The sun., 1909-02-14
OLD TINE TRAIN HOLDUp.
as N,TURAL As IT. PRODUCED
~ 4 C0NEY IsLtND snow.

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lIlandIis Masked and Heavily Arn,cd--\n
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appears Grim FiE,Ees Knew
= Thcir Job This Happen cd In Colorado
DENVER, Col. Feb, is.-1hs Dsnver and
Rio Grande passenger and mail train
No was held up by two maaSed and
, heavily armed bandits esriy this morning
near Fort Logan. just south of Denver
After forcing the engine orow TO leave
the cab at the point OF their pistols and
to walk 10 the rear OF the train the bandits
gained entrance to the mail oar, whore
they selected thres registered mail
pouches and disappeared
g Ii is thought that the robbers we're
experienced railroad or railway mail men.
for they worked .ooplly and carefully.
, taking only the more valuable mail. They
are believed to have boarded the train at
Palmer Lake, riding on the blind baggage
and jumping 6i at Castle Rock TO avoid
detection whom the train stopped at that
I town. When the train pulled out again
. they rehoarded. and remained inactive
) until No twas within five miles Of Denver,
when they crawled over the tender and
compelled the engineer 10 stop the train.
One VI them. a grim figure, m,sSei
: and with a revolver 81 heavy calibre IN
: each hauI lannad on the ,npm ptive hefors
the 'uSc jnna- OF. ths iiccmla could plan
. anv resstlnr.. ani hal the mon covered
N q twnkHug: lI6 ordered them t.
. bring tho train 10 u stcr and then to leave
tho cat of the locomotive.
In tho meantime the other bandit had
tceu t'rin. "A Nollov of shots along The side
~ the train t. Intinnidatc tile passengers
and' the others Of the train crew When
the train had stoppei this man entered
. the mail car and after firing final volley
as warning his companion Joined him,
Inning the engineer and fireman up with
tha mai aCcnt aud his helper uld threat
eninE them With instant death ifthcy made
the slightest move.
The train was flying along az a forty to
fifty mile an hour clip when the fireman
and engineer were startled by the two
men who levelled revolverS at their
heads commanding them to stop. They
instantly obnved When the train was
~ A standstil one of the bandits said that
they rsre not at the right point and
ordered tie engineer to take the cars
'tes' uut'i told 10 stop. The tram had
advanced about half mile before it was
a,aih Drought 10 halt.
This time ~ was hut a few hundred
Yards from the junction that leads To
Fort Logan whlCu l. known as a military
I'!uctlon. The larger ofthe bandits covered
Engineer George Dunn. while the shorter
of the two covered Fireman LcssiE When
the twain. was stopped both men were
ordered tn get out Cf the engine. When all
four men were or tn" ground the bandits
marched the engine crew around in front
- the engine under the glare Of the eleC-
tric' headlight and the taller of the two
demonstrated his craftsmanship with u
rsy SlEsr by punGturlpg the glass in the
headlight twice IN three shots.
'rhe-fireman and conductor were led
80 the door Of the baggage car and told
10 call for the mail clerk. When the latter
opened the door he too was covered with
gun. The clerk and his helper were
unarlned and offered no resistance to the
bandits. -
The robbers seemed to know that when
Llttlcton Is reached all the mail is sorted
and Closed and that the registered pack
ages for Denver, IS well "a for points
east are in sepayrte sacks The men made
no effort to touch any express packages.
but made the. mail clerk. q X, Taylor
hand oyer all tl,e registered packages,
J: took only a few minutes for the rob-
bers to pick out the sacks of registered
mail Then they allowed the locomotive
crc-~-t~, return 10 their posts and ordered
them 10 put on full speed at once under
penalty Of being shot If there was any
UNI eCcssary delav
When the train had started away the
robbers fed striking Of across country
in the direction OF Fort Logan. The train
ran ~ the nearest telegraph station and
re7urted the robbery TO the police Of this
citv Chief OF Police Armstrong. together
with several men has gone TO the scene
ot the holdup with the hope Of trailing
the tsEdits ---v .-'.. -,-r ~. D..
The most important clue the police have
found Is 3 double seated rig with broken
whec which the robbers are believed 10
have abandoned on the Curkeph Hill
zoirR toward Fort Logan The horses
According to Fireman Oscar Lessic. the
bandits rIa- have committed murder
as wei as rohbcrv 4 tramp ia known tp
have heen riding on tho tender Of the loon
motive crhIt iraiih had passed. through
littleton about haf II mile when the fire.
mans attenuon. was attracted 70 three
flashes reHnCt.'d on the front ~ the mail
coach followed hv threa reports family
audible above the rOlr Of the hving train
Nhcr the train was stopped by the bandits
the tramp was nowhere 70 be seen When
Informed nf This the police notified the
ShnriT of Argpghoe county, aud II s'arch
Tor ne body H'onG the right OF wav has
bt--n begun The uatur.l presumption IL
that ihH robhors came Hnn> pcctedlv upon
th- tfanp, and Ia dispose ~ this obstacle
tuthrir plt,rs they killed him
Estimates of ~" amount OF bootv st.
curssJ by: iho robbers vary. On" of the
,neil bags IS said To bavo contained n
lundIe or curr0ncY shipped from u Snlt
Lake CITY bank and this is said TO have
coutltip.sl pu amoInt hetween 81 ,00O and
,j,WS. The value OC the remainder Of
the stolen mail has not vet been estimated.
PevCud the fact that the robbers se-
cured raokagc containing t95 ono cur
r"ncv and have lc't no clue to their iden-
thy there is no late Development in the
Gated that thev had Il confederate in
Colorado Springs who knew of the ship
ment Of the currency by hank there 10
the Denver bank. The robbers are be-
lieved 10 have secreted themselves in the
CITY or 90 have left on a morning train.