The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1906-05-26
BOLD HOLD UP NEAR DEPOT.
Somerset Man Relieved of Watch
and Moncy-Shot one of his
ASSISTANTS i'm the Head.

One mas lying in the city Jail with
a bullet wound in his head, facing the
charge of asoult and robbery and an
other man relieved of a watch and
every cent of money is the outcome
Of a tour of the saloons last night
made by a party of four young fell
lows all of whom are strangers in the
city.
b. w. Cluen. the victim of the
holdup, is son of a rancher living
twelve miles north of Somerset. He
has been in the city since last Sunday
on a business trip for n Chicago
publishing house.
"The first time | saw the man,
said Cluen, referring to the wound
ed man in jail. was last Wednesday
evening when | was accosted by
rather pleasant looking young stran-
ger down near the Salvation Army
hall, who gave me hard luck story
and asked me to stake him the price
of something to eat. took MIN
down to the Pastime lunch counter,
ordered something for him to eat and
maid for II. | found out afterwards
! that he had a pretty good voice and
met him later in the evening in sew
eral places about town where he was
singing for crowds standing around
in saloons.
II paid no special attention to him
during the rest of the evening and
he didn't seem to hang around me.
| | didn't see anything of him again
until last evening about seven o.
clock
/ yesterday morning I went into
1.-The Brunswick poolroom to get out OF
The rain and sat down for few min
Iutes watching the games when Eel
| low. a stranger to me came up and
asked me If / wanted a game of pool.
| I told him / woundn't mind a game
and started to play. After we had
Iplayed a couple of games up came an
/ other fellow who wanted to get into
the game and took a cue. The two
fellows were acquainted. The three
Of us played a couple OF games TO-
gether when the first man dropped
ont and the second man and | kept
on for a while longer.
THE next time / saw these fellows
was at supper In the Pastime when
they came in and sat down TO eat
along side of me- We got through
about the same time and started out
together. Just outside the door and
/ leaning up against the wall was the
voung fellow whom ! had fed couple
Of DAYS ago and heard sing around at
The different saloons. The two men
with me picked him up and we start
| ed out to do the saloons.
Along about midnight we wound
nm at the Pacific saloon and drank
a couple glesses of beer at table
] I left the other fellows for couple
of minutes and when l came back
] thew had all drunk their beer and
/ wore ready to leave. | took up the
gIass l had left standing but it tast-
ed badly and 1 made a kick about IT,
mo fellows said that It was all right,
| inst the last in the keg and tasted OF
] yosin their had tasted just the same,
Inc said. / drank the glass but told
The bar tender that the beer was rot
ten. He said he didn't know why lot
II was ont Of fresh keg.
I've started out for a walk and
after "A while got down by the rail-
road track quite a ways. We were
ali of talking together just as friend
I Ia, az could be when all of sudden
come one Of them struck me full in
tGe face with something. ! don
i5nou- whether II was his fist or not
bnt IL dropped me. They commene-
cd searching my pockets. one Oh
tnem threatened to shoot my head on
In / made any fuss, but ! didn't make
'r, answer. Somebody then hit me
ON the side of the head with some
thing that nearly put me out OF com
55ission. When ] awoke l was lyini
Stretched across the railroad track