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Show MURDER CHARGE FACESJANDITS 'Drug Store Cowboys' Give Up Hope LAS CRUCES, N. M.. Nov. 26 iJPi Two young eastern "drug store cowboys," whose Thanksgiving day attempt to hold up a crack trana-1 trana-1 continental train contained all the elements of a western fiction "thriller." told their story from a ' jail cell again today as officers preps pre-ps red to file chsrges. I District Attorney Martin Threet said the two. Henry Lorenz. 22. of Manitowoc. Wis., and Harry. Dwyer. 27. of Digby county, Canada, bad admitted firing the shots which claimed the life of one man before a crowd of enraged train passengers joverpowered them as they attempt-led attempt-led to flee the train. I Threet said he had not "had the time" to file chargea. but he indicated indi-cated this would be , done soon. !"I intend to file chsrges of train j robbery and murder," he said. ! Lorenz and Dwyer were brought .here last night from Deming. They were taken from the Southern Pacific Pa-cific train there yesterdsy. bruised i 4Ceatl"nr1 nn P.sr Twef v iColuaui Two! Here's a Real Stop Watch : Til Ji i THIS WATCH STOPPED A BANDITS BULLET Jose Rodriguez exhibits old-fashioned timepiece, dented by shot fired In train robbery attempt Train Bandit Pair Faces Robbery, Murder Charges (Continued from Pas Ont) and bleeding, their cowboy clothes torn, after passengers thwarted their holdup. ' The body of W. L. Smith, El Paso, Texaa, yardman who was wounded fatally In the crowd's scuffle with the bandits, was sent to his horn, today. "There Is no chance of our beating beat-ing the law," Lorens and Dwyer were quoted as saying. "We know we're both where we belong." They were both In New York, they told officers who questioned them, when they decided to see the west They spent some time in El Paso, where they bought horses and cowboy regalia. Then they went to Deming. in southwest New Mex-lea Mex-lea near the Mexican border. They spent several weeks there, returned to El Paso and planned the train holdup to obtain seeded funds. Near Mt. Smith one drew a gun, forcing Conductor W. M. Holloway to the front of the train. Brake-man Brake-man Jim Velsir next was directed there and both were guarded by one bandit while- the other proceeded pro-ceeded through the train, removing money and valuables from the 190 passengers. Stop" Order Given Near Hachita. N. M., they commanded com-manded the brakeman to signal the train to stop and tried to leave the front coach. That was the signal for the general fight. Smith, who waa one of the first to grapple with the bandits; Roger Moon, 39, husky Southern Pacific yardman from Douglas, Aril., and Sipple Webb, 85-year-old El Paso negro who tripped Dwyer as the latter ran up the coach to aid Lorens, Lo-rens, received liberal praise from the train's passengers for the part they played In capturing the pair. jnooa uniKRiu on ownuu uncun- scious, than went to ths aid of Smith, who had been fatally wounded. Fingerprints Taken Sheriff Jose Vlramontes of Las Cruces said he had learned that Lorens is a native of Frankfurt, Germany, and Dwyer a native of Nova Scotia. He said he was sending send-ing their fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation at Washington. Wash-ington. Dwyer today was suffering from a severely lacerated mouth. His laft aye, badly cut, was closed. Lorens Lo-rens complained volubly of the rough treatment dealt out by the passengers. |