Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — DARING EXPRESS HOLD-UP. [ARTICLE]

DARING EXPRESS HOLD-UP.

Bobbers Secure $20,000 in Santa Fe Depot at Colorado Springs. At Colorado Springs, Colo., two masked bandits robbed the Wells-Fargo express office Monday night of $20,000. They presented revolvers to the head of Assistant Agent George Krout and compelled him to open the safe. After they had helped themselves they made their escape. The Santa Fe fast Chicago train arrived there at 9:42 and stopped. The agent, George Krout, stepped out on the platform to attend to the express matter, and after arranging everything waved his hand at the messenger on the train and it pulled out of the depot, south-bound toward Pueblo. Waving a parting salute to the messenger, who stood in the door, Krout turned to enter his own office. As he crossed the threshold he saw two forms in the far corner of tlio room. The men had flour sacks over their heads. Each figure held a revolver and as the agent entered he was ordered to throw up his hands and give up the money in tile safe. As the men spoke they emphasized their actions. The agent passed back into the room, where he was told te open the safe. When the robbers first entered the place they found a $15,000 package lying on the table. This Krout told them was all he had, but he finally admitted that there was $5,000 more in the safe. They forced him to open the strong box and give the $5,000, but when he closed the door he shut in $35,000 that the robbers knew nothing about. Krout was then made to undress himself and go to bed and cover himself up, and while lying there the thieves made their escape. The place where the robbery occurred is on the outskirts of the town east of the oity and is brilliantly lighted by great arc electi-ic lights on all sides. The place where the money was kept was in a small house two hundred yards from the depot and divided into two compartments.