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BOBBERS STILL AT LABGESheriff' posse Said id Haro BwnWithin an Hour‘a Hide* of ThemM A KINO VQil BROWNS PARK*rim lt;Jen era I Belief la That the Uohher* Arc? Members of the Same ClangThat Were Implicate*! in the Wilcox Robbery 21 ml Were Supposedtcj Have Been Killed With One Exceptlmi Manv Posse* on Trail,Vp to 3:30 o'clock this afternoonnothin# had been learned of the ex an whereabouts of the train robbers who held up No 3 near Tipton Wed* im day night, A menage was received In ttm city late last night announcing that u man from one of the she riff's pom** in purault had returned bring* log the information that when he left the party at 3 o'clock yesterday after-noon, they were within an hour’s rids of the men who were heading In a n.uth westerly direction going toward the Browns pirk country and Robber's Roost.They arc now believed to bo nmm* beta of the famous Hutch Cassidy gang and that some of them at leant were implicated In the Wilcox holdup last year* What adds strength to this be* lief Is the fact that one of the men recognized Messenger Woodcock andsaid: “Why, you're the same fellow that was In the other holdup. Though three of this gang were reported kilted lu different sections of the countryand a fourth is now serving a term inthe penitentiary* there Is a belief that the men killed were not those implicated lu the Wihox robbery, though tb»‘ were members of the same giOg1 our posses are now pursuing the bandits* but they evidently had a goal start of the officers. The Rawlins porthea was delayed in getting to Tipton and did not leave the railroad until 10 o'clock yesterday morn Jug. The Rook Springs posse waa on the grorud earlier Other posses have gone m* from (Ireeti River and other places. The powea from Raw lins was iu charge of lit Red SUM* a Marshal Hadocll and .Sheriff M* tuulel and numbered twenty -five man.The robbers bad horses tit**! In the vicinity uf tbs holdup, which they mount'd alter securing their booty and rode away. It was reported this morning that they rods several times around the train before riding off so that lli'dr (ruin could not easily tw*found.Thu «ni was damaged much morn than at first reported, both a Idea having large holes torn In them, and the Huh' and contents uf the car torn 10 pieces, Whatever money and valuable were hi the safe were either stolen ord«*tn»yed The smallest safe was opened by ttio robbers with a key which they demanded from MessengerWoodcock over a year agoThe Mulled Slates Officials iu Ch*» ctun* are said to be doing everything IHwnlhle to apprehend the holdups, and it a cmifci'iice between railroad OJfi claU ami detect Ives and United StatesAttorney Burke, plans were discussed for an organised and combined put stilt of the men. Wan a lit H hay* also been rtworn nut s*«liu»t the men for robbing the mail* aud the governmentwill iroVaby off eg an add ft ua reward for 1 heir capture.N*t him definite could be learned uftlm amount of booi *• fit red by 1 lie robber « All uticonftntied report from (fiwyetmo to the Denver News statesthiii the rnldn i a viil iKitHUlO lit .midlug was to tho effect that they hatgeoiflred two trays of dlamonda o1 great value and M‘Uk*q $05,000 and $75,(NKi in money. These reports could not b#f confirmed, however.General Manager Dicktneon and Super In ten dan t Hark are directing the pursuit from Rawlins and It is said the company are determined to bring down these men and will not give up the search until they are taken. The policy pursued in the case of the rob-bent of the train near Hugo, Colo , and other holdups ou the rood will be employed In this eaao and there will be no let up until they are found♦1«CJIcII(clibaG11a0deihuaPflbLiTne:oUmtlaliO)hliaVfttlC!iUwtlw11a1hac«Jffrr
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Laramie Daily Boomerang
Laramie, Wyoming, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1900
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