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Show TRAGEDY CAUSED : 8Y HJCHWAYMEH Two Masked Men Murder a Nevada Barkeeper and Take About $1,200 From the Place. 8hootlng Believed to Have Been Dono- . . by an ex-Convict Who Hated the Murdered Man. Indian on the Trail of Robbers and They Probably Will be Caugh Cobrc, Novadn. Two masked highwaymen high-waymen entered Hlllman's saloon at Cobro, killed tho night bartondor, J. II. Ollllam, and robbed tho cash register reg-ister and roulctto wheel of about $1,200. Tho men woro very cool and evidently old hnnds nt tho business. ; Ono of tho hold-ups entered Jho sa- . loon by tho front door. Tho man coming com-ing from tho rear door cntored a few stops ahead of his partner and ordered or-dered nil to hold up their hands. Ollllam Oll-llam did not seo tho other man coming com-ing lu nnd mado an nttempt to get hl.n rcvolvor from behind tho bar. Thu other hold-up was too quick for him, howovor. Ho fired whllo stlll-outsldo-tho door, tho bullet striking Gilliam ' n llttlo behind and abovo tho loft ear. Tho hold-up fired another shot, when somo ono yolled, "Don't shoot him any more, ho Is dead now." "Got behind be-hind there mid pull him out; let's sco If ho is dead," responded tho high ' wayman. Gilliam was carried out and laid la t tho rear of tho saloon, and died about!-n about!-n half hour later. Tho thugs then proceeded to ransack ran-sack tho register, securing about $75. after which they took about $1,100 from tho roulctto whool. Tho men loft the place and mado for tho hills t east of town. At daybreak every man who could net away started out to buut tho murderers. mur-derers. About 4 o'clock In tho afternoon after-noon word was received that an old 1 Indian from this place hod found I where they enmped and wns hot on their trail and expected to capture tho raon nt any tlmo. Ho has Instructions Instruc-tions from tho cherlff to Bhoot on sight Before coming to Cobro Gilliam was chief turnkey at tho Washington stato prlsoi, and it is believed that tho shooting was douo by an ox-convict of that place, as Gilliam had received re-ceived several threatening letters since coming hero from mon who had a gnulgo against him. A Ono of tho hold-ups wns hoard to i say before tho shooting, "I will kill that guy behind tho bar." |
