Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-08-06
SECURED VERY
LITTLE MONEY
Rock Island Train Robbers
We're Unable to Open
Through Safe and
Got But 500.
THE SAFE IS Twice DYNANlrED

The Rock Island passenger train
No. g. which left El paso Saturday
morning 40 o'clock and due into
omn n &C., at @ 90 last might, was
lola up and robbed by three masked
NDEID1us about three miles from 10
Iln Ass a dispatch from Daihart.
I.Naa The express car was dynamlt.
CD HnI wrecked. bat the express com.
ans r.flm the robbers secured bat
.out iO.
Th, acc whore the robbery oc.
CURED one of the Widest Bits of
600 - Mexico. the nearest p0.nt be-
Hg o. l. which De- nothing more
f.1u Itcr tank and section house.
tHd Oh. l0t De- Ideal for the hold.up.
touE 100 a few hours ride to the
tmr'H" dividing northern New
.sN.c. aid southern Colorado. where
t.. r.. have a stronghold almost
lm 3D.. 'o.
TI, oils OF tho robbery as is
given Io train crew and pnssou.
rDr were on the train az the
fu. the robbery occurred are
that ..H the train stopped no the
UU.. ..t at Tucumcar che robbers
IlHf Ie tender unseen boy tho
UrUN uat as the train approached
ga on o. curve near Logan.
HH.. about fifteen miloa north of
tH. one of she men cmw'cd
ut. auier and held zap the ougi-
fireman and commanded tho
f stop the train a. the point
ho oboyod and The train
fo halt Boz the cut
bad 900 sooner stopped than the
D.upr two bandits al,ghtDd aud after
terrurE.ug the passengers and train
crow with "a marvellous display OF
marssmauahIp with their pistols. tho
mleago. express aud mail cars were
unc0upled from the coaches and run
up th, track about half a mile where
tho express safe was dynamtod twice
without effect. only tho outer doors
being opened. lu tho outer locker OF
the safe flOO was secured and this
represented the whole amount OF the
plumber secured by tho bandits
Th, train was held an hour and ten
muutgs but when tho robbers had
the second time tried with a large
charge uf dynamite without success
Co blow up the express safe they run
an thD passengers into the cars by
shooting Iu che alr and escaped on
horacbaDN toward tuc mountains Co
che north.
A.. . I'D. a.. -.tf... IA AZ.
pefspI fHo train CROW aEaiu coupled
nap their train aud ran into Logan.
wher, tho hoid.up was reported TO the
officials of tho road aud Sheriff Webb
uf ul.hart organized "a large posse
aud uu "a special train fastened TO
che scene of the robbery They ar.
rived several hours after the hold-up
and secured horses and about thirty
miles behind tho robbers are pursuing
them toward their stronghold Ia the
mountains
Besides the shorlfrs posse. which
is pursuing the robbers, The Rock Is.
land has dispatched a number OF de-
tcctiyes 40 tbe scene VINO viii take up
the thread at that place and attempt
TO track them.
Tho .oIdup was carefully planned
and wo'I executed. The leader OF tho
rObhofF .s described as being "A man
OF about th'rtyc.ght years OF age ana
appar nry an old hand BE spoke
English perfectly and was very cool
OF th, other two one was about forty
and apparently a novice. Tho othor
was buy of about twenty and was
very buugIng and nervous.
Among the passengers there were
about twenty-five guns. bat these,
when tho holiup was made known,
were h.i and no attempt was made
hy amy or tho passengers or train
crew l1 modest tho robbers No at.
tempt Was made by the robbers 90
hollup tbo passengers. but II this
had beou done a very large amount
oi money would have been secured
A telephone message from Alamo
Fori0 gives the following version OF.
Che bo'd.gp aa Eytu out hy the rail-.
way officials:
The passenger train when stopped
at L0gln was boarded by the robbers
hua inc engine ana express car was
run down the track for a short dis
tauro. being uucouuIed from the tain
While the robbers were trying 90 get
into 'hC safe they saw Conductor
N.rk coming down the track toward
Disconnected cars with hls Ian.
'.ra Two of the men began shooting
w aHl wounded him slightly In
OH. HE I hurried back 90 Logan and
sH u 'd. report 60 TucumcaH OF
Oh. .aidun
hN. money was secured Tho
.ho rcd 90 the name of
l'.H Nu8 V.g cool and had the
.' 1850 men absolutely uudor his
.nu ll0 spoke English perfectly
kOTI1 rIlFDlST IyST INNS IAN