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Show Train Robbers Shoot D.&R.G.W. Employe ALAMOSA Colo., Feb. 18. Two masked men robbed the express car of an castbound Denver and Kio Grande V'-Mvrri in'in about 'wo miles east of here tonight, shot Express Messenger Gomez when he resisted, , and escaped. Gomez was brought here. He is thought to be seriously wOunded. ' The amount of the loot taken by ihe robbers is unknown The bandits ; after shooting Gomez hurriedly filled their arms with packages, pulled the bell rope, Jumped off when the train slowed down and dil ippeared. A posse under Sheriff John Dauniaster has started In pursuit. The two robbers are thought to have boarded Ihe train here. When I the i rain hud proceeded about two miles from town, the robbers broke through the end ot the expre s car, W hen Gomez attempted to resist, (he I shot him. it Is believed Gomez Is fatally wounded The train, No 116, consisted of two express and mail c.irs and three passenger coaches The robbery occurred about S : 45 p m. Gomez was alone in the express i car. After Ihe robbers had completed their work they pulled the bell rope The engineer stopped the train i.nd v. em to . t , -. . v. hui ,u.d happened He fouud Gomez on the floor ol the express car in a pool of blood. Gomez, whose first name is Marquiz. wA shot through the breast At an AlihlOBa hospital, Where hi was taken, It was said the bullet had lodged under the breast bone and little hope for his recovery was held out He Is i married His wife IJves in Durango, Colo. M G Melchi. railroad agent here announced that a number of rail- I road pay cheeks and securities worth several thousand dollars are missing. He said there ns un way in fix the exaet -palue of the loot until a com plete checkup has been made |