Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-14
Loot Estimate in Value at
$4,000 Rewards Venture
some Robbers Operating in.
Suburbs Of Denver,
DEED REMARKABLE FOR
DARING ORIGINALITY
Police Search in Vain for
Thieves Who Are Believed
Old, Experienced Hands at
Business,
lB, Morning journal Special Leased wirel

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wireJ
Denver, Colo, Feb. i3-That the
hold-up Of the Denver ana Rio
Grande passenger train near Denver
carly this morning was the work of
three, instead of two. robbers aud
that the robbery of the mai! car
gave them a loot of possibly S35, ,000
was indicated by the investigation of
the police and railway officials toddy
So far no tangible clue to the ilen-
tity or whereabouts of the robbers
has been found, but it seems pro
bable that the men came to Denver
and are now hiding IN this city
Eighteen packages &C register d
MALE were secured These inciudpa
five from salt Lake, address t.
Greeley, Colo; Georgetown. colo
Waco, Texas; Whitewright. raXas
and Denver. one from ! 7blo 10
Denver; one from Colorado Springs
to Denver. one from Taylor. Wash.
to Steamboat Springs, Colo; one
from Winfield. Wash to Sterling,
Colo. one from LeadVile to Denver,
and others from Glenwood Springs
and other Colorado towns One Of
these packages is said to have con-
tanned a large sum of money but
until a thorough checking up Of tlle
missing packages is possible the exao
amount accured ny the ~ohbers can
not be ascertained.
The robbery was remarkable f)r
it3 originality and daring 1t took
place within eight miles Of Dcnve@, |
within less than two miles Of Fort
Logan, the United States military |
reservation, and at a spot whore ha
hltations were plentiful. Yet, SO
thorough was the work of the rob !
bers and 50 well were their plains laid |
4
half start of the officers. Search of |
the vicinity of the hold-up indicates |
that third man, and possibly a |
fourth. were engaged in the robbery |
that rubber tired buggy was in |
waiting for the actual hold-ups and |
that torDcdoes and red signal fires
were used unsuccessfully in an at
tempt to stop the train before the |
automatic revolvers Of the two men
on the train succeeded in doing this |
From the manner in which the
hold-up was accomplished 1T IS
thought possible that the robbers are
the ones responsible for the hold -up
of the Denver and Rio Grandc train
last May, when Express Messenger
Wright was killed.
While the train was running at
a speed of fifty miles an hour,
when two bandits Suddenly appeared
from the coal tender and compelled
the engineer and fireman to stop the
train
The bandits then took the two en- |
glncmcn from the cab and standing
about thirty-fve feet from the loco
motive one of them fired three times
at the headlight, hitting it twice. but
not cxtnguishing it, Then they fired
n number of shots along the train t.
terrfy the passengers
The conductor appeared on th'
scene to investigate and was fired al
three times, but was not hit. WIN
ihrlr two prisoners, the bandits. one
Of whom is described as tan and til,
othcr short. went to the mail car ana
compelled tho fireman to call out to
the mail clerks to open the door
There were two clerks in the car
and they were lined up while ono of
The robbers forced the fireman to
hclp him nut three sacks Of registered
mail into one. This they threw ont
of the car The robbers then march
'd their prisoners a couple of blocks
ahead of the train and told them t.
return The bandits then made their
'scape in the direction of Fort Logan
but il is believed they really headed
or Denver
The train proceeded on to Santa
Fc junction whore the news OF thr
lold-up was telegraphcd to Denver
lali dozen secret service men ~ once
ont To the scene and Chief Arm
tr0ng sent an automobile loaded v I'm
detectives to assist in the search. inc
nitod States troops at Fort Logan
nay be asked to assist.