The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
A TRAIN IS HELD UP
TWO BANDITS SECURE SACKS oT
 REGIsTERED MAIL.
4 Half Desen Secret Service Men and An Antomobiie Lead of Pelfce-
 men Were Runisea To che Genne. f

Denver, Col, Feb 1s.-That the hoid- up of the Denver-Rio Grande passenger train No. { near Denver early this morning was the work of three robbers and that the robbery of the mall car gave them loot of possibly sa5,ooo. was indicated by the investigation of the police and railroad officials to- day.
 So far no tangible c1ew to the iden, tIty or whereabouts of the robbers had been found. but 1t seems probable that the men came to Denver and are now hiding in this city.
 Eighteen packages of registered maii were secured These included i've from Salt Lake addressed to Greedy. Color ado, Georgetown, Colo. Waco, Texas; wright. Texas, and Denver; one from Pueblo to Denver; ono from Colorado Springs to Denver; one from Taylor Colo; one from Winfield. Waahtngtef. to Sterling, Colo; one from Leadvilis to Denver and others from Gienwood Springs and other Colorado towns. One of these packages Is said to have con- tained a large sum of money, but until A through checking up of the missing packages is possible, the exact anount secured by the robbers cannot be as- eertained.
 The robbery was remarkable for its originality and daring, It took place within eight miles of Denver, within less than two miles of Fort Logan, the United States military reservation and at the spot where hAbitations are plentiful. Yet, so thorough was the work and so we'll was the robbers plans laid. that they had fully an hour and half start ofs the officers. Search of the vicinity of the hoidup indicate that a third man and possibly fourth were engaged in the robbery, that Q rubber tired buggy was in waiting. and that torpedoes and red signal fIres were used unauccassfuiIy in an attempt to. stop the train before the automatic revolvers of the two men on the engine tender succeeded In doing this.
 From the manner in which the hold m was accumulated it Is thought possible the robbers are the ones re- sponible for the robbery of the Den- yer and Rio yGrande train last May, when express messenger wright was killed. et s
 While the train was running fifty miles an hour two bandits suddenly ap- peared from the coal Under and com pelIed the engineer and fireman to stop the train.
 The bandits took the two men from the engine cab and standing about thirty five feet from the locomotive, one of them fired three times at the headlight, hitting 1t twice but not ex- tinguishing it. Then they fired num- her of ahots alongside the coaches to Intimfdate the passengers and train crew. The conductor appeared on the scene, asking what the matter was, and one Of the bandits ered at him three times before he could escape. He was not hit.
 with their two prisoners. the two train robbers. one of whom Is descrih- ed as large and the other as small then went to the door of the mail car and 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 beside the engineer while one of the robbers forced the framan to help hIm put three sacks of registered mail into one large mall sack. This Ice threw out Of the car. The robbers then marched their pris. oners a couple of blocks ahead of the train and then told them 10 return. The bandits maae good their escape in the direction of Fort Logan but # is believed they really made their way to Denver. The train continued on to Santa Fe Junctien. where the news of the hold up was teiegraphed into Den yer.
 A half dozen secret service men went from here to the scene of the hold up and Chief Armstrong sent an automo- bile load of policemen to assist them.