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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1903
Page
1
Montana train robber Harvey Logan alias Kid Curry forges escape from Knoxville jail. He overpowers guards binds a keeper and obtains firearms then coerces release and a horse before fleeing harboring the sheriff from pursuit.
Harvey Logan known as Kid Curry overpowered a Knox County jail guard at 4 50 pm seized revolvers from a shoe box and forced the jailer to free him, then rode a prized sheriff's horse from the rear yard. A large posse pursued toward the Chilhowee mountains as Logan fled and escaped custody. Logan, linked to a Great Northern Express robbery near Malta Montana, had been held on bank note forgery charges.
The escape of Logan from the jail triggers mass excitement as crowds swarm the streets and extra papers hit the stands. Sheriff Fox offers 500 dollars dead or alive. posses form to track the desperate fugitive with governor support expected.
A new AP account from Kelloxville Tennessee recounts the daring getaway. Details include the involved individuals, location, and sequence of events leading to the escape.
Mike Ryan, wanted at Hozewan, was captured in Miles City. Police report the arrest ends the manhunt and transfers custody to local authorities.
Mike Ryan alias Robert Green, wanted in Bozeman for jail breaking, was captured in Miles City around 8 this morning. He had just escaped, attacked pursuers, and menaced a saloon area before Harry Keenan and Marshal Hawkins helped subdue him and secure custody.
A man identified as Lord Barrington is in custody after the body of Mr. McCann was found in a deserted stone quarry near Bonfill station. Barrington admitted walking with McCann on June 11 and claimed to have given McCann $27.50 before McCann disappeared. Barrington had posed as a British colonel and reportedly married Miss Cochran in 1903 before she repudiated him.
A dust explosion in the American Malting Company elevators destroyed malt houses and boiler and engine rooms, with 60 000 bushels of grain and malt lost. The three story malthouse A and surrounding structures were badly damaged by water while firemen saved elevator lioowise. Local manager J M Keibs estimated 2000 in remaining plant value and total losses around 60 000 bushels. Three pneumatic drums containing malt and grain were destroyed.
Lealie Lumeden an assistant surgeon and Mrs. Lumsden were drugged with choral placed in lemonade and robbed at the Hotel Ingleterre. A porter who served the drink was arrested on suspicion. the Lumsdens recovered. Lumden formerly served in Washington.
Victoria report states Frederick Jones Hailey, a naval storekeeper at Esquimelt, was murdered this morning by Alfred J. M. Frith, a subordinate. Frith has been arrested after confessing he shot Hailey in the back following an argument and later discarded the revolver in the harbor. He returned home and ate breakfast with his wife.
Bozeman reported Mike Ryan, sought in grand larceny, was identified by a star tattoo on his left breast in Miles City telegrams. Sheriff Fowler rushed by train to arrest him, noting Ryan had eluded custody months earlier and even sent a postal card inviting the sheriff. The sheriff will accept the invitation.
In Hamilton Ohio on June 27 jurors remain difficult to recruit as the fifth special venire is summoned at the opening of the Knapp murder trial.
People of Oyster Bay greet the President upon arriving for a summer at Sagamore Hill. A large turnout fills the town with cordial enthusiasm as many children participate in the welcome exercises.
President Roosevelt returns from a continental trip to Oyster Bay where rival local groups staged joint welcome events. He declares himself a neighbor and friend, thanks residents, and greets children as bands sing. A minor derailment delay occurred in Jersey City.
Roanoke dispatch June 27 reports an westbound Norfolk & Western wreck near Marion after last night collision with a cow. Engineer Spalding of Roanoke and Fireman Hoover of Staunton were killed. Express Messengers Otey and Wood of Bristol seriously injured. Mall Clerks Adams and Jenkins slightly hurt. No passengers injured.
Word was issued that part of the Washoe smelting plant will shut tomorrow and the entire plant will halt a day later, with a four to five week interruption to copper output while connecting a new stack to flues. Mines supplying ore will partly close next Tuesday, affecting the Ana comda High Ore Never Sweat Hedy St. Lawrence Diamond Moonlight and Parrot deposits.
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