Show THIN secure rev registered orist ered package D said to have contained 30 and make their escape robbery occurred ath W th n eight M les of outskirts of colorado cap tal and two M les from fo fort rt logan tr ck being turned by three men denver almost within the city limits ot of denver at what Is known s military junction three masked robbers stopped eastbound denver rio grande passenger train no 4 known as the atlantic express en on saturday february 13 amid a fusil lade of revolver shots from one of the robbers the other forced the mall mail clerk to open the door of his car the robber then coolly searched every piece of registered mail in the car threw the packages he desired into a sack and jumped off oft at the point of r revolvers evo ivers the engineer fire man mall mail and baggage cleri s were marched up the track a distance then told to get bach back to their train the robbers then disappeared with their booty investigation by railway officials and the police show that at least 30 mas as secured by the robbers prom the manner in which the holdup was accomplished it Is thought possible that the rubbers robbers are the ones responsible for the holdup of the denver rio grande train last may when express messenger Messen gei bright was killed the robbery was remarkable tor for ts originality and daring it tool place within eight miles of denver within less than two miles of folt logan the united states military reservation and at a spot where hab stations are plentiful yet so thor ough was tle worl of the rob bers hers and so we well were their plans laid that they had fully an am horn houi and a halt half start of the officers it seems two of the robbers crawled over the tender of the engine and at the point of their pistols corn com belled the engineer to stop the train the engineer and fireman were then marched arched in to the mail car and ordered to call out the men in the car when they came out one of the robbers entered the car and secured all of 01 the registered mall mail the robbers out side keeping up a fusillade of shots which kept the passengers from in securing the registered packages the robbers disappeared and the engineer made a record run to the union depot where he reported the robbery and within a few min also notified noti fiel and posses started out from the army army post I 1 attleton itt leton and I 1 petersburg eters burg ites off officers leers in automobiles were hur arving to the scene fort logan was |