The daily sentinel., 1909-03-26
DARING HOLDUP
STARTLED
STATE

Nidln NJ 4 llOi IL
ing in the yards of West Denver
caused no little excitement in this
city and throughout the state the
boldness and daring of the bandits
have been excitedly commented upon.
A report from Denver states that
the detectives believe that the
men either employees of the road or
former employees of the Pullman
company as their actions show sur
prising familiarity with Pullman cars
and the handling of such cars by the
Denver & Rio Grande.
The passengers who were robbed
and the amounts taken are as fol-
lows:
William N. Wallace of Muscatine.
Iowa, $142.25.
n. II. Hussey and wife of Booth
bay Harbor, Maine, $50.
G. w. Girffey of Florence. Ari..
$40.
A. w. Forrest of Columbus, Ohio.
S11O.
F. e. wagers, Pullman conductor,
SIT.
James F. Bruce, Pullman porter.
$11.5O.
In addition. Forrest and Hussey
lost checks and drafts to the amount
of $400 and $175, respectively.
IL wv TIC BOl ltis Ao6t Il pay NItIh
for S7.35 also.
Both holdups were masked. Both
had fastened around their heads
black wells, doubled over, making it
impossible for any of their victims to
tell positively whether or not they
We're white men or light colored
negroes. They wore dark colored
gloves. This fact leads the police to
believe that the men were negroes
who wore the gloves and black wells
to hide their color. Both men were
fairly well dressed. One was short
fellow, about five feet seven inches in
height. The other was a man about
five feet ten inches. He did the actual
robbing while the smaller mans part
in the sensational affair was to guard
the victims and prevent them from
interfering with his pals work. Both
men were armed with blue barreled
revolvers of large calibre.
How the holdups secured entrance
to the car is not known but it is
thought they mad Pullman pass key
They used no violence in getting into
the car. Bruce, the porter, was
awake when the bandits pulled their
guns on him in his berth and after
getting him out of his berth the
bandits made the passengers get up
oAh PiONCtaNo Win tilt lODpGIN.
The bandits absolutely declined to
take any jewelry or anything but
money. I'VE are not in that line,"
the taller of the two holdups in
formed one man when the latter
begged the holdup not to take his
gold-rimmed glasses as he could not
see without them. Nearly all of the
passengers had watches and rings.
After the bandits had gotten
through with the male passengers
only five cents was left in the crowd.
the bandits had every cent but that
lonely nickle. Mrs. Hussey, the wom-
an passenger. was not searched and
she had $50 in currency and $3.50 in
money orders in a wallet tied around
her.
The taller of the bandits. the man
who did the work while his pal kept
guard. iolted with several of the pas
sengers as he robbed them.
The robbers did not bother the one
woman, Mrs. Hussey, they let her re-
main in her berth.
Because of the circumstances sur
rounding the train robbery 1t is
doubtful if the victims of the Burn
ham holdup can recover damages
from the Pullman company. Some
of the passengers declare they intend
to make the sleeping car company
make good their losses. However,
it is pointed out that the car had
arrived at its destination-the Dem
yer union depot-and that the occu-
pants were sleeping in it in the
Burnham yards by the grace and ac-
commodation of the Pullman COM
pany and not because they were real
ly entitled to the privilege. After a
sleeper reaches its destination the
Pullman company expects all occu-
pants to leave the car, but permits
passengers to retain their berths until
morning If 1t is done at their own
risk. If suits against the company
should grow out of the holdup 1t will
probably be argued that all of the
passengers had no business to try
and get their moneys worth by re-
naming in their berths after the cars
were switched back to Burnham.
Every effort is being made by the
entire force of Rio Grande detectives
and the Denver police to get the
guilty men.
New consignment of rugs and car