The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-07-17
P|OCHE NAN NARROWLY
MISSES BEING ROBBED

The Salt Lake papers of last Tues
day gives thrilling account of the
robbery of the Utah Hot Springs no.
tel, nine miles out OF Ogden, Mon
day night; the highwaymen getting
away with between $500 and $500
from safe used jointly by the ho-
tel management and the United
States postoffice at that point.
A number of guests of the hotel
lost their money, but according to
accounts, w. M. Nichols of Phoebe.
WHO had arrived at the hotel the pre-
v1ous day to undergo treatment at
the thermal baths for rleief from a
vicious attack of rheumatism, play
ed in luck; the robbers overlooking
roll of $500 belonging to him which
had been tucked away in one ccrnA-
OF the iron recepticle for safe keep.
ing, ep
IN Ogden dispatch says of the af-
fair:
Exhibiting recklessness seldom
displayed by highwaymen of exper-
fence, three masked men held up the
hotel at the Utah Hot Springs, ten
miles north OF Ogden, at 1890 O'Clock
tonight, and after shooting Richard
Barnett, the manager of the resort
through the right arm, pried open the
safe, used jointly by the hotel and
the United States postoffice at that
point, and got away with between
$500 and $780, About $500 of this
amount was in stamps and money
belonging tot he government.
six men were standing in the lobby
of the hotel when the hold-ups walk
ed in, with their faces partly cover
ed with handkerchiefs, and with au-
tomato reyolvers drawn. Seeing the
the place was going to be robbed, the
men standing in the hotel threw up
their hands at the command of one Of
the robbers. Although Barnett had
his hands up, one of the desperadoes
fired his pistol at him, 45-calber
ball passing through his right arm, be
tween the elbow and the shoulder.
With hammer and several cold CHS
els, one Of the trio quickly pried
open the drawers of the safe, the
door of which had been left standing
open.
About $500 belonging to guests
at the hotel, which had been left
in envelopes in one of the drawers,
was overlooked by the robbers in
their haste While the safe was be
ing rifled the other two robbers kept
up an incessant firing with their re-
volvers, narrowly missing guests ant
attaches of the place, who rushed tC
the lobby at the sound of the first
shots.
Il. A. Loofbourow, the masseul
at the resort, and Fred Payne, the
night Waterman, had narrow escapes
from being killed. Loofbourow, AL
bert Spaulding and Richard Barnett
were searched by one of the robbers,
while the others were at work on the
safe. Fifty dollars was taken from
Barnett, So from Loofbourow, and $4
from Spaulding. The ball fired at
Loofbourow passed within a few in
ches of his head and went through a
front window of the resort.
As Frank Dalby, an employee,
rushed towards the 1ffice with the
money belonging to the barroom, one
of the robbers shot at him. but he es
capped into one of the rooms and hid
the money Carl Nelson, the Ore.
SUI pHoIl llHe agent at ifOt springs
had SIG in his pocket belonging to
the company, which was overlooked
by the robbers.
A. G. Schilling of Cheyenne, a pas
senger conductor on the Onion Pacifi
narrowly escaped being killed in the
fusillade of bullets. Hearing the dis
charge Of the revolvers in the office
he rushed up and was fired at DELHI
erately twice by one of the robbers.
The walls Of the hotel office were
honey-combed with bullet holes
about twenty five shots having been
fired during the excitement