Williams news., 1904-11-05
FRONTIER SKETCHES
Arizona Way of Doing Up Train
 Robbers IS Years Ago

-Four Of a Kind" IS the lnScrlp- tion on a slab of sandstone stand ing over a group of four graves in a canyon near Winslow, Ariz. One night fifteen or eighteen years ago the operator at Winslow heard his key slowly ticking out this mes- sage: "Slop No. ? at F. G.. this is c. D. Canyon Diablo). Robbers tied me under table," It was 9:15 and No. ? due at Flagstaff at $50 had left Williams thirty minutes late and had a mountain to climb between that point and Flagstaff. If the operator was awake the train could be saved. The dispatcher's arm worked fran tically as he shot the call over the wire followed by figure 9 and the dispatcher's private signal for train order business. Presently the sleep ing operator at Flagstaff was dis turbed by the rumble of an engine as it puffed slowly up the yards. He heard the call and slowly an swcred it. The way the dispatcher snapped at him wakened him.
 Stop No. 9" came the order.
 "Well, she's stopped" said the operator. "What dye think my flags for?" Keep her there," was the only instruction. Jim Dodge had been superintendent of that division for years, had to deal with train robbers before, and it did not take him long to fix up a warm re- ception for any old desperadoes. In a few minutes a telegram to Flagstaff summoned the sheriff and twenty-five men, and an order to the round housein Winslow brought up an engine. It was bad crowd that went out of Winslow that night to Canyon Diablo and the bandits would gladly have given up several treasure chests than meet it, but they had to face it, and being corn cred near the coal chutes west of the little station refused to fight.
 When the smoke waited away and silence that spoke volumes had fallen over the scene Jack Moi fatt went over to the heap of men that lay with their rifles and six shooters by their sides. He lifted an arm or leg to see it drop back in way that told the whole truth. "Four dead ones," he explained. "Jim, send some one to the station and see about the operator. Tell them to let No. 2 come ahead"
 Then they buried the dead quar- tet in the canyon.
 George H. Frost. of this city, and known as "Red Hot," picked ur
 the No. ? passenger train at Wins
 low and brought it on to this city When the engine steamed into the local depot, with Charley Jesse al
 the throttle, large crowd of armed men were on hand, as a telegram } reached here that the dead train robbers had two friends on board
 who would. if an opportunity pre- sented itself, avenge the killing O. the train bandits. The men under
 suspicion proved to be two blood
 less, harmless fools from Boston
 whose tongues were kept waggins under the influence of too much 5 beer, and en route to the city they brandished their pistols, intimatins their friendship to the dead ban 3 dits When the men alighted iron l the train, City Marshal Mastin rar ! them into the city bastile and kep them there until they repented O t their bloodthirsty ideas Albu g querque Citizen.
 l "Injudicious banking" is the req s son assigned for the failure of th' e Bank of Yuma. Its doors wer f closed yesterday morning and tn B territorial bank examiner has beer 0 asked to take charge. Levi Sparr e of Pennsylvania, is its president e and R. s. Patterson, Yuma, cashier