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CHASE OF THE ROBBERS |
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Were Near Tuscarora Last Night |
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STRONG POSSE IS PURSUING THEM |
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Last News Received Indicates the
Capture of Desperadoes. |
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The scene of the chase after the bank
robbers has shifted to Elko County and news of any
new developments will be received from Tuscarora.
Messrs Duvivier, Colwell and Cavanaugh, who were the
leaders of the pursuit, arrived at Tuscarora about 1
o’clock yesterday afternoon and reported that the
robbers were then about twelve miles from Tuscarora
and headed for White Rock, a point about forty miles
distant. At 4 o’clock a dispatch was received from
George Miller at Tuscarora saying that Duvivier,
Colwell and Cavanaugh, accompanied by four other
men, had departed for White Rock. The party had
fresh horses and divided taking different routes to
White Rock, which they expected to reach early last
evening. It was supposed then that the robbers were
only ten miles away and that one or other of the two
parties would cut them off somewhere in the vicinity
of White Rock. This is the last news received from
the scene of the chase up to 4 o’clock this
afternoon. |
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Yesterday afternoon J. Garat, W. L.
Coulter and H. J. Lorentzen went to Golconda on the
train and from that place started for White Rock in
a spring wagon. They were joined at Golconda by
Deputy Sheriff Rose, who had returned from Squaw
Valley, having been compelled to abandon the pursuit
the night before on account of his horse giving out.
The Garat party expected to reach White Rock by
daylight this morning and join the chase. |
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No reliable news has been heard of
the other pursuers. H. A. Ducker and Roy Trousdale
are said to have secured fresh horses and continued
the pursuit night before last. The former is a
skilful trailer and it is likely as not that they
are on the heels of the robbers and will be in at
the finish of the chase. |
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James Hurst and two Indian trailers,
who left here shortly after the robbery Wednesday
afternoon, are still out. Sheriff McDeid instructed
the Indians before leaving to stick to the trail,
and it is reported that one of the Indians was
within two hundred yards of the robbers night before
last. |
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Messrs. Bell, Collins and Dunn left
Paradise yesterday morning, cutting across the
mountains towards the junipers, for which place the
robbers were headed. They are behind in the chase,
but may arrive in time to be of service in case of a
fight. |
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News of a fight or capture of the
robbers will come from Tuscarora and is expected
hourly. At this writing the outlook is that the
robbers have been or will be cut off from reaching
the Junipers. Everything depends upon whether they
were able to secure fresh horses last night. If they
did not the Tuscarora posse should have been able to
either catch up with them or head them off. |
