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Print Archive:
Rawlins Republican 06.07.1899
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OFFICERS ARE AT ROBBERS' HEELS |
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Sheriff Jos. Hazen, of Converse County, Fatally
Shot. |
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Robbers Surrounded but
Escape in the Darkness--Fresh Horses Stolen--
Capture Expected
Tonight.
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Republican.] |
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Cheyenne, Wyo.,
June 7, 3:38 p.m. courier from posse arriving at
Casper at noon reports men at robbers' heels,
expecting to capture them this evening. Union
Pacific authorities will spare no expense in
capturing robbers, and the murderers of Hazen.
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| HOT ON THE
TRAIL. |
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| Since last Friday
morning the several possess sent out from various
points have been hot on the trail of the hold-ups
who dynamited the train at Wilcox on that date. The
party in charge of Special Officer Wheeling of the
Union Pacific, with whom is Deputy Sheriff Horton,
Ed Rankin and Chas. Aggers from Rawlins, followed
the trail from the place of the hold-up for a
distance of forty miles across the Laramie plains to
a point about twenty miles south of Glenrock where
it was lost. This posse reached Casper Sunday
morning and got fresh horses. While there a sheep
herder came in and reported having run across the
three robbers, as they were cooking breakfast in a
ravine about six miles west of Casper. The robbers
held him up with a Winchester and ordered him to
leave. A posse was at once formed by Sheriff of
Natrona and Converse counties and a pursuit
commenced. The men came up with the robbers about
fourteen miles north of Casper. The country is rough
and broken, beginning the rocky foothills of the
extreme northern slope of the Big Horn range
sparsely covered with pine timber. |
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| Shots were
exchanged between the pursuers and the pursued but
none of the posse nor, as far as is known any of the
robbers were injured. The posse however, had three
of their horses killed. E. T. Paton, correspondent
of the Denver Republican, reports one of the party
and had a horse shot under him, the ball just
missing his leg. The robbers fled and were pursued
until nightfall, when the posse went into camp. |
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At daylight,
Monday, fifteen strong, they again took up the
pursuit, a second posse of ten men left Casper
at three o’clock Monday, and it is understood
here that a party left Buffalo Monday to
intercept the robbers before they reached their
rendezvous, which is about sixty-five miles
south of Buffalo the robbers are headed toward
Powder River, and are undoubtedly making for the
Hole-in-the-Wall which is located in Johnson
county. near the northeast corner of township 41
north range 84 west, and about twelve miles east
of the Big Horn county boundary and four miles
north of the Natrona county line. The Laramie
men tracked the men to a point ten miles north
of Casper. It is believed the robbers divided
into two parties of three each one crossing the
Platte at Glenrock, and the other at Casper. No
report has been received of the party which is
supposed to have crossed the Platte at Glenrock.
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| SHERIFF HAZEN
SHOT. |
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| Chief Clerk
Anderson of Supt. Harris office in Cheyenne received
a report from Casper yesterday afternoon which
stated: |
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| "Sheriff Hazen of
Converse county, one of the bravest and most
efficient and successful sheriffs of the west, was
seriously wounded in a fight with the bandits. He
was brought to Casper to-day and Supt. Harris had
him taken to his home in Douglas in the special
train of the Union Pacific which was at Casper. The
official's wound is serious, but his recovery is
hoped for." |
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| Upon receipt of
this news. Dr. Barber left Cheyenne on a special
train to attend to the sheriff who is one of the
most fearless officers in Wyoming. It is stated, the
robbers used smokeless powder, and have a Krag
Jorgenson rifles. |
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| HAZEN'S WOUND
IS FATAL. |
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| Cheyenne, Wyo.,
June 6----Josiah Hazen, sheriff of Converse county
died at his home in Douglas this evening, from a
wound received last evening in the second fight with
the Union Pacific dynamiters |
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| POSSE FROM
HERE. |
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| On Friday Sheriff
McDaniel organized a posse here consisting of Wm
Daley, Chas. Cobb, F. H. Farris, Dan Healey, J. C.
Graham, and Tom King, and left for the north
arriving at the Stone ranch about 2 o'clock Saturday
morning where they were joined by Jas. Fenley. Chas.
Cobb left the party there and went towards Casper.
The others are reported as scouring the country
between Sand creek and Lander. Nothing definite,
however, has been heard from them. |
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| F. H. Hadsell,
United States Marshal was at his lambing camp on
Crook's creek, forty-five miles from Rawlins, and
when he was notified left for Cheyenne Sunday
morning, where he issued a proclamation offering a
reward of $1,000 each for the arrest and conviction
of the robbers. This, with the amount previously
offered by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, makes
the total reward $12,000. |
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| THE AMOUNT
STOLEN. |
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The officials of
the express company declares that the amount
stolen was less than a thousand dollars.
Superintendent Harris on Monday Sent the
following bulletin to all agents of the
division. Medicine Bow, June 3, 1899. TO All
AGENTS: The Union Pacific Train Robbers of 2d
took part of a package of $3,400 of new
incomplete currency of First National bank of
Portland, Oregon, consisting of $20 and $100
bills, bearing number 1553.
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| The bills are not
signed by the bank officials and are consequently
worthless, but the robbers may attempt to pass them.
Notify banks and merchants and the officers to
lookout for such bills as well as the parties trying
to pass them. E. C. Harris. |
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