Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-11-14
ROBBERS HOLDUP
RAILROAD. AGENT
Santa Fe Central's
Man at Willard
is Victim.
DEsPERADOEs WERE MASKED
Three Highwaymen Secure
$175 of Roads Funds---
Escaped After Deed.

lnrce masked men held up j. II. WI
son, agent for the Santa te Central
Railway company at Willard station,
as he was leaving the depot at that
place at II o'clock last night.
Funds amounting to about SITS were
taken from the agent The men then
forced him, at the point of revolver,
to walk mile down the track and to
stand there while they made good
their escape
Besides losing the Railroad Com"
pany's money, Wilson was relieved
of cash belonging to the Wells Fargo
Express Company and the Postal Te-
legraph Company, for which compa-
MES he is also the agent.
Was Leaving Office.
AS Wilson was leaving his Office
with the funds that Ire had received
during the day, he was halted. Just
outside the door bv the three masked
men, one of whom demanded that he
throw up his hands, at the same time
showing large pistol into his face.
Wilson, being unarmed, and realizing
that he was outnumbered, did as he
was requested
One of the robbers, the only one
that did any talking, then commanded
him, in broken English, not to lower
his hands upon threat of instant death,
after which they proceeded to relieve
him OF sealed package containing rail
road remittances to the amount of
$l74.12, and all the Wells-Fargo Com
pany's funds together with the Postal
Telegraph Company's funds.
Walked the Tracks.
After having searched him thor
oughly the spokesman of the trio CON.
manded him to walk ahead of them.
He started, walking as directed, in a
southerly direction. After about a
mile he was commanded to halt. lie
did SO, and the highwaymen, leaving
one Of their number to guard him,
darted into the underbrush that skirts
the road at that point, and were lost
to view. The one left to guard Wilson
was the same one that had engineered
the holdup and that had done all the
talking.
Afer his companions had disappear
ed he, telling Wilson that if he, Wilson,
dared to try to follow them he would
be instantly shot, also left the tracks
of the railroad and disappeared in the
direction taken by his companions
May Have Had Horses.
1t is supposed that the trio had
horses hidden in the underbrush at
the point where they left the railroad
track, although it was so dark that
Wilson could not see them, and they
evidently had them hidden so far back
that their hoofbeats could rot be
heard, as they were leaving.
All three Of the men were Of mel
iun1 size. They were dressed in dark
clothing and wore slouch hats pulled
we'll down over their faces, to hide
their foreheads. In addition to this
all three were masked, using handker
chiefs to hide their features.
The following message was received
in this city this morning by Assistant
to the President and General Mana
ger. s. B. Grimshaw, of the Santa Fc
Central:
Willard, N. NJ, November 14th, 1905.
To S. B. Grimshaw:
AS | left the office here last nigh
about II o'clock | was held up JUS
outside of the door by three maskci
men. They took a sealed package con
tanning railroad remittance of $174.l2
all the Wells.Fargo and Postal funds
except $16.90 left in the office, me!
did not enter the Office. AS well a
could tell the men were all over ag
and about the same size. Only one o
them did any talking. He spok
brokenly. He appeared to be German
Don't know just how much was take'
until station is checked. They did nc
take anything but money, then lei
south, taking me down the track abou
a mile. Presume they had horse
there somewhere but did not see an
J. E. WILSON.
Knew Agents Habits.
Wilson has been agent at Wiilar
for the Santa Fe Central for som
time. The robbers were evidently Fl
miliar with the agents habit of carr
ing home the funds and it
thought that there will nj
be much difficulty in apprehendin
them, as the agent has fairly g,,c
description of them, besides KNOWN
the direction in which they left.
Mr.. Grimshaw left for Willard
noon to make a personal investigate
Of the holdup.