Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1893 — “DEAD SHOT” SIMPSON [ARTICLE]

“DEAD SHOT” SIMPSON

Brings Down Two Bold Bad Bandits, YFho Hatl Killed a Colorado Cashier and ltobbed the Hank of Della. The bank of Dalta, Colorado, opened for business as usual at 10:30, Thursday. Three mounted men rode up to the door and entering, quickly rushed up to A. S. Biachly, cashier, presented guns and demanded what money he had. The cashier refused to give it up. The robbers then made a grab through the window securing *SOO and opened tire, the cashier bclng instantly killed.. The robbers then fired at 11. H. Wolbert, assistant cashier, but missed him. The shooting attracted the attention of the citizens and Ray Simpson, a leading hardware merchant and a “dead shot, 1 ’ ran for his Winchester and started for the alley in the rear of the bank, where the "obbers had tied their horses. The robbers had started out of town when Mr. Simpson got there, but he succeeded in killing two of them hv shootthern through the head. A third shot killed one of the robber’s horses, and together man and animal fell to the ground. After killing two of the robbers Mr. Simpson continued after th third one, taking several shots at him, but without effect. Mr. Simpson then retur.iei to town and getting together a posse started at once in pursuit. Four hundred dollars were recovered from the bodies of the dead robbers. They were unknown and cannot be identified. They are both young, one being strikingly handsome. Mr. Biachly. the dead cashier. was an old resident, and leaves a wife and a large family of small children, the oldest being but fifteen years of age. Delta is the eounty seat of Delta county and has a population of BrtX