The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-02
Engineers Daring Act Saves Train Near
Colorado Springs From RObbery==lwO Men
Found in the Brush Are Arrested=-.Out=
law Intended to Rifle Passengers

Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept q
in a desperate attempt to holdup west
bound Colorado Midland No. 3, four
miles west OF Divide. early this morn
ing. an unknown bandit was instantly
killed by rock thrown by Engineer
Frank Stewart after he had shot the
engineer in the leg.
Sterling and Charles Martin. two
Young men who were found near the
scene OF the holdup and are thought
TO have been members Of the band.
are held for investigation as to their
completely in the robbery. Sterling
Martin was slightly wounded in the
head by a bullet.
The highwaymen crawled over the
tender as the train slowed up at i
siding TO meet the eastbound train.
As he stopped the train. Stewart turn
ed to see his fireman, Paul Bachman,
standing with his hands above his
head and heard the robber say
Put your hands up quick or I'll
blow your head off.
The robber then forced both men
TO leave the engine and marched them
before him to the express car.
According TO the story told by
Stewart, who was brought TO hospl-
tai here, the robber ordered them 70
tell the express messenger that they
were in peril Of their lives: that the
train had been held up and that the
robber was determined to have the
money In the express car. Stewart
states that the robber fired several
shots at the heads OF passengers who
looked out 10 see what was happen
ing
When We got to the express car,
seid Stewart. my fireman dashed nm
der the car and crawled to the other
side. The robber leaned under the
car to shoot at him and. when he
took his eyes of me. | struck him
with all my might with rock ] had
picked up as | jumped of the tender
As | did so he whirled and shot at
me, the bullet striking me in the leg
4 guess my blow finished him for he
never moved after | must have faint
ed then for the next ] knew the con
ductor and express messenger and a
group OF excited passengers were
standing about me-
When the remainder OF the train
crew heard the shots they seized wea
pons and rushed to the head of the
train firing as they came. Stewart
was given immediate medical atten
tlon by physicians who were on tho
train and was brought TO Colorado
Springs His condition is not serious
Shortly after the holdup, Sheriff
Won Phul and a posse secured th'
country near the scene OF the attemp
and discovered the Martin brothers
hiding in the brush
Sterling Martin was dazed by bul
let wound IN the head. He Is out oil
parole from the state retormatorS
The Martins claim they were ridln;
the blind baggage and were beatinI
their way TO Grand Junction. Ihel
say Sterling Martin was struck oy
stray bullet from the bandits gun
They arc held for investigation.
The dead robber wore a cloth masl
and gunnysack tied about his neck
He was armed with two cheap revoI
vers, which had evidently been un
used for some time The enginee
and fireman say he spoke with
Swedish accent
There was nothing on his person I
identity him His body was left q
the scene OF the holdup until the az
rival Of the coroner from Crippl
Creek.
There was no unusual shipment q
money In the express car but the bar
dit told the fireman as they marche
along the train that he intended t
rifle the passengers as well as th
WelIs.Fargo box.