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Show ATT fflPMTO - ill ff TWlN Engineer's Daring Act Saves a Train Near Colorado Springs From Robbery-1 wo Men Found in Hie Brush Are Arrested"Out law Intended to Rifle Passengers Colorado Springs, Colo., Sopt, 2. la a desperate attempt to holdup west bound Colorado Midland No. 3, four miles west of Divide, early this morning, morn-ing, an unknown bandit was Instantly killed b a rock thrown by Engineer Frank Stewart after he had shot tho engineer" in the leg. Sterling and Charles Martin, two i young men who were found near the scene of the holdup and are thought to havo been members of the band, are hell for Investigation as to their complicity In the robbery. Sterling Martin vns slightly wounded in the , head by a bullet. i The highwaymen crawled over tho tender as the train slowed up at a siding to meet the eastbound train, j As he stopped the train, Stewart turned turn-ed to see his fireman, Fanl Bachman. standing with his hands above his ( head and heard the robber say: I "Put your hands up quick or I'll blow your head off." The robber then forced both men to leave the engine and marched them before .him to the express car. According to the story told by Stewart, who was brought to a hospital hospi-tal here, the robber ordered them to tell the express messenger that they I were in peril of their lhes; that the train had been held up and that the I robber was determined to have tho money In the express car. Stewart i states that the robber fired several shots at the heads of passengers who looked out to see what wa-s happening happen-ing "When we got to the express car," seid Stewart, "my fireman dashed under un-der the car and crawled to the other side. The robber leaned under the car to shoot at him and. when ho took his eyes off me. I struck hiin with all my might with a rock I had picked up as I jumped off the tender. As I did so he whirled und shot at me. the bullet striking roe In the leg. I guess my Mow finished him for ho never moved after. I must have faint- id then for the next I knew the conductor con-ductor and express messenger and a group of excited passengers were standing about me." When the remainder of the train j crew heard the shota they seized weapons wea-pons and rushed to the head of the trnln firing as thoy came. Stewart wns given Immediate medical attention atten-tion by physicians who were on the traiu and was brought to Colorado Springs His condition Is not serious. Shortly after the holdup, SherlfT Von Phul and a posse scoured the country near the scene of the attempt and discovered the Mai tin brothers hidlng'ln the brush. Sterling Martin was dazed b a bul-, let wound In the head. He Is out on ine from the state reformatory.! The .Martins claim thy were riding the blind baggage and were beating their way to Grand Junction. They say Sterling Martin was struck by a strav bullet from the bandit's gun. Thev arc held for investigation. The .b ad robber wore a cloth mask and a gunnysack tied about his neck. He was armed with two cheap revolvers, revol-vers, which had evidently been unused un-used for some time The engineer and fireman say he spoke with a Swedish accent. I There was nothing on his person to Identify him. His body was left at the scene of the holdup until the arrival ar-rival of the coroner from Cripple Creel;. I There was no unusual shipment of j money In the express car but the ban illt told the fireman as they marched along the train that bo intended to riflp the passengers as well as the Vells Fargo box. |