Show SEES amo H U L U U P S new kind of dope shipped into thompsons Thomp sons WILD GOOSE CHASE FOR THE LOCAL OFFICERS GRAND JUNCTION colo may 25 an attempted holdup of denver and rio grande passenger train no 4 eastbound from ogden to denver early this morning was probably prevented by the prompt action of the telegraph operate operator rat at thompsons Thomp sons utah overhearing a conversation between suspicious looking characters regarding gold shipments from nevada usually sent to the denver mint on no 4 the operator immediately telegraphed to helper where deputy sheriff burge of carbon count county yand and a heavily armed posse boarded the threatened train the train was run through thomp ons bons without stopping but guards on train no 8 which followed immediately behind and which stopped as usual exchanged shots with a tramp at thompsons Thomp sons three boarded no 8 at thompsons Thomp sons but after bueing the guards lef left t the train at the next station no bullion was carried by either train thompsons Thomp sons is in the heart of the bad lands country formerly frequented by butch cassidy and other outlaws and und has been the scene of several robberies |