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Print Archive: Ogden
Standard Examiner 03.06.1903
Kidnapping of Roosevelt
Wyoming officers are on
a lively chase after a notorious character, Laughing Dick Carey. The extra
effort, at this time, to capture the outlaw is inspired by a desire on the
part of the authorities to rid Wyoming of so undesirable a person, prior
to the coming of President Roosevelt for a spring hunt in the mountains of
our neighboring state. The connection between the bandit and the
President’s hunt is not plain, unless officials have discovered a plot
on the part of Carey and his Hole-in-the-Wall gang to kidnap the President
and hold him for ransom.
The nation would be
treated to a most sensational event if the President were captured and
hurried away to some remote rendezvous of the outlaws of Wyoming, there to
be held until released by ransom or rescued by the combined efforts of
federal and state forces. “Butch” Cassidy and his gang would not
hesitate to take the chance involved, if the opportunity presented.
The Union Pacific, for
a number of years had armored cars run between Evanston and Rawlins,
expecting an attack from the Hole-in-the-Wall bandits. Desperadoes who are
waiting for a chance to attack the treasure trains of the railroad, would
not shrink from the task of attempting to capture Roosevelt, while the
President is on a hunting expedition.
With
the President held prisoner in a fastness of the Rockies and troops
hurrying to the scene, Wyoming would come to be looked upon as a land of
brigandage and outlawry, rivaling the Sahara or the mountains of Bulgaria.
Source:
Utah
Digital Newspapers (http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/)
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