The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
BOLD HOLDUPS
LAND IN JAIL
SHERIFF OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
HAS RUNNING FIGHT IN FACE
OF BULLETS,
READS LIKE DIME NOVEL
BOLD, BAD MEN ACT LIKE ROAD
AGENTS OF EARLY DAYS IN
THE WEST,

GolueH, COlO.-HelQ up by TWO
masked men while he was driving late
in the evening with his daughter from
| Denver to Golden over the north road.
Sheriff Whipple of Jefferson county had
running gun fight with his assailants
before he could get his beautiful young
| daughter out Of danger. AS soon as he
had assured the safety of the girl the
sheriff returned and captured both of
his men, who had in the meantime held
up another man.
The alleged holdups, who are said to
be Of the toughest and most desperate
type of criminals, are now in the
Golden jail under heavy guard.
During the adventure, even while bull
lets were whistling uncomfortably
close to her head, Miss Whipple
showed as great courage as her father,
and weakened, woman-like, only when
, all danger was past.
The holdup and the fight against
odds which followed was carried out in
the approved dime novel, Wild western
fashion, and curiously enough the sher-
iff and his charming daughter had dur
ing the evening witnessed a wild west
show In Denver at which the saw the
Deadwood coach held up, the horse
thief lynched and all the other exciting
incidents of the wild frontier life por-
trayed.
Leaving Denver Immediately after
the exhibition of the wild west show
Sheriff Whipple drove with his daugh-
ter over the north road and was en-
joying his nights ride to the fullest
when at lonely point in the road two
dark figures loomed up in front of him,
one coming from each side of the road.
An In LOTT hn oh bn
starlight CLINT on the poliahed muzzles
: of two revolvers, and the cry, Halt!
Throw up your hands!" broke the still
ness Of the night.
Fonowing their demand to halt,
Whipple asserts, the men began using
the vilest language he ever heard hu-
mans utter. Whipple could not stand
to hear such language in the presence
of his daughter and Immediately gave
his horse the whip and drove between
the holdups.
Open Fire on Him.
One of the men made wild grab at
the bit of the animal and slipped and
fell. Whipple swerved, almost running
over him, and avoiding the other BAN
dit In an instant both of the holdups
had fired. The bullets whined as they
cut the air near the carriage ond Whip
pie, giving the reins to his daughter,
told her to drive as fast as she could.
He then turned, lifted his daughter to
where she could be protected by the
back of the seat, and drawing his AS
caliber revolver, returned the fire. All
of the men were using the fash of the
pistols in the darkness to locate their
targets and only the fact that each one
moved after shot had been fired
saved someone from getting killed
Seated almost on the floor of the
buggy, Miss Whipple drove like mad.
The crack Of the pistols and the songs
! of the bullets added excitement to the
desperate chase and provided an expe-
rience through which few young
women have passed. Both Whipple
and his daughter remained cool
throughout the ordeal of the running
fight and Whipple only ceased pulling
the trigger of his revolver when he was
out of range.
Leaving his daughter at the house of
the first friend on the road to Golden,
Whipple secured horse and rode back
over the course, in the hope of locating
the desperadoes.
Captures Both Bandits.
Near the point where he had been
stopped he met man, who stated that
he had just been held up by two men,
and not even stopping to ask the VIC
TINS name, Whipple pushed on and
soon saw the men running at the edge
of the road. He dismounted, tied his
horse and gave chase on foot. One
man broke from his partner and
started across the country, but bullet
sent into the ground at his feet brought
him to halt. Whipple used his gun
as bludgeon and had one man laying
sprawling in the dirt of the road just
as he turned to return Whipples fire.
The other holdup, who was some feet
removed, fired point blank at Whipple,
but had no time to take aim and missed
his mark. Whipple soon had him COW
cred, and admits that he beat both men
without mercy.
The sheriff says that the beating was
administered because of the language
the men had used in the presence of
his daughter more than for any other
reason. The men were disarmed,
handcuffed together and made to
march ahead of the sheriffs horse into
| Golden. Both men were severely cut
| about the head and face and 1t was
necessary to wash and dress these cuts
before they could be taken to Jail.
The sheriff is modest about his
achievement of catching, single
handed, two armed holdups, and has
endeavored to keep the arrests from
the public until he is able to learn
more about his prisoners.
At the Golden Jail both men refused
to talk and have remained sullen and
reticent since their arrest. They have
been photographed and every effort
will be made to identify tbar,
New State Employment Office.
Wesley Nethers and Harry Pennock