Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-11-25
DEPOT ROBBED THIS MORNING

About two or three o'clock this
morning, Dewey Dolph, night opera
tor at the Union Pacific depot noticed
young man of suspicious character
loafing around the depot but he was
making no effort to create any dis
turbance or to commit any crime
About the time for train No. 1O4 to
arrive two of the McAtee children
came in and purchased tickets for
Ellsworth. At this time the young
man stepped up to the window and
asked for ticket to Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. Dolph turned to get the ticket
and announced the price As he look
ed again toward the customer he had
the thrilling sensation of gazing into
the small end of Colts automatic
over the ticket and the five dollars
which were in the cash drawer and
which had just been received for the
tickets to Ellsworth Mr. Dolph asked
the man behind the CUR. if he meanr
business and received an answer which
convinced him that there was no need
for argument and that the best thing
to do was to hand over the five bucks
and get out of the scrape as cheapIy
as possible as there was cons siderable
more money in the Office safe The
noid-up man then turned his gun to-
ward the McAtee children and told
them to get out. They did it. just
after that j. D. Lynn entered the
waiting room of the depot and the
desparado took turns of covering both
Mr.. Lynn and Mr.. Dolph with his gun
Dut became convinced that Mr.. Lynn
was not Dick'-an office-and
that he meant no harm At first glance
Mr. Lynn though he recognized the
man and asked him name. The reply
was that 1T is none of you d
business" to which Mr.. Lynn replied
that he did not wish to be impertin-
ent but that he thought he knew him.
Other conversation followed and the
hoid-up man apologetically explained
that he had nothing against the peo-
pie of the world but that he was trv-
ing to get even with the railroad com
pany for the way it had treated him.
ne allowed Mr. Lynn to transact his
business at the window without inter
ference At this time a gentleman and
a lady entered the depot and the Colts
was sind into the desparado's pocket
and he went out of the depot door.
but did not follow the desparado. He
went to the office of the Verbeck Lum-
Der Co. and called up Sheriff DeBoer
and Deputy Fox. They RESPONDED
promptly to the call but Mr.. DeRoer
did not arrive at the depot until after
train 1O4 had passed and the man had
gone out on it. Mr.. Fox met Mr..
Lynn at the Verbeck Lumber Office
and received a hurried explanation of
the situation Together they went to-
ward the depot and the hold-up man
was pointed out to Mr.. Fox Mr. Fox
went toward him acting as though he
would walk past but about the time
ne would have pulled his gun the 9th
er IeHoW beat him to it and flashed
out that Colts automatic again. Sher-
III Fox tried to engage the man in
conversation and to distract his atten.
ton and thus gain an advantage over
MN but the train pulled in a little
COO soon and the fellow backed to.
ward It, The porter realizing what
was up and in an effort to aid the
officers caught hold of the man. 1t was
the porters turn then to look dowr
the small end of the gun and he obey.
ed the order to let loose. The trair
pulled out and the desparado was =
passenger on it.
Word was phoned to officers at Ellis
and Hays and at each place an effor,
was made to arrest the man but each
time the officers obeyed the orde,
to ''get out" but at last reports the
hoid-up man was in the CUSTODY o1
the sheriff of Ellis county at SaIina
He will be brought back here tornor-
row Whether he Is the same person
who did it cannot be determined but
the front window of the Trego Mer-
camille Co. was smashed in and a bur
giar had crawled through the hole
leaving the foot prints on the goods
which were in the window His object
m entering the store must have been
TO secure some money as the only
thing disturbed about the store was
the cash register and this the burglar
found open and without money.