Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-03
With Good Shot with a
Rock by an Engineer.
Had Held Up Train and About
To Rob Express Car.
Engineer Shot Ia lsg...Two sus-
poets Taken, One Wounded.

Colorado Springs, Col. Sept. 2.-In a
desperate attempt to hold up the west
bound Colorado Midland train No. 3,
four miles west of Divide, early this
morning, an unknown bandit was in
stantly killed by rock thrown by En-
glneer 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, are held for investigation as
to their completely in the robbery.
Sterling Martin was slightly wounded
In the head by bullet.
The highwayman crawled over the
tender as the train slowed up at sid
ing to meet the eastbound train. AS
he stopped the train, Stewart turned to
see his fireman, Paul Bachman, stand
ing with his hands above his head and
heard the robber say: Put up your
hands or I'll blow your head Off"
The robber then forced both men to
leave the engine and marched them be-
fore him to the express car.
According to the STORY told by Stew
art, who was brought to hospital
here, the robber ordered him to tell the
express messenger that they were in
peril of their lives. that the train had
been held up and that the robbers were
determined to have the money in the ex-
press car. Stewart states that the rob-
Der fired several shots at the heads of
passengers who looked out to see what
had happened. -
when we got to the express carr
said Stewart. my fireman dashed un-
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 off me, struck him with all my
strength with a rock 1 had picked up
AS I Jumped off the tender. AS I did
so. he whirled and shot at me, the bull
let striking me in the leg. l guess my
blow finished him. for he never moved
after the rock hit him. I must have
tainted then for the next I knew the
conductor and express messenger and
group of excited passengers were
standing over me-"
When the remainder of the train
crew heard the shots they seized weap-
ons and rushed to the head of the
train, firing as they came.
Stewart was given immediate medi-
cal attention by physicians who were
on board the train and was brought to
Colorado Springs His condition is not
serious.
Shortly after the hold-up Sheriff
Won Publ and a posse secured the
country near the scene of the attempt
ed holdup and discovered the Martin
brothers hiding in the brush.
Sterling Martin was dazed by a bull
let wound in the head He is out on
parole from the state reformatory. The
Martins claim they were riding the
blind baggage" and were beating their
way to Grand Junction. They say
Sterling Martin was struck by a stray
bullet from the bandits gun. They are
held for investigation.
The dead robber wore a cloth mask
and a gunnysack tied about his neck
He was armed with two revolvers
which evidently had been unused for
some time. The engineer and firemen
say he spoke with a Swedish accent.
There was nothing on his person to
Identify him. His body was left at
the scene of the hold-up until the ar
rival of the coroner from Cripple
Creek.
There was no unusual shipment OF
money in the express car. but the ban
dit told the fireman as they marched
along the train that he intended to
rifle the passengers as well as the
Wells Fargo Express box.