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MILITIA ORDERED OUT TO PURSUE ROBBERS. |
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Detachment From Buffalo Will Aid Marshall Hadsell.
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Pack of Bloodhounds Sent in From Beatrice, Neb., to
Take the Trail- Robbers Near KC Ranch. |
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| A determined
effort is being made to capture the bandits who held
up the first section of No. 1 the Union Pacific fast
mail on June 2d near Wilcox siding and blew up the
express car. |
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| Governor Richards
and Senator Warren have just returned to Cheyenne
from Omaha, where they went to consult President
Burt and other Union Pacific Officials regarding the
formation of plans for the continuation of the chase
of the bandits. The Union Pacific, the government
and the state authorities are working harmoniously
together. Governor Richards has communicated with
President McKinley and the department of justice at
Washington has authorized United States Marshal
Hadsell to take any steps to apprehend the bandits
that this situation may demand. |
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| As a further
incentive the Pacific Express company has offered an
additional reward of $1,000 for each of the six
bandits, dead or alive, making $18, 000 rewards
outstanding. |
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| Yesterday morning
Governor Richards ordered a detachment of state
militia from Buffalo to take part in the pursuit,
The order directs Captain Thom to select 10 picked
men and have them mounted on the best horses to be
found, equipped with pack train and supplies for two
weeks and report immediately for duty near E. K.
mountain to United States Marshal Hadsell.
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| The latest report
of the outlaws locates them on E. K. mountain, one
of the Big Horn range, north of the Hole-in-the-Wall
country. The bloodhounds sent by special train from
Beatrice, Neb., were expected to take the trail of
the robbers yesterday and their round-up and capture
is expected to follow. |
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| SEEN AT THE BAR
C RANCH. |
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| A messenger
reached Casper Sunday from the posse which is
chasing the Union Pacific train dynamiters with the
news that two of the men had been seen Thursday at
Bar C ranch, owned by Robert Tisdale, 75 miles north
of Casper, and about 80 miles from the
Hole-in-the-Wall. |
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| The fugitives were
seen by Al Flood, assistant foreman for Tisdale, who
recognized George Curry as one of the Robert
Brothers. The men were on foot and apparently much
worn by their long struggle to evade capture. The
officers in pursuit are in the same region with the
fugitives and their capture is reasonably certain.
Extreme care must be exercised, however, in the hunt
to avoid a repetition of the ambush by which Sheriff
Hazen lost his life. The Union Pacific company is
sending out provisions, supplies and fresh horses to
the posse, so that there will be no hindrance in
continuing the search for the outlaws. |
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| It is expected
that 300 men will soon be engaged in the big
manhunt. The state and the express and railroad
companies have offered an aggregate of $3,000 each
for the heads of the members of the band. In
addition to this head money, in the event of
success, the men who are arranging for this chase
will be armed and fed by the corporations and the
big cattle companies of this section during the time
the they are engaged. Thus they are enabled to
enlist a typical band of rough riders, and every man
of them is a dead shot. Many of them are cowboys,
others are old frontiersmen, who have fought Indians
in the same territory. over which they will now
pursue the bandits, and still others are trained
detectives of the big corporations. |
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| The various bands
of man hunters will be accompanied by Indian
trailers, bloodhounds and pack trains. The men are
all to be sworn in as deputy sheriffs and will be in
charge of officers of the several counties in
northwestern Wyoming. |
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| The Cheyenne
papers state that a special train passed through
there own route to Casper from Beatrice, Neb., with
a pack of bloodhounds aboard which will be used in
the pursuit of the bandits. |
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| FOLLOWING THE
TRAIL. |
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A correspondent
writing to the Cheyenne Sun-Leader from Casper
under date of last Saturday says:
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“At 7 o’clock
Wednesday night your correspondent left K C
ranch, arriving at Tisdale’s, twenty miles
south, at 11. At Tisdale’s United States Marshal
Frank Hadsell, ex-United States Marshal John
McDermott, Detective Wheeling and forty men were
in camp. They left Thursday morning for Kaycee.
They were joined Wednesday night by Jon Laforee,
who represents the Montana Stock Association,
and Sheriff W. H. Miller, of Weston county.
These gentlemen had, since the evening before,
made a ride of 150 miles, changing horses four
times. |
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“Your
correspondent arrived here last night at 11
o’clock., having ridden, in three days, 175
miles.”
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A message from
Buffalo, Wyo., Monday, states that a courier has
come in from Powder river with the report that
the officers have the Union Pacific train
robbers surrounded at E. K. mountain and capture
is regarded as certain to follow. |
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| A posse of Johnson
county cowboys left Buffalo to reinforce the
officer. |
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| UTAH MARSHAL
MAY AID. |
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| The Salt Lake
Herald on Sunday Says: |
| “United States
Marshal Glenn Miller received a telegram from
Attorney General Griggs yesterday ordering him to
co-operate with United States Marshall Hadsell of
Wyoming in chase for the Union Pacific train
robbers. Mr. Miller at once telegraphed Marshal
Hadsell, placing himself and deputies subject to his
orders. |
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| “He is expecting a
message at any time ordering him to organize a posse
and join in the chase. And he says he will not
hesitate a minute about starting if the order comes.
Marshall Miller stated that he had already picked
out the men he will take with him in case it became
necessary for him to go.” |
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| LOOKING FOR
UNSIGNED BANK NOTES. |
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| John E. Wilkie,
chief of the secret service bureau of the national
government at Washington, was a passenger through
Rawlins last Saturday on his way to Salt Lake. It is
believed that Mr. Wilke's visit is in connection
with the recent hold-up of the Union Pacific train
east of here. |
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| The treasury
department, in which the secret service is included,
is deeply concerned in this case, for a large amount
of bank notes was stolen from the Pacific Express
company by the robbers. There were $2,600 on the way
to the First National bank of Portland, and $3,400
consigned to the First National bank of Logan. These
notes were signed by the treasury officials, but not
by the presidents and cashiers of the two banks.
Until these officials sign them they do not become
currency. But there is hardly any doubt but that the
robbers will attempt to pass the notes, for the
forgery of the signatures of the presidents and
cashiers would not be that difficult. With such
forged notes in circulation it would at once become
the business of the bureau of which Mr. Wilkie is
chief to find the persons who were putting them out
and to prevent their circulation. |
