The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18
A GOOD
CAPTURE.
Three Burglars Captur-
ed in DeLamar.

There were three persons, tive
men and a woman, made an at
tempt to rob the safe of j. Mes
| bitt g. Bro at Delamar early
Tuesday morning, and the partie:
were all captured. 1t appear;
that the plan to commit the rob
berry had been prepared some
days ahead, but the men in De.
lamar were waiting for woman,
known as Neil the Cowboy
claiming to be Hugh Monroe's
wife, arrived. The LADY reach
ed Delamar Sunday evening
with her little satchel of ex.
plosives'by the stage, when the
time was set to blow open and
role the safe Tuesday morning
at 2 o'clock, it being just before
payday, and the robbers knew
that the safes of the merchants
contained considerable money
for the purpose of cashing checks.
A man by the name of VIM.
Hanks, a Pinkerton detective,
who was on the track of a man
who committed a murder in
Montana same years ago, hap
pened to be in Delamar for the
last three weeks, and he re-
cognized Hugh Monroe by plugs
in two front teeth of being a
man who had committed crimes
elsewhere, and got very friendly
with him, and Monroe proposed
to Hanks that he join in the rob-
berry, which he willingly did.
Hanks then notified Deputy
Sheriff Henry Leach of the af-
fair, and arrangements were
made to capture all three of the
parties, so at IL o'clock Monday
night Leach and another party
entered Nesbitt's store, and set
ting back some little distance
from where Hugh Monroe was
to make his enterance through a
window, and patiently awaited
the coming of the gentleman.
Shortly after 2 O'Clock the iron
shutters were quietly heard to
to swing and some person was
heard to jump from the window
on the floor, when one of the
parties in the store, it being very
dark, arose, and seeing the mere
shadow of the upper part of a
man, the rest of the person being
protected by pannelling around
the Office, fired a shot at it, when
a yell went up 'Oh! my God,
oh! oh! oh myI Bill oh Bill. +"
Then there was a sound as though
the mans body had fallen on
the floor and those in the store
thought the man had been killed.
Leach then run out the front of
the store to assist in capturing
Mrs. Monroe, who ives dressed
in mems clothes, and Frank
Sanford who were on the outside
watching for the approach of
any person.
1t appears that Monroe was
not hurt any by the shot, there
being only a slight mark on his
hand, which was bleeding, as
though a buckshot had plowed
along it, when he was captured,
he having crawled through the
window. The woman was also
captured, but Sanford had disap-
peared, and on searching his
house, could not be found, but
about 5 o'clock the Company as
saser came over from the office
and stated that Sanford was over
there, when one of the officers
and another party went over to
see him.
Deputy Sheriff. Monohan of
Caliente went down to Delamar
on Monday and assisted in the
capture of the safe-crackers.
After the failing of Monroe
and wife, and about A o'clock
Detective Hanks proposed to 90
and capture his man, who went
by the name of Pete Hansen,
who was known by a scar on his
kind. Hansens correct name is
Green.
Frank Sanford is a you ng mar
ried man and has been working
in the Banberger-D Com
pany assay Office for the last two
years and a half and has hereto
fore born good reputation but
for the last year or so has taken
to drinking and gambling ard is