Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-09-20
DALLAS GIRL HAS THRILLING TIME
WHEN CAPTURED BY DEsPERADOES IN
COLORADO; SH { RELATES DETAILS

las, Tex, had thrilling experience
in Denver the other day. according to
the Rocky Mountain News, with the
bandits who are alleged to have Kill
cd John W. Rowan. Colorado
Springs detective. and shot and in
jured John ID Riley, a constable from
that city. Later the alleged bandits
caused reign OF terror IN Denver
and In the street fights there. one
patrolman was killed
These men are alleged to have held
up Missouri. Kansas and Texas
train near Koch, Kan. on the night
OF July TO- Several passengers were
wounded by the promlscuous shoot.
ink OF the robbers.
Miss Gates experiences as related
In the News follows
Thrilling Experiences Related.
Miss Mildred Waco Gates of Dial.
las. Tex, held up and taken a prison
or by the bandits Friday night. has
had an experience that few girls
would care for. but IN her rooms at
the Albany hotel yesterday she said
she was thankful that she had esq
capped with her life. The same was
the expression OF " ID otter. her
companion.
Miss Gates and her mother have
been spending the summer at the
Albany They spend every summer
III Denver and both are widely known
in the city. Miss Gates Is prominent
socially In her home town Of Dallas
and also In Kansas city. where the
family make their home during some
OF the winter months Her father
presented her with q Hudson Super
six early In the summer and In this
car she and her mother motorcd Ia
Denver. Since coming here she has
spent much OF her time motoring
around Denver with her friends
Come Upon bandits.
Friday evening. Miss Gates. with
Mr.. otter, a Chicago travelling man.
stopping AT the Albany hotel and who
il an old friend, were returning to
Denver from motor trip 10 Wash
ington park and around Country club
place.
1T was about $3.50 that we came
down Speer boulevard past the Coun-
try club and We had reached the en-
trance to the club grounds when we
saw a car stopped al the side OF the
road" said Mr. otter AS we came
up. we saw two men In the road and
woman In the car, which was a
Buick One Of the men stepped out
and held up his hand rs a signul to
stop. Miss Gatrse promptly stopped
her car. thinking the man was In
trouble with his auto aud wanted
assistance.
The man asked us n We could
direct him to Thirty second avenue
and Corona street and We replied that
we could not. as we did not know the
route. hut we gave him general dircc-
tions II was quite dark aud We did
not notice the secand man step from
around the car We saw him. how
ever, az he cane up 10 us
Held Up ON Road
we heard the command to hold up
our hands We turned and the man
was standing beside our car with his
revolver pointing al as At the same
time. the first man raised his re-
yolver.
y thought they wanted money and
reach In my pocket for some change
when the man ou the ground rap
ped me on the jaw with the butt of
his gun They told as To hurry and
one man jumped on our car The
woman loaped out of the Buick aud
Joined the two men.
The men commanded us 20 turn
over our iewelry and money, which
We did, Miss Gates. however. drop.
ping q ring into her waist and a
ring into my trousers
THE two mon and the woman
climbed into our car, leaving their
own car IN the road ana We were
told 10 get back In the tonueau
which W, dii. The woman climbing boz
with "a She had a revolver We
were ordered 90 70. down lu the ton
ueau. and We sac down aud they
threw q robe over u.s.
beat Her brains Out.
The two men lcaned into iHr
front seat Tho one az the vh...
stepped on the car and W. flashed
down Speer boulevard tor a way aud
then turned 40 toward Capitol hUl
I AZ Collar avenue We turned east
The car vas sent forward az high
speed. on out The avenue. pas' Au.
| rora and On oter the hIIIa f. fHs
prairie east Of Aurora about twenty
miles
"Onoe the curtain on the car flap
ped and the woman called attention
no % and one Of the men reached
back and tore 10 OF. Miss Gate.
asked him not 20 destroy her car and
he told her % shut up or b. would
beat her brains out.
Whom we got out on tho praIrr
the car stopped and the men sDofa
/ quietly wiih each other. Then the