|
Officers Home From the Chase. |
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| Sheriff McDaniel
and his posse, who were out after the gang of train
robbers that held up the Union Pacific train at
Tipton on the 29th ult., returned to Rawlins
Saturday night having abandoned the chase. |
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| The officers were
unable to get a clue after the trail was lost, as
stated in this paper last week. The posse, however,
picked up three head of worn out horses which are
presumed to have belonged to the robbers. Officers
in search of men in the section of country where
they were get mighty little information from the
settlers, and the places of habitation are widely
separated. |
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| They had a hard
trip over the dry country, and both the men and
their horses frequently suffered for water.
Apparently the robbers knew the country thoroughly,
and it seemed like they had a purpose in keeping as
far away from the known springs and courses as they
could. |
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| Sheriff Swanson,
of Green River, and his deputy came in with Sheriff
McDaniel and his posse. Mr. Swanson had the horses
which were used by his posse shipped to Green River
yesterday. |
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| THEY MAKE TRAIN
ROBBERS. |
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| General Manager
Dickinson insists upon his original statement that
the Union Pacific train robbers only got $50.40. The
general manager is quite indignant over the
sensational reports that have been sent out by
certain newspapers and correspondents. He said: |
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| "These sensational
correspondents who care not what the send broadcast
over the land do more harm than any other element.
They make train robbers. Criminally inclined
persons, and there are lots of them, reading of a
hundred thousand dollar haul, will naturally feel as
if they, too, would like to get a hundred thousand. |
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| "However, we will
hunt for them just as long and just as faithfully,
and will spend just as much money to catch them as
if they got a million dollars. |
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| "We have some of
the best detectives in the country after them and we
hope to get them. |
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| "I don't know, I
am sure," was the answer given by Mr. Dickinson when
asked if he thought that any of the Wilcox men were
in the Tipton hold-up, and he continued: |
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| "The express
messenger thinks he recognized the same voices, but
I doubt very much they were the same men."
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