Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-23
THE BELEH ROBBERS
TIE Foil Particulars Of The Bank
Robbery Told By
FIDELITY luO CASUALTY co, AGENT

Nl ~ MNNnN NNNN NN NNNNNNAN aHAN
the men who last Friday noon hold up
and robbed she Bo.en branch Of the
INST Natlonal bank OF ASA have made
Rood their escape. They lCft no clew
% their Identity other than poor
horse wearing an uncertain brand,
and the ofacora are not positive thar
fhia horse was the property of the
baadNs
sheriff Bacn and posse returned 20
iialan iast night after a chase lasting
four days. covering the country wos,
aud aouthWoai oi nelon from iaguna
to magdalona ThCu found no trace
90 che bandits. and BE- o. now certain
that they took more southerly route
Boz their night from Jhe scene of the
robbery than Waa nrat supposed aud
are rlding peacefully away to the
southward where the sun shines the
warmcst
a. c. RublnCam. Denver manager
fur the Fidelity and Casualty company
of New York. which company made
good the losses OF the robbery. who
has been Ia noltn since Sunday even.
Ing. arrived here this morning AMI
registered at the AlvaradC
He said "As near a. Z can ascer
tain from the chaotic conditions oxiai-
Ing ia Bolon and the numerous con
nlcting stories told by the excited pop
ulace OF iho usually qnlot town the
circumstances a. the umo Of the rob.
, bory and those following Immediately
after Il are something like this
On Friday two men. both Amer.
cane. one tall and light cOmplexloned.
che other dark and kwarthy. were no.
tIoed hangIng around the yeranda in
front ~ the John Becker store build.
Ing. in which Dr. located the bank. Ey.
oHtta iewolry store and the Becker
store shortly after 10 o'clock they
went into the bank and committed the
robbery They left tho bank quietly
and walked % the corner OF the We.
randa. On reaching the corner Of the
huidlng and turning out OF aight Of
che main thoroughlarc Oi the village
hoy broke into a run. The run from
tho Becker store go a clump of trees
wosi. near the sand hills. where their
horses we're concealed. was haN q
distance half a dozon mon were after
them on foot A. they noarod the trees
ere OF the robbers fell back az II "a
cover the retreat
Right mere o. whore they showed a
hit % clovornoss Had they mounted
rhoir horses IN front OF the bank the
direction taken by them In their highJ
would have boon plain But not so
with the horses concealed among the
troas.
only one man knew the direction
taken BY thom Ia leaving town. J0r
can. an o0.TeXas ranger, secured q
GOOD horse ana went 10 pursuit. Eight
miles from town Jordan caught uI
with the bandits and exchanged shots
with them After another ok miles
hard riding ho caught up with them
the second time and again shots wor,
exchanged. This time one Of the rob
hora diamountod and bullets hred by
aim kicked up dust IN Jordans face
the latter lying on the ground.
"Gherin Baca's posse took the wrOnl
direction and found no trace OF ths
men they sought until they roachoJ
Magdnlena AZ that place thoy learn
% that sheriff Ieandro Buca OF Socor
10 county. had left MaEdalona with /
poaso OF lyo men. including two Ia
dian irialers on Monday and had takeI
a trail, supposed 30 be that Of the rob
borg which led 10 the golth.
Two Indian women were Ia MaEda
lena on sunday and said that they sag
Two men answering the description %
The bank robbers. one riding o bal
horpo aud the other a black, This De
soriptlon OF the horses talliea viii
n that given by Jordan
"BheHn Baca and posse took thl
trail and left for the south. A plac'
Wua found whore tho robbers had dll
mounted. ono foot print was lGrg
and the other was as small aa d va
man's This same noteworthy Crcum
stance OF tho small feet OF one OF th
bandlfa was also nOticed by Jordan
Nothing had been heard from the ia
zorro county pOteo up 20 last night
Mr. Rubincam does nol believe tina
tho robbers viii be caught The CON
pany be- represents has offered a I'd
ward of 800 for their capture