El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-31
R0BBER VICTIMS
REACH FL PAS0
FL Paso Couple Among Those
Relieved Of Money and
Jewels Near Cline

Passenger train No. 9, Of the Calves
ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio rail-
road which was held up Wednesday
near Cline, Texas, and robbed. reached
El Paso early Thursday morning.
A detailed account OF the holdup was
given by j. g. Reaves, Of Kansas City,
a passenger on the train.
Mr.. Reaves, VINO is stopping at hotel
Sheldon, was wearing two carat dia-
mOnd set in a ring with the Masonic
emblem This ring was removed from
his finger. However, he had for
tunately hidden most Of his money so
effectively that the robbers were un-
able 20 discover it,
Antonio Zubirio and his wife, who re-
side at 1112 Montana street, FL Paso.
occupied berth lower y in one of the
Pullmans. They lost about $500 in
money and all their valuables were
taken. the robbers stripping them of
absolutely everything.
According to Mr. Reaves, the train
stopped to take on water at Cline,
which is 80 miles east Of SpOmOrd.
Just as the train started, two masked
meE clam bered on the back end Of the
train They held up the brakeman, who
was standing on the back platform,
and. after relieving him OF all valu-
ables. compelled him to precede them
through the Pullman cars and awaken
the passengers As each berth was
reached the brakeman flashed his Ian
tern into 1T and awakened the occupant.
One OF the men then thrust n revolver
into the travellers face while the other
searched his clothes and bedding.
The robbers showed great gallantry
in one instance. They came to one
berth occupied by a woman who was
unaccompanied by an escort. The rob-
bers not only declined to, take hef
Valuables hut also apOlOgized for haV-
ing awakened her, ReaVes said.
Mrs. J. Carson Of Houston, who with
her four months old baby occupied a
lower berth, became hysterical when
the robbers demanded her valuables
and the leader called out: Let her
60; she's only a baby Under her
pillow she had secreted $185.
Every person in the Pullman cars was
awakened and robbed. with three ex-
ceptons. Two men occupying an upper
berth were overlooked, as also was Leou
A EiVert, the general superintendent
of the Constitutional Railways Of Next
CO who was occupying a staterOom. Mr..
Eivert was returning to FL Paso from
san Antonio, where he has been ar
ranging large deal with the Gould
system for the leasing Of rolling stock.
After making their haul. which IS
estimated at about $1,000. the robbers
stood on the platform of the front Phil
man and kept everybody back. until
ready to get off Neither the engineer.
conductor nor brakeman in the front
end nor state ranger, who was in one
OF the front cars, knew anything Of
Lut IOuDeIy ulLll aILer IL was all over
When the train arrived within a
mile Of SpOffoTd. one Of the robberg
pulled the bell cord. Both men dropped
off as soon as the train slowed down
It was then that the conductor, investi.
eating the cause for the stop, learned
Of the robbery. He at once ran his
train into SpOfford and notified sheriff
Johnson.
A posse was organized and as soon
as horses could be saddled began pul-
suit Reaves declares that, despite the
TACT that most Of them had been robbed
Of everything they had. they had to %
hungry until fellow passengers who |
had been fortunate enough to have
some Of their money undiscovered, came
to their aid
Jose Martinez, a wealthy Mexican from |
Durango, who, with his wife and daugh- /
Ter, occupied the drawing room in the /
san Antonio sleeper, was overlooked !
lN the robbers, who missed between ]
$4,000 and $ 5000 he carried in money, |
besides jewelry Of great value So I
lated was Martinez when he discovered /
be had escaped that he distributed |
rom S25 to $3.50 to each Of the vic 1
inns.
Three men were engaged in the hold
Up, one remaining on the rear platform. I
while the other two went through the
ileepers.