| ACTIONS AROUSED SUSPICION. |
| Suspicious Characters at Encampment Held up Men
Who Followed Them. |
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| J. G. Rankin returned from Grand Encampment on
the stage Thursday. Mr. Rankin confirms the report
that two men rode into that town last Monday, and
their actions aroused the suspicion of the people of
that village that they were crooked, but Mr. Rankin
says he has no evidence to prove that they were
members of the gang which held-up the Union Pacific
train at Tipton on the 29th. Three other parties
were also seen in the vicinity. |
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| There was no officer at Encampment to make any
arrests, Deputy Sheriff Horace Nichols being at
Saratoga, so no attempt was made to halt the men.
Mr. Rankin secured a good description however. One
was a large man; the other small. Both were dressed
in rough clothes and heavily armed. Mr. Rankin says
the report that he followed the suspects is a
mistake. He did furnish horses, however, to a man
who produced papers to show that he was an
authorized detective, to follow the parties to
Battle. The name of this party Mr. Rankin declines
to give, because he secured it under a pledge of
secrecy. Mr. Rankin’s son, Ed, accompanied this
party. |
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| Ed told his father they overtook the two men in
the timber a few miles out from Encampment. When the
two men saw them coming they jumped from their
horses and got behind a tree. Throwing their guns
down on the men following them they demanded to know
what their business was. |
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| Rankin and his companion assured them that they
were miners, going to Battle Lake to look for work.
They invited these men to go with them and they
finally consented. |
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| The men put up at a hotel in Battle over night,
but were careful to take their Winchesters and six
shooters to their room with them. The men had an
abundance of money. They set up the drinks a couple
of times at different places, each time having a
twenty dollar gold peace changed. |
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| That night after the men had gone to bed Rankin
and his companion went to the stable where they had
put up their horses and went through their effects,
but did not find a clue to their identity. |
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| The next morning Rankin and his companion told
the men that they were going to the Ferris-Haggarty
mine. The men said they were also going over there.
They started on ahead, and as soon as they got into
the timber out of sight they turned off the road and
disappeared. Rankin and his companion did not see
them any more. |
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Mr. Rankin denied that he sent a message to
General Manager Dickerson informing him of the
presence of these men, but the message was sent
by the party who claims to be a detective.
These men may not belong to the train robbers’
gang, but Mr. Rankin is convinced that they are
wanted for something.
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| Latest Rumors About Robbers |
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Last night's Laramie
papers state that a dispatch was received at
Assistant Superintendent Whitney's office
yesterday from Price, Utah, stating that the
Union Pacific train robbers had been located
near that place, and a large posse has gone out
with the expectation of effecting the capture of
the bandits.
It is not known whether Sheriff McDaniel and his
posse are with this posse or not. Nothing has
been heard from the Carbon county folks since
United States Marshal Hadsell and his deputy
left them Monday.
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| Dickinson Says Hunt Will Continue |
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| A dispatch from Omaha says: "No
matter what the telegraphic reports may be, the
search for the men who dynamited and looted the
Pacific Express car at Tipton, Wyo., a week ago, has
not been abandoned. Our men are still on the trail
and will follow no matter where it may take them. We
may not get the robbers for some days, but
eventually we will run them to earth," thus spoke
General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific
railway company, who has been directing the search
for the robbers. |
