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Show MASKED MEN SHOOT DOWN GUESTS IN PUEBLO CAFE Desperate Attempt to Rob Fashionable Restaurant Results In Brutal Tra?cdj. - PUEBLO, March 18. A dailnr attempt at-tempt at robbery and brutal tragedy in the moat fashionable restaurant created creat-ed Intense excitement early last evening. even-ing. The robbers, two In number and both email men. wore black masks. They first entered , the back door of Loestau'i fine cafe opposite the opera-house, opera-house, advanced half the length of the long room and then went back. Presently Pres-ently they re-entered by the front door. One went to the cashier's desk, the other attempted to rob guests at the tables. He held a revolver toward Dr. J. H. Turner, who was eating his supper, sup-per, and told him to throw up his hands. The doctor was surprised and hesitated, whereupon the robber fired full In his face, killing the doctor instantly in-stantly and scattering his blood and brains all over, the corner of the cafe. Then the desperado attacked another guest, C B. Bishop, and ahot him in PUEBLO, Colo.. March 16. Charles Adams, an electrician, f " died today, from the effects ef a t 1 4- bullet wound received last night f at Louisteau's restaurant at the 4- hands of the masked robber who " f . shot and killed Dr. J. H. Turner, -f- TtfvtttT fTtf'fTTV the left side. Without securing any booty, the ruffians fled. Bishop was taken to a hospital and is In a critical condition. He came recently from Sugar City, where his brother lives. - Dr. Turner was about SO years old and from Iowa. He was a graduate of Princeton and of Rush, and has been here two years. - The robbers in their escapa were fired at by a policeman and his bullet perforated per-forated a plate glass, but thus far there Is no clu. . . |