The daily sentinel., 1905-05-11


Fruita Mercantile Company. but
were unsuccessful in an attempt to
rob the First Bank of Fruitn.
Large safes at both places were
wrecked and several hundred dol
lars and large quantity of goods
We're stolen from the mercantile com
pany, but before the vault of the
bank could be robbed of IFS contents
the burglars became alarmed and
made their escape.
The robbery took place between .
and O'Clock this morning The
town was wrapped in dead silence
when about 2.30 am. two men In
the harness shop of Woody d Chas-
teen heard the sound of q mufled re-
port coming from the direction of
the bank, and thought they saw
dim light in the building. a light
that seemed to come from the burn
ing of several matches. Calling the
central telephone office, the men
asked that A. A. Belts. the cashier of
the bank and A. l.. Talley. city mar
shal, be aroused and told that some
one was in the building. Central
also rang the telephone in the bank
building and this ring is what
alarmed the burglars and they made
their escape.
Messrs. Belts. Talley, John Beard,
Steve Nichols and \, +. LOckett and
others were soon at the bank build
ing. Woody and Chasteen, the har-
ness men, had been watching the
building since they sent in the alarm
Of ha 9VvfA flfnF tho hr1F-
glars were still in the bank. How
ever, after waiting few minutes,
the men who had assembled ap-
preached the building. and on enter
ing it found that the men had gone.
The front door of the building had
been broken open by the burglars.
With a large quantity of bed cloth
ing and sacking the vault was mullied
so that the report OF the explosion
could not be heard for any distance.
Nitroglycerine was probably used by
the burglars The two outer doors
of the vault were torn on, but the
inner doors were practically intact.
The men were at work on these doors
when they became frightened and
left the building. There We're var
ious tools, such as Chisels, sledge
hammers. etc. in the room, and these
were identified as the property OF
Bunche & Adams, the blacksmiths.
It was found that this shop had been
burglarized.
MIR. Osborne of the Fruita Mercan-
tile Company arrived at the bank an
this time, and, on examining the
blankets. he declared that they came
from the store OF the Fruita Mercan-
tile Company. Identifying them by
1.-The tags that were on them. rms
was the first intimauon thai lhe
store had been robbed. ,.s
! On reaching the store IL was Iouhu
THAT the doors had been broken open
and the safe in the rear OF the ou!l1- l,.,.i
| ing was completely wrecked, u'S
safe like the one in the bank had
| been well wrapped with blankets 'lu
ofber he'd clothing. and this precau-
| lion taken by the burglars and the
| fact that the safe was in the rear OF
| the huilding, made il almost lmpoa
sible for anyone on the outside 10
hear the report of the explosion.
broken bottle, that, to all aP-
naarances. had contained nttroglyoeI-
| me was found on the hoor near the
safe Some of the bedding. whlch
had been wrapped around the sale
- The safe contained between lou
md $500 cash, all of which the pui
liars took. From the shelves lhe
| 6nrrlars took. besides the bedulhE' g."
| jarae number OF revolvers' Ia@o' p
and goods OF various kinds, ,.a
If was found that the robbers uau
stolen a light spring wagon ana '"o
horses from Z. w. Terrell, ana IN
his manner made their escape. IL
said mat they left town gong eas.
toward Grand Junction. Several me"
started out in pursuit, but We're ui
| abIe TO find any traces OF lht NJ
In some ways the work iooNa .l.. IN
tbot of professionals ana III
voys il does not. NO one 9'" t,
men. and as to how many We' - m
the gang it is not known NJ i,
nicious characters were So 20
Fruita Yesterday ana up no u'',.,,.,sl
/ day suspicion had not Deeh "''
toward any one ...,- Notified at
II, hour this morning ana
,.igid search Is being maze -
his afternoon has proved lIutl
less. Evidently the men '''
| GOOD their escape. ,,. ,,r,-
the safe in the mercantile - go.,'
- store was not very IA ~
pan' Tbe vault of the FIRST balG
oF I,ruita of comparatively ne" an az
0nened by a time lock- II Is
]" ,,bere T5 was a report this mornl,lE i..,,tl
,,at Tho horse and wagon, stolen ~, on i
Ne ,I,' rarreI had Deen found aDoul 81 ,
MI Nh, below this city on the ui,a ,sa
ma MA Later it was found lhal ,,'J
lorses ore and wagon had been 5u' trC t,.C
lose on the Fruita road VIM be,ds
niles of this city, win .ri.1 rne' bnrses
t,,rned me toward Fruita Ihe lo,, -, ON,
~, ostar ar, travelling short distance .,I,or,l -
a 20 n fence and stopped.
up up, ~ we're found this mornih.Gs, o.,
NJ The sherins' office was no,lmJ' ImJ nr
~, I,e 9t45 this morning ana j,
.-p, aDout ,,,as lost in sending out men. men. .
woman living near where ,ad IN, tba.
md horses were touhu % Of IN,
an aho saw three men get ouL "
s,.agon s.. and leave il in the Io'u, sorn,
thts noint the deputy sneIIn ,rarI.. toI
tnael,e t,iiS Of several men. Ihese o,n, t., am,
tra' 'sNs,ter,ed They passed ai io'l .,ll, IA,
r.,nd le junction on the hoI.' ,,.acl ',e1i
vi A. roaching the narrow gauge !,t,i toi
anu, 80 down the track ana lllt t,I -,s'it I'
s.a. lost. Authorities at a,ige,
.,lsns in the state have Dteu t,ant
I'D n sharp watchout IS ptLil5 s,tg M
a,,,aro ~ we're no new developments
n 2 this afternoon. .ba Fruit
TO ,1u Retts. cashier OF the r ui, ~,
M n.ad that the damage 10 tl