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TRAIN
ROBBERS HAVE ESCAPED |
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Posse has not yet
Abandoned Chase, Although
Hopeless. |
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United
States Marshal Hadsell Came In Last Night and
Reported that Heavy Rains Have Obliterated The Trail |
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The men who held up the second section of the train
No. 3 on the Union Pacific, blew open the through
safe in the express car and carried away its
contents lat Wednesday night are still at large. |
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Several members of the pursuing posses have returned
reporting progress of the chase, but the latest
report brought in by United States Marshal Hadsell
who arrived last night on the stage from Baggs is
that the trail had been lost and there was little
likelihood of the posses finding it again. |
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Marshal Joe Payne, of Green River, came in
Monday noon and reported that the posses had
followed the tail of the robbers around Haystack
mountain to the point where they had crossed
Snake river, some twenty miles below Baggs. When
he left the posses Sunday to return to the
railroad, they were in the vicinity of
Timberlake, in a broken country between Bear and
Snake rivers. The bandits had resorted to the
old trick of running into a bunch of range
horses which they drove some distance and then
allowed to scatter, making it almost impossible
to discern which was the trail left by the
horses ridden by the robbers.
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Mr. Payne said that the posse made nearly
seventy-five miles the first day after leaving the
railroad. The robbers took a southeasterly course
from the railroad, and the posse ran onto two or
three places where they had camped. At the first
camp they came to they burned a lot of paper. Some
shells were found which proves that the posse were
on the right trail. |
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Saturday a horse was also found which had been
abandoned by the robbers, it having played out. It
is believed this animal was used as a pack horse.
The horse bore a brand that was recognized by
Marshal Hadsell, and the clue furnished will be
investigated further. |
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Marshal Hadsell came in last night on the stage from
Baggs. He reported that a big rain fell after the
posse reached the Timberlake country completely
washing out any tracks or trail made by the robbers,
and it was mere guess work as to what course the
robbers took after leaving Snake river. Sheriff
McDaniel, Deputy Sheriff Horton and the three men
who went with them from Rawlins, and a couple of the
members of the Sweetwater posse are still in that
country looking for a clue, but it will be mere luck
if they find any further trace of the robbers. |
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Marshal Hadsell had intended to return to Cheyenne,
but he decided to go up to Saratoga first to
investigate the story sent from Grand Encampment by
Jim Rankin. |
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SUSPECTS AT ENCAMPMENT |
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Mysterious Activities of
Two Horsemen Arouse suspicion of People There.
Special to the Republican,
Grand Encampment, Wyo., Sept 5.- Two horsemen
rode into Grand Encampment yesterday about noon,
and their peculiar activities aroused the
suspicion of some of the people here, and caused
them to think that the men might have belonged
to the train robber's gang.
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The men rode into the yard back of E.G. Ashley's
lodging house. Mrs. Ashley saw them peering into
their woodshed like they might be looking for
something. When Mrs. Ashley saw them the two
horsemen rode off going in the direction of Battle
Lake. |
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There was no officer here, Deputy Sheriff H.G.
Nichols being in Saratoga, so J.G. Rankin who is
here from Rawlins decided to follow them. Mr. Rankin
and his son Ed, and another party left here about a
hour after the suspects. They followed them on the
road about halfway to Battle Lake when the trail
turned off into the timber. Mr. Rankin and his party
have not yet returned. Parties who saw the men
assert that they answer the description given of two
men who took part in the train robbery near Tipton.
Before leaving Mr. Rankin sent word to General
Manager Dickinson at Green River, and Mr. Dickinson
has sent Mr. Canada, chief of the Union Pacific
detectives, to Rawlins to investigate the matter. |
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SAY ROBBERS GOT $50.40 |
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Statements of Supt. Rogers
of Express Co., and Gen'1 Manager Dickinson
Superintendent Rogers of
the Pacific Express company, has returned to
Salt Lake from a trip to the scene of the recent
holdup near Tipton. The Salt Lake papers state
that Mr. Rogers was much gratified over the fact
that his company suffered practically no loss as
far as goods and money in transit is concerned.
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"The Pacific Express company," said Mr. Rogers,
"lost just $50.40 hi cash and two packages of
jewelry. One of these packages was valued at $10 and
the other had no valuation attached to it, but we
know it was cheap stuff. The money was in three
packages, one of $42, one of $5 and one of $3.40. |
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"The robbers took
thirty-nine packages from the safe. All of
these, except the ones I have mentioned,
contained canceled baggage checks, tissue
foreign line billings and express company
communications, all of which can be duplicated.
I would liked to have heard what those robbers
said when they started to divide their swag.
"the amount of money and
property lost, while insignificant, will in no
way affect the chase for the criminals. They
will be searched for as thoroughly and run down
as surely as if they had gotten thousands of
dollars. When once the railroad and express
companies get after robbers you may be sure they
will get them if it takes a hundred years."
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Mr. Rogers thought there was not the slightest doubt
about overhauling the perpetrators of the latest
outrage. When he left Rock Springs the word had come
that the men were surrounded and that they were
likely to be taken within a few hours. |
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confirmation of the above General Manager Dickinson
has given the following statement to the press: |
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"Rock Springs, Wyo., Sept. 1, 1900. |
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Answering your telegram,
robbers secured three money packages of $42, $5
and $3.40; aggregate $50.40, and two packages of
cheap jewelry.
"Damage to car by explosion
about $2,000. Contents of car also considerably
damaged by explosion."
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