The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

special to the Colorado Springs Tele-
graph from Victor says:
Fridley, the alleged murderer of Roxie
| MCGEE and three pals have taken
refuge in a cabin three miles south of
/ Victor, across Straub mountain. Cen
eral Bell mas ordered Major Naylor and
six mounted soldiers to capture or kill
kill them. The fugitives are heavily
armed and will not be taken without a
fight.
Story From Denver.
Denver. Col, June S.-Denver & Rio
Grande passenger train No. ), west
bound from Denver was held UP by five
masked men, three miles west of Para
chute, small fruit station midway be-
tween Grand Junction and GlenwOOd
Springs. One sealed bag containing
specie was taken from the express safe,
which was dynamited. The express car
was badly wreck4C by dynamite, but
the robbers were forced tc take TO the
mountains before they could gather up
their Taluables il tie car
Sheriff w. G. Struthers and Deputy
Sheriff d. NJ. Hardy OF Grand Junction
are now upon the trail of the robbers
with posse Of farmers enc 1anchers,
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 n point three
miles west of Parachute last night, two
masked men craWled over the tender
of the engine. They placed six shoot
ers to the head of Engineer Allison and
his fireman and demanded that the
train be stopped Three men were
waiting on the tender and as the train
stopped they quickly ran back and un-
coupled the express and baggage cars.
These cars. with the engine were 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 dynnmiting
Of ba o. reached tho
gineer and fireman We're ordered down.
One of the robbers covered them with
two six shooters. The remainder of the
gang went to the express car ~ essen
ger d. M. Shea, of this city, refused to
open the door upon demand and piled
the baggage up in front of the door.
The robbers placed a stick of dynamite
at the side door of the car. The entire
door was blown away with a terrible
crash. Half a dozen trunks which had
been piled against the door were de-
molished and their contents scattered
over the car.
Blew Open Safe.
! The great iron combination safe was
/ the only one in the car The robbers
conditions on the road, for they did not
even demand of 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 City.
/ 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 ordered 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 hospital
when the robbers saw that the train
crew were coming they fed to the
mountains. One of them, as he jump
/ ed from the express car grabbed one
sealed bag which had been blown clear
i out of the safe. This is the only plum
| der which was taken.
The engineer and the others who
| had been under the aim of the robbers
went to the aid of Shellenberger, who
had fallen where he was shot.
After the hold up the engine, bag
gage and express cars backed TO Para-
! chute where the alarm was given to the
railroad officials. Headquarters at
Grand Junction, Salida, Pueblo and
! Denver were notified.
| The scene of the robbery was but
about a hundred yards from the flow
Of the Grande river, and it is believed
that the robbers had a boat hidden IN
/ the Grande and they used this to cross
| the river, destroying 1t after they had
| crossed. The robbers who held up the
Rio Grande train at Unaweep a year
ago escaped in a. similar manner. Sher-
StruInGIS
escaped on horseback after crossing the
Grande.
J. A. Edison, manager of the Denver
& Rio Grande railway, who was on the
train that was held up, has sent the
| following report of the robbery:
Official Account.
Grand Junction, Col, June SIS. K.
Hooper, general passenger and ticket
| agent.
No. was held up by three men, two
and a half miles west of Parachute
Baggage car dynamited and very badly
damaged. Robbers got nothing OF val
ue. Twelve or Is pieces of baggage
badly damaged. The baggage was
transferred to mail car and went for
ward on same train.
J. A. EDISON.
Express Messenger D. J. Shea has re
ported as follows to D. D. Mayo, man
ager of the Globe Express company:
Express car and through safe were
badly damaged with dynamite. No
vaIuables or express goods taken, ex-
cept one sealed package for Gaky;
Grand Junction, from Salida. Several
pieces of baggage damaged, but no eX-
press goods injured. I was not hurt