| Show MIT BANDIT SHOT MAN FAITHFUL LAID LO LOW BY TRAIN ROBBER bold outlaw loots car single handed hande and makes good his escape with mth contents of the safe an unknown bandit entered the ex pre press ss car on the santa fe 1 passenger train monday moraine morning some time between 2 and 4 0 bloc clock shot express messenger evan 0 hot rob erts twice inflicting probably fatal in juries secured the contents of th the way sate safe and leaped from the ca car while the train was running at full tun speed the robbery occurred somewhere between needles and daggett cal but was not discovered unell the train reached the latter place plue conductor hawes opened the door of the ex 01 press car at daggett and found mea MOS roberta roberts lying on the floor ot of the e car in a semi conscious condit condition torl and the c contents of 0 the rifled rifted sate bats scattered about the car roberts was so seriously wounded that be he was uriab unable 10 to tell bow the robbery occurred except to say that he had discovered some one on the blind baggage shortly after the train left needles and had opened the door when the man whom be he took to be ab negro sprang inside and before the messenger could draw his revolver opened fire shooting and wo wounding undina him twice ono one of the bullets roberts in the left breaid pa pas saint through his body the other striking him in the right side roberts fell to the floor and the robber immediately went to the open way sate safe and tooh took what he wanted ot of the contents he ile then opened the door and leaped out roberts was so badly hurt that be he wag wa unable to make an all outcry the amount of money and valuable valuables secured Is not known at fit this time messenger roberts was brought to los angeles on board the tram train which arrived shortly after noon monday the way safe contained envelopes holding money and checks which were being sent to the general offices by station agents along the line banta fe officials in los angelea angeles decline to make any statement regarding the amount of money that wag was ithell to have been in the safe but ma maintain lotain that it was not large messenger roberts roberta W was as a rest resident dont of los Us angeles and was one of the oldest and most trusted employed emp loyes of the wells fargo company |
