| Show MONEY SACKS FOUND Discovery Made in Wyoming May lead to Capture of Dar Daring ing Train Robbers Special to The Herald Saratoga Wyo Vo July 27 A startling discovery was made Friday in the dense woods on the head of ot Cow Co creek by es of the Grand Encamp Lake tramway which may throw some light on the TIpton train robbery and possibly lead to the capture of the bandits While Edward Rankin R son of J S J G Rankin the pioneer resident of or Car Carbon Carbo bon 1 bo on county and some companions were walking through the woods from one tower to another on the aerial tram tramway tramway way they the sat down on a log to rest resL Young Rankin was sitting near one end of the fallen tree and observed five fie canvas money bags lying on the ground gr nd The men examined the sacks and found them to be the kind used by banks They had bad been sealed with wax waC and the seals were broken They were marked ma ked and gold and the letters C H The sacks were badly bleached and looked M as though tho gh they the had lain where found round for two to toor or three years Some of the marks were very cry dim the ink having haing been I washed out ou by bv storms The sacks were were brought to town ton and will win be sent to the officials of the th Union Pacific at either Denver or Omaha for identification The Tipton train robbery occurred early In the summer of 1900 1000 when a westbound express train was held beld up in the Red desert west treat of or Rawlins by lIve masked men menThe menThe menThe The baggage car and mail cars were cut off from the balance of the train and run ahead a distance of five fie miles to a lonely lonel spot in the desert Here the robbers dynamited the ex cx express express I press car and treasure safe sare It was never known just how bow much mone money j I was secured as the officials would no not notI I give out the figures It is known however that the robbers secured sev sen several se eral sacks of or gold as trainmen saw them carrying the money away One sack was cut open in the ex cx express e press car and some of or the gold pieces were scattered about The bandits escaped to the moun moan mountains mountains In the vicinity of or Battle Lake and it is presumed that they the met iii the forest and divided the spoils at the spot pot where the empty empt money bags were found yesterday |
