The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-15
ROBBERS
WERE COOL
And Got About $4,000 From
the Train
-
WHICH THEY HAD HELD UP
Passengers Were First Inundated by
the Firing Of Several shOts-con-
ductor Had a Marrow
Escape.

Denver. Feb. l5--Denyer and Rit
Grande passenger train No, 4, from thu
west, while running at so miles an hour
was held up at s;i5 o'clock Saturday
morning between Fort Logan and Den
yer by two or three bandits Tor perhaps
four) two Of whom suddenly appeared
from the tender and compelled the en-
gineer and fireman to stop the train
The bandits took the two enginemer
from the cab and, standing about 80
feet from the locomotive, one OF them
fred three times at the headlight, hit
ting il twice, but not extinguishing it
They then fired number of shots along
side the coaches TO intimidate the pas.
sengers and train crew. The conductor
appeared and one OF the bandits fred at
him three times before he could escape
He was not hit.
With their two prisoners two of the
train robbers. one OF whom is described
as large and another as small, then
went to the door Of the mail car and
compelled the fireman to call out 10 the
riail clerks to open the door. There
were two clerks in the car. and they
were lined up alongside the engineer
while one of the robbers forced the fire.
man 10 help him put three sacks of reg.
Uttered mail into one large mail sack,
This, he threw out of the car The rob
bers then marched their prisoners a
couple of blocks ahead OF the train and
then told them TO return. The bandits
escaped in the direction OF Fort Logan,
but ii Is believed that they really made
their way to Denver.
That the hold-up was the work Of
three robbers and that the robbery of
the mail car gave them loot of possibly
So, 090, is indicated by the inyestiga-
ton Of the police and railroad officials.
So far no tangible clew to the identity
or whereabouts OF The robbers has been
found, but il seems probable that the
men went 10 Denver and are now hiding
in that city, Eighteen packages of
registered mail were stolen. One OF
these is said to have contained a large
sum of money, but until thorough
checking UP of the missing packages Is
possible the exact amount of the theft
cannot be ascertained
Tho 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 a spot where habitations are plenti-
full. Yet SO thorough was the work Of
the bandits and so well were their plans
hid that they had fully an hour and a
half start of the officers Search of
the vicinity of the hold up indicates
that third man and possibly a fourth
we're engaged in the robbery. that a
rubber. tired buggy was in waiting for
the actual hold .up and that torpedoes
and red. signal fires were used unsuc-
eessfnlly In an attempt to stop the
train before the automatic reyolvers of
tins two men on the engine tender suc-
ceeded in doing this.
The train proceeded to Santa Fe June
tien. where the news OF the holdup was
.telegraphed into Denver. A half dozen
secret service men at once went to the
scene of the holdup and Chief Armstrons
sent an automobile load of policemen
to assist in the search. The surround
ing country Il being secured. and the
troops at Fort Logan may be asked to
help. 4 horse and buggy was stolen
from farmer Id the neighborhood of
the holdnp, but whether BY the robbers
themselves or BY accomplicea has not
been determined
One Of the packages taken IL said to
have contained currency from salt
Lake city bank. In amount variously eli
timated at from $1,000 to $4,000