbery the hold
ups marched Mr.. Bucher and Mr..
Crews out through the back yard to
the corral, and, mounting their horses,
the robbers rode out of town by the
way they had come, the North Percha
road. Mr.. Bucher Immediately gave
the alarm, and soon Alfred Sheppard
and Martin Kelley started on their
trail. About two miles out the robbers
left the creek bottom. turning over the
hill into Cold Spring gulch. going
down that toward the road to the Pla
GERS, the same way they came In.
Sheppard and Kelley did not get
near enough to them to see them, but
they were met both coming and goinf
by w. c. Kendall and Light Townsend
on the North Percha road. A. b. Paige
also saw them as they were coming In
and had to step out of the road to lie,
them pass.
The last accounts OF their being seer
Is given by a Mexican who saw then
on the Animas creek. about nine miles
from here.
The men, although strangers. mus
have been pretty well posted as to tn,
surroundings of the bank, and coult
not have selected more favorable
time for their undertaking. The stree
was almost decerted and they mus
have known that both Sheriff Robin
and his deputy were away. Nobod!
on the street or in the vicinity hat
) any idea that a robbery was going on
ii was done SO quickly and quietly
BarelJ fifteen minutes interviewed be
) tween the time the robbers entere'
) town and the time Of their departure
One of them was noticed to walk a
) II lame, but this may have been causes
) by having q rife In his trousers les
They were armed with Wincheste
carbines and six shooters and rod
small dark ponies. a dark bay and
brown, which. from the appearance O
the tracks, must have been shod wit
No. 60 shoes. The men had on smal
! sized cowboy boots and spurs. as wa
: indicated by their tracks.
: The loss. which Is not SO large as q
s first reported. Is fully covered by burr
3 larry insurance. and the bank sustain
no loss whatever.
Following 10 a description Of the tw
men as given by Mr.. Bucher:
The larger Of the two men was larg
and heavy set. broad shoulders. sand
u moustached and complexioned. oil
J. gray SLOUGH hat. old yellow duck COS
J. and vest and old overalls and boots
.. weight about 200 pounds. height abo'