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Castle Gate, Utah, April 22—About as
bold a hold-up as was every recorded in Utah
occurred at Castle Gate yesterday about noon, when
E.L. Carpenter paymaster for the Pleasant Valley
Coal Company was relieved of $7,000 in gold and
greenbacks by two highwaymen. The 12:26 Rio Grande
train had just arrived and the money turned over to
him and two assistants. As they were carrying it
across the street they were confronted by one of the
robbers who thrust a six shooter into their faces,
commanding them to drop the treasure and throw up
their hands. There was no alternative and the demand
was obeyed. The other robber was delivering a
fusillade from his six shooters during this time,
intimidating a crowd of about a hundred persons who
had assembled to meet the train. A third party held
the horses while the work was in progress. The three
men then rode off, making good their escape, headed
toward the San Rafel country.
The robbers had been loitering around
the town for a couple of days, spending a good deal
of time in drinking. The cool way in which they went
at the job is evidence that this was not their first
escapade. One of them is thought to be Butch
Cassidy, who was implicated in the Montpelier bank
robbery last year, and who was later cleared of
complicity in the murder for which Matt Warner is
now doing time. The others were not known. They were
dressed as cowboys and had the appearance of being
rough range riders.
The coal company has offered a reward
of $1,000 for the capture of the outlaws and another
$1,000 for the recovery of the money. |
