Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-08-10 | Page 1 | Think Robber Suspects Are Dead in Mine

I I Think Robber Suspects Are in Mine I IJ J Posse Expects to Find I Bodies In Gas Filled Fille Area PALISADE Cob Colo Aus Aug 9 The rho Th three fugitive Palisade postoffice robbery suspects who ho have been ben th tho thu object of ofa ofa ofa a siege of ot the mine for one ono week eek are aro ar belle believed ed to tobe tobe tob be dead This Thi w wis w s the th nn- nn an announcement made this after after- afternOon afternoon noon by Martin Wener Wenger post poet poet- po t office Inspector on duty at the tho thomine thomine mine with Ith Sheriff J Jeff Vatson atson and members or ot tie lle sheriffs s posse poss An exploration of oC the mine tOday failed to 10 I 1 any tiace of ot tho i dt oIt any within the tho The Thelast Thelast last trace wa was obtaIned obtain d late Friday when hen an exploring party parly reported foot foot- footprints toot print prints within feet of ot a section of the th mine mint to tobe tobe tob be tilled filled d with the tho th deadly black damp At that thai time the th footprints showed th thU I a Il tan n-tan and a is woman oman OlT had Lien l tray tray- traveling trav cling eling together within the mine the Iho th prints showing that apparently they tiry wd CI e nearly Members Member of ot the tho th posse Fri Fri- Friday Fri Friday day stretched lines ot of thread across the ilous III ious of the nino In an effort to do- do de determine termine If It the th made any movements c the night but an n investigatIon to- to today today to today day revealed that ron rone had been broken If It no further tr Cf of ot the trio Is I found soon oon members ot of tho the posse poss weal in gas cas hel- hel helmets met hl-met mets will w enter the section ot of the th mine filled d with the tho gas hopeful ot of there thre finding the bodies o of ot at t Oot the tho f 11 es Although no announcement of the th Identification Identification of the th has been mado made by the thu postoffice Inspectors they have hav de- de declared d dared they knew the tho th per per- persons persons per sons within the tho th mine and have havo also alio declared that they know the would rather per per- perIsh perish per perish ish within the th mine min than sur- sur surI lender sur-lender I mender ender to the th authorities One On of oC the th suspects suspect J I Is said raid to have havo been employed rot lit vari vari- various van van- vanous various ous times in the mint aloe and I Is 1 said lid to have hav known of the presence of the tho th gee ca pocket In the section of tho work work- workIngs workings work Inc Ings