Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-09 | Page 1 | Bandit Dies in Effort to Hold up Gambling House

BANDIT DIES IN EFFORT TO HOLD UP GAMBLING HOUSE Los I Angeles Angele Cal Cal Nov No 8 A special fron Phoenix Phonix says One Om bandit kill km killed d dand and one on wounded was the te result resul of an attempt by three tre masked to hold up the gambling houss boUS Of tit Deel pe 1 Co Ce C last Jt night at Naco Waco a anaU small but butt tough t Ari 1 own dead ded lt has h b be 4 Jd as 35 s Wilt Will Wi Cra Cravens yeas vens of o Dog Do Springs ingS o afT r He e was wasa a cow rw puncher p Jer with wih a a fair record and a member of a wealthy welty and respectable New Mexico Mex family A group of gamesters and loungers gou o gm pointed hands toward the sky when the th desperadoes entered the sa saloon s saloon loon lon at a late hour and abruptly de demanded demanded Hands up up Cravens ap approached preached the roulette table and pro proceeded proceeded to fill fJ a bag bg with ih the bank roll amounting to t several thousand dollars B E P Ellis Em whipped w out outa a revolver be before b before fore fo a a movement ipp was detected by the robbers bb and Cravens fell el dead when he heI Shot The other bandits were demor demoralised demoralised I alZ and Oed lied in disorder One of them was wa wounded by another bullet bulet from Ellis Elite Eli revolver They reached reache their horses hol which were hitched in inthe inthe the brush and rode for the mountains closely co followed by a posse pose which had hd been hastily humy organized The chase cb was exciting the t pursuer coming cing so s close cl to the quarry several times that shots were exchanged The robbers have a fair chance of or making their way into the mountains the stronghold of bandits but trailers may my dislodge them after a R light fight fh L