The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-22
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Riot Squad Answers Call of Sheriff-Machine Guns Used in Chase After
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DENVER, Col., Dec. 2l.--Pefice and other peace officers of northern Col orado tonight are engaged in m in tensive man hunt for four men in an automobile, suspected of being the bandits who Monday shot and lsillee Charles T. Linton. federal reserve bank guard, during gun fight in front of ths mint here in which they stole s200,000 in currency and es- capped. The hunt started this after noon when Henry Fuqua, farmer. residing about 20 miles east of Greeley, Col, 50 miles north of here. reported tor Sheriff Hall of Greeley that lie had encountered four heavily armed men in an abandoned house on his ranch.
 Sheriff Hall asked the Denver po- ! lice department for assistance The sheriff, six deputies and a stage rang CT, left for the farm house, while the Denver police departments armored riot car, equipped with machine guns and three automobile loads of off cers and detectives armed with sawed-off shot guns. left for Greeley, Asked for Water
 Later Sheriff Hall reported to Den yer by telephone that the men were at the ranch house. A few minutes subsequently,, Mrs. Gus Downer, re- siding just outside Greeley reported that about 2:90 o'clock this afternoon q man, who appeared 10 be greatly excited. asked for q pan of water and seme cotton. explaining that he had a man in his car who had been hurt.
 Mrs. powner told police officials he 1, a,.I car but that it was behind a shed. She gave the man pan of water and a roll of gauge which he took back to the car, the engine of which had been left running.
 few minutes later. she said, the car sped away on the Fort Ctllins road. She declared the car had the curtains down and that the occu- pants threw the pan out of the car as it went by the house.
 Reports from Kuner, Col, six mil es east of the farm house. were that q car closely resembling the description of the one given by Mrs. Downer had passed through there about 30 min utes earlier
 Finds Men in House
 Fuqua told Sheriff Hall that ho noticed signs of life about the house previously unoccupied and on exam ming found that some one was living in 1t. This afternoon he approached and knocked on the door, which was opened by man carrying a rifle in his hands. and wearing a cartridge belt. He asked what they were do- ing in the house informing the maa that it was his. The man declared that they were coyote hunters.
 Fuqua said another man similarly dressed appeared from around the corner of the house, He said he also saw two cthet hient inside it. The farmer asserted that while he was talking large touring car carrying two men and two women drove up He said that he was then told by the man at the door to leave the place under threat of death.
 The cars of Denver police are mobilized in Greeley awaiting further word from officers in the vicinity as to the direction to which the chase has turned.
 Posses from all northern Colorado towns guard the roads leading north ward and westward
 A posse headed by Sheriff Frank Smith of Fort Collins left on the road toward Greeley as soon as they had been informed of the appearance of the suspects car at the Downer home.
 Sheriff Hall returned to Greeley leaving 20 officers in the field.