The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-08-24
BARTENDER KILLED At cODRE
,.,hors Secure $1,000 In Saloon
Hold d-Up-one Man Over
taken and Killed

The saloon OF .. ". hiiiA'"oha ~ w
. rlto County, the junction point Of
~. M Nsvada Northern with the Oregon
ssor, 4. Line, was held mp by two des-
..aoss Wednesday night Of last week.
=. bartender, named Gilman. was
s;Ilsd M and the robbers got away with
1900 in coin.
rbs robbers, with burlap covering
-. bodies and faces masked with
S.odkerchiefs. entered the saloon about
"a o,clock. one from the rear entrance
"a the other at the front door. The
~, who came in at the back door
..v. the curt order to Throw up your
s.,asw which was quickly complied
~,,h bv the dealers at the gambling
~.,n.s and the other men in the room.
~. bartender turned around, but in.
.,ssd Of obeyipg the order made
move 10 get a gun which was behind
,hs b,r This rash move cost him his
Ma for be was under cover of the
,s,olyer held by the desperate stand.
inc At the front door. whose entrance
,hs bartender evidently had not seen.
rh;. robber fired aud the bartender
fell dead.
The desperadoes compelled all those
in the room 10 face the wall. with
hands elevated, and then rified the cash
,soister and roulette wheel. throwing
the coin into a sack. and backed out OF
the rear door into the darkness. They
made no efforts to take the coin or per.
soual effects Of the men in the house.
At daylight a posse was organized
and with Indian trailers started out in
,ursuit Of the robbers. who had struck
into the bills east Of Cobre. At last
accounts the posse was on the trail
Of the robbers. with a fair chance Of
capturing them.
One of the Robbers Killed
Cobre, Nevada. Aug. i6.-At z O'Clock
tonight the posse which was sent out
by Sheriff Clark OF Elko County to
capture the robbers who held mp a
saloon and killed Bartender Gillian
here. Wednesday night. returned.
bringing the body o one Of the robbers.
but the other is still in the hills. He Is
without water and provisions. and in
all likelihood will be captured.
Thursday night, when the posse re.
turned, after l6 hours hunt, Bull
Creek Sam and his son. Joe, two Indians
90 the staff Of Sheriff Clark. found the
trail Of the robbers and reported that
they had found the men in the hills
about Is miles southeast of Cobfe.
Indian Joe. who was the first to see
the robbers. commanded them TO sur
render. aud the reply he got was bull
let sent through the brim Of his hat.
He then opened fire. aud at the third
shot one Of the robbers was hit IN the
breast. the bullet piercing the heart.
and the other hold-up. seeing that he
was up against two men, made again
for the hills. and II is believed his am
muntion was exhausted. On account
q the darkness his trail could not be
followed that night.
Some Of the people in Cobre were
skeptical as to Indian Joe's story about
having killed the man and the posse
was started out. Joe led the men to
The scene of the encounter. aud there
the body OF the robber was found. Near
the body lay two sacks OF silver. con.
laining $3.50 and small wallet filled
With gold aud currency amounting to
Nl5. On the body was found revol'
YER which belonged to Fred Chester.
and which had been stolen in Oobre,
and the robbers own weapon. There
was no article on the body by which
the hold-up might be identified.