Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-02
TRAIN ROBBER
KILLED WITH ROCK
Engineer Frank Stewart of Colo
RADIO Midland Did It After He
Was Shot by Him.
THEM He FELL IN A FAINT
CONDITION Not Scrious-Reforn,ot
Parole l. arrested ON
Suspicion.

''''au' Springs Colo. Sept. 2-In
desperate attempt to hold-up vos,-
pound Colorado Midland No fo,,..
miles west of Divide early This No.,
'.-,' '' unknown bandit was instantlv
H.'''u by rock thrown by Engineer
FRANK stewart after he mad shot m.
engineer IN the leg
sterling ana Charles AI,,ti, ......
young men who were found ,,.. a.
scene OF tho hoid-up ana are tbor,.h.
nave nccn members Of the band aro
",'d Tor INVESTIGATION as To tbair aor,
p"'itv IA the robbery. Sterling NJ.
S'n was slightly wounded in tho -,
bN bullet III 1he mead
- hIshWaymaD crawled over t,.
i," oN IN, trdIn slowed IN at a ala
.,s 20 meet the eistbound train 49,
sS' 'tsd tnr train Stewart turned to
nus hreWau. Paul Bachtran - ~
ING with hts hands above bis H., s,ai.u
H'dId IN" rObbcr say. '''u anu
ID, iui up your hands uuick or I'm
DION your head or ''''N OF III
Inc lobher then forced both mon ~
befor. XIX, Isine and marched them
'' MN 10 the express car
ENGINEERS STORY
According 10 tho story told h, e,...
"ll VINO was brought TO a hosrIt,t -
Wv Iopber ordered them To- ton ,h.'
rN,tt, messenger that they were i'm
peru Of their lives. that IN. trof,i -,
3e.h ned mp and that the robbc,. ,,'',.
u,tvIinIncd to have the money In ~
,NpIeSS car. stewart states that H.
runner hred several shots al the besd-
~ passengers who looked out 10 Soc
"uaL was happening.
When We got To tho ovnros. 90. D.
sald stewart my fireman dashed ~,
T inc car and crawled to tho other
sue. lho robbcr leaned under r.
car 10 shoot At him and when he tool,
,lIS eyes on me, ! struck him with ali
m,' i''E,ll WIN a rock had picked up
as jumped on the tender. Az
ulG so me whirled and shot al mo mo
puH't striking me I'm the leg I g,,ess
my bloW finished him. for no He,.a,
moved after the rock hit him rn,,st
nave iainted then, for the next / knew
a,,a ''"uuctor and express messenger
a , group Of excited passengers
We're standing about me %
n'n the remainder OF the train crew
neafd the shots they seized ,vcanors
9nu rushed TO the head OF the train
nt.inB dS theN came Stewart was given
HHiledlate medical attention by phvsI-
Glans who were on the train. ana Tas
93itousht To colorado Springs. His CON
dltion is not serious
TWO SUSPECTS.
shortly after the hoId-up. sheriff Va,
fHul ana a posse secured the countr,-
near the scene OF the attompt and ais
covered the Martin brothers hiding in
the brush '7 III
sterling Martin was dazed bv buI-
let wound I'm the head He is ont an
parole from the state reformatory. The
Martins claim they were riding Tho
blind baggage ana were beating thor
way To Grand Junction They sa,.
sterling Martin was struck by a stra,
bullet from tho bandits gun They ar.
held for Investigation
Tho do10 robhcr wore cloth mspL
ana "a gunnysack tied about his neck
He was armed with two cheap revolv-
trS. which had evidently been unused
lor some time The engineer ana
hreman say he spoke with a Swedish
accent
There was nothing on his person In
IDENTIFY him His body was LEFT AZ
the scene of tho hod-up until the ar
rival ~ the coroner from Cripple Creek.
There was no unusual shipment of
money iu tho express car. but the ham
at told the fireman as they marched
along the train that he Intended To-
rlHc the passengers as wen ms the
Fargo box