The daily sentinel., 1903-05-14
HOLD-UP
LAST NIGHT.

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Two big holes in the back of his
head tells how brutally he was beaten
by the tramp, who had secured his
confidence upon the statement that he
was also a miner.
1t appears that Wells was in the
yards last night. near the water tank.
He fell in with rather we'll dress
ed crowd of hobos, one of whom
seemed to gain the confidence of Wells.
the injured man, by saying that he
was miner. Wells showed the man
his card, according to his statement,
as a member of the Miners union at
Telluride. The man who held him
up and beat him. said he had worked
at Cripple Greek in the mines. but
had left his card there.
Wells was ON his way to Salt Lake.
He was invited to go toward the low
er part of the yards. When near the
ice house the stranger said to him, Il
believe 1 will go back along these ice
houses, as there used to be some hy-
drants there, and 1 want to get a
drink. -
Wells accompanied him. AS they
walked along the stranger stopped
down and picked up a piece of air
hose, with a heavy brass or iron
coupling ON the end. He said in ex-
cuse for picking up the hose. that
there were a number of negroes down
about the yards, and that they would
hold up people. They walked lit
tie further the stranger holding the
hose in his hand. They came to a
point where the scaffolding holds up
platform running in front of the ice
house and in a narrow passageway,
when the stranger took several steps
backward. squared himself and struck
Wells in the back of the head. The
first blow almost knocked him uncon-
scious. The stranger made another
strike at him, but the heavy end of
the hose struck the scaffolding. In
the meantime, young Wells. although
severely hurt, jumped up and yelling,
ran towards the switch house. Here
were at the time, Joe Reynolds and
Tom Tully. we'll known railway men.
They heard his story quickly and
started in pursuit of the man whom
they saw running down the yards, it
being bright moonlight. One of them
they caught, but Wells, who accom-
panied them said he was not the man
who struck him. He was permitted
to go. In the meantime Wells was
taken to the station and DIR. Ingersoll
'phoned, and Wells was then taken to
that PHYSICIANS office and had his
wounds dressed
A freight train bound east was just
leaving the yards at the time. and the
men who had held up Wells doubtless
boarded this train
This morning a wire was sent along
the line east to apprehend any tramps
and reply was received that several
had been placed under arrest at Rifle.
Shereiff Struthers had no sooner
received that wire, that the men had
been placed under arrest than he
started ON train No. 4. accompanied
by young Wells, for the purpose of
iudentification. for Rifle.
At the time Wells was struck and
knocked down, he had ON his person
S122. None of this was obtained by
the hobos, as they were frightened
by the boys cries when first knocked
down.
If Sheriff Struthers secures the
right man, he should be dealt with
to the fullest extent of the law. as he
would not have hesitated moment
to kill Wells, had he thought it was
necessary, to obtain his money. In
fact. whenever a man attempts to
hold up another man and has made
up his mind to cruelty beat him,
he is almost a murderer, as he would
not hesitate to murder, if the necessi-
ty arose.
telephone message was received
by Under Sheriff Smith this afternoon
from Shreiff Struhters at Rife stat
ing that the young man Wells had rec
ognized his asasilant of last night,
among the hobos arrested there.
Miss Gertie Sanderson, daughter of
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