Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-07-17
ENTERTAINMENTS
SAFE AND PASSENGERS on THE
RIO GRAKDE RAILROAD
ROBBED.
TOURISTS had HUGH MONEY.
-Four Masked nen Forced the Rngi-
nssr to Bring His Locomotive to
a stop The Door Of the En-
press Car Was Blown
Open.

DENVER, July 1.-THE westbound
Denver s Rio Grande passenger train,
No. 3l5, in charge Of its conductor,
Mike Guerine, and the engineer, Per
RE rutland, was held up and robbed
by four masked men at Mil Switch,
two miles east Of Chester, on the
western slope OF Marshall Pass, at
$50 O'Clock this morning. The ex-
press safe was blown open and its con-
tents rifed, after which the paSsen-
gers were robbed Of all their yalu-
ables.
Among the passengers were a large
number of Eastern people. The
amount secured by the robbers is be-
lieved TO run very high In the thous-
ands. The robbers secreted them
selves on the blind baggage and
cTawled over the engine tender I'M
noticed by either the engineer or fire.
man. One OF the robbers ordered En-
gineer rutland to reverse his lever and
close the throttle. When the order
was not promptly complied with he
Struch the engineer a blow on the
head with a heavy club. Rutland was
stunned for a second, and as the rob
Der raised the club to strike him again
he said he would stop the engine. One
OF the Quartette was left to guard the
train crew with a drawn revolver
while the other three went to the ex-
press car.
The express messenger refused to.
open the door and two minutes later a
hole was blown in the side Of the car
with dynamite. The robbers covered
the messenger with guns and threat
ened to kin him II he resisted. The
outlaws demanded the combination to
the safe, but the express messenger
explained that be did not possess It,
that it was a through safe. The high
waymen then placed a large charge Of
dynamite under the safe and blew Il
open, putting Its contents into a bag
which one Of them carried. After
footing the safe the robbers entered
the passenger coaches and robbed the
passengers Of all their money and
jewels.
The trio went hack TO the engine
and rejoiaed the man left 70 guard
the train crew. They warned the
engineer not 10 move bis train for 30
minutes and escaped to the hills. IL
is not known whether any Of them had
horses OF not. The railroad company
has already started a posse after the
robbers. Another under the sherifis
Of Saguache and Chaiee counties is
hurrying to the scene Of the hold up
to make an investigation.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Mr.. Herbert. general manager Of the
Denver s. Rio Grande railroad, has re
ceiyed the following report Of tn
train robbery.
TRAIN No. 3l5 was held up by foul
masked men alta point knownas Mil
Switch, . miles east Of Chester. al
$50 o'clock this morning. They blew
open two safes in the baggage car M
money was lost. The mail car wa
not molested. All passengers werl
ordered to 60 to rear Of train and ge'
out. After using three charges o
dynamite the robbers succeeded ii
opening the safe and took contents
They went back to passengers AMI
took their money and jewelry. Man!
Of the passengers threw their none.
and jewelry and transportation int
the grass and among the rocks. Tn
engine and coach viii be returned q
the scene with the passengers in or
der that they may recover their proper
ty.
zone Of the robbers spoke TO Engi
neer rutland, who did not understand
what was said, and before Rulani
could ask him to repeat his remarks
the robber struck him with a Wiz
chester rife, breaking the stock Of
the gun. rutland will be able % ban
die his engine through to the termin
al, but his head is badly swollen. n
passengers u trainmen hurt Tn
conductor has been instructed 10 81
} cure the names, addresses and losses 0
passengers, and q special agent, MI
Brown, has been instructed 10 go 3
the scene. Sherilis in the county Il
which the robbery occurred and In th
surrounding counties have been mott
fed.-F. r. ROCKWELL. S~uperintend
t ent."
TOURISTS HAD MUCH MONEY.
The train held up was the ives
bound passenger leaving Salida i'm
medlately after the arrival Of th
through west bound train On the stan
dard guage or main line Of the RI
Grande. Il Is the most importan.
train operated on the narrow guag
line, carrying passengers for GunnI
son. Lake City, Ouray, Telluride an
} other mountain towns in the western
J slope. IT IS always generally well fll
, ed with tourists on the way through
the Black canon.
III
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i cheaper, OF twice as large, or one mad