The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-09
IRAN HID UP
Bandits Succeed in Getting
SomeCoin and Escape

Denver Colo, June S.-Denver and
Rio Grande passenger train No. D,
westbound from Denver. was held up
by five masked men three miles west
of Parachute, a small fruit station
midway Grand Junction and
Glenwood sp. ings. One sealed bag
containing specie was taken from the
express safe, which was dynamited.
The express car was badly wrecked
by dynamite, but the robbers were
forced to take to the mountains before
they could gather up the ~valuables in
the car
Sheriff w. G.. Struthers and Deputy
Sheriff d. NJ. Hardy of Grand Junction
are now upon the trail of the obbers
with a posse of farmers and ranchers.
who were quickly summoned from the
vicinity of Grand Junction.
Sheriff Frank Adams. with another
posse from Glenwood Springs, is also
securing the surrounding country.
When the train reached a po'nt three
miles west of Parachute last night
two masked men crawled over the ten
der of the engine. They placed six
shooters to the head of Eng ear AL
lison and his fireman and demanded
that the train be stopped. Three men
were waiting on the nde and as the
train stopped they quickly ran back
and ~uncoupled the express and bag
gage cars. These cars. with the en-
CINE, We're run two miles further west.
The members of the train crew were
| ordered to remain with the passenger
coaches on pain of being shot. When
| the point selected for the dynamiting
of the express ear was reached the en-
| gineer and fireman were ordered down.
One of the robbers covered them with
two six-shooters. The remainder of
the gang went to the express car.
Messenger ID. NJ. Shea of his city
refused to open the car upon demand
and piled the baggage up to the front
of the door. The robbers placed a stick
of dynamite at the sid door of the
car. The entire door was blown away
with a terrible crash. Half a dozen
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the door were demolished and their
burning contents scattered over the car.
The great iron combination safe was
the only one in the car. The robbers
showed that they were ~conversant with
conditions on the road, for they did
not even demand the messenger to
open the safe. They knew that he did
not have the combination. This safe
can only be opened in Denver and in
Salt Lake.
| A stick of dynamite was placed
against the lock of the safe. Here
again the robbers showed Their disre-
! gard of dynamite. Half the explosive
would have done the work.
Just at this point Brakeman Shellen-
barger, who had been o. dered TO re-
main with the passenger coaches, two
miles behind. came running up the
track carrying a Lantern. One of the
robbers shot at him. He was wounded
in the leg and is now in the Sisters
hospital at Grand Junction.
When the robbers saw that the train
crew were coming they fled to the
mountains. One of them as he jumped
from the car. grabbed n sealed bag
I which had been blown clear out of the
safe. This was the only plumber which
was AIKEN.
The engineer and the others who had
been under the aim of the robbers
went to the aid of Shellenbarger, VINO
a fallen where he was shot.
After the holdup the engine, bag