Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1907 — ROUTS SIX BANDITS. [ARTICLE]

ROUTS SIX BANDITS.

CRIPPLE PUTS STAGE ROBBERS TO FLIGHT./ pMWiirm from Colorado Stare Are Lined Ip for Robbery When Horseman Dashes I'p and Saves Them—Latest Intelligence. v__. Six masked men. armed with rifles and L revolvers, attempted to rob the Boulder*. 1 Nederland stage about 6 o'clock as it seas returning from the Tungsten Camp,to Boulder, Colo., filled with passengers. Brave before unarmed mnn. the whole sang was put to flight by the timely ap—pea ranee of R. B. lluggert, a cripple, the, riding boss of the Colorado Eastern Power Company. Drawing his revolver, Huggert charged the bandits and drove them in flight up the rocky walls of the cAnyon. The daily Nederland stage, driven by J. T. Carmack of Boulder, was coming down filled with passengers, all carrying a large amount of cash, The horses rounds ed a bend at a gallop, when six masked men stepped out from behind the bushes and, surrounding the stage, ordered the driver to hadt and the passengers to disembark. All complied with alacrity and lined up with, their hands above their heads. It was just at this point that Huggert appeared on the scene, and the robbers fled in terror.

BASE BALL STANDINGS. Games Won and Lost by Clubs In Principal Leagues. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Chicago ....53 17 Boston 28 37 New Y0rk..40 25 Cincinnati ..29 40 Pittsburg ..40 26 Brooklyn ...29 41 Phil’delphia 37 29 St. Louis.... 16 57 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Chicago ... .44 23 New York.. .31 34 Cleveland ..44 26 St. L0ui5....28 43 Detroit ....37 28 Boston .....25 42 Phil’delphia 37 31 Washington. 22 41 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Toledo 46 29 Milwaukee ..35 41 Columbus ..44 2S Louisville ...34 40 'Minneapolis 42 32 St. Paul. .31 44 Kansas City. 36 3S Indianapolis 32 48 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Des Moines.4o 27 Denver .....33 32 Omaha ....42 S 3 Sioux City. .28 42 Lincoln ....38 32 Pueblo .... .27 42

Foretold His Own Death. Benjamin F. Zercher, nged 80, the wealthiest land owner and farmer in Wayne county, Ohio, died the other night. Zercher six months ago, although in excellent health, told his family that he was going to die within six months, and as he did not want his heirs to have trouble over certain property, went to work and gave to each of the four children living and two grandchildren lands and cash to the value of $20,000. Throws Gasoline on Flames. In a frantic endeavor to save a windmill at Pemberville, Ohio, from destruction by fire, Harry Hobart, aged 7, flung a pailful of gasoline, mistaking it for water, upon 5-year-old George Hobart's biasing cap, which the latter had hurled from his head to the floor of the mill. Folly half of the contents of the path splashed upon George, enveloping him in flame. He died. Fish In Lakes More Plentiful. The present season promises one of the largest catches of fish recorded in many years. The usual output of the great lakes for several years past has been close to 150,000,000 pounds annually, but this season fish seem to be more plentifnl and the catch will be much iSrgerthanusuan Wreekers Get Prison Sentences. The tellers of the defunct Enterprise National bank of Allegheny. Pa., convicted of making false entries and misapplication of funds, were sentenced to prison in the federal court, as follows: Edward P. MeMillen, six years and six months; Charles Menzemer, five years and six months. Consequence of New Law. Railroad passengers traveling between points in Illinois and lowa are forced to leave their trains at the lowa State line, and besiege ticket offices in a .wild scramble to get transportation at the 2-eent rate, as provided for by newly enacted laws. Do Not Like Exclusion Law. Washington has heard that Japan will “insist” that the United States strike the exclusion clause frdm the next treaty, and considers the movement of battleships to the Pacific an indication of how the government will reply to the demand. Two Dio from Treatlo Collapse. John Sacuski, aged 31 years, and George Koeki, aged 24 years, died at the Emergency hospital in Homestead, Pa., as jGie result of injuries received by ths edrapse of a trestle at Unity, Pa. Two Drown In Ohio. A. C. Thompson and Newton Gavltt of Alton, tea miles east of Columbus, Ohio, wers drowned in Big Darby creek aa ths rssult of ths capsizing of a boat. Teller’s Steallagi Recovered. Betrayed by a woman on whom he lavished money, the defaulting teller of a New York bank was arrested in a flat in that city and $54,000 of the money hs Stole was recovered. Famous Bandit Is Released. Emmet Dalton, serving a life sentence la ths penitentiary in LeavenworA, Kan., for his participation in ths famous Coffeyville raid of the Dalton gang, was released by Gov. Hoeh on n temporary , parole that be might undergo an operation on his dm.