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ffhofthe last P*w miles the pursued were* so( i lose pressed that some *d them rode mi. without saddle or bridles. r*y I I leleel |\ «• Smith is HI the employ •»',,n,i the state hoard of live stock commbmg•rlyheneX-• n’s• d-ay-iuit• lid Hl-t he No. llh-HIISBhmers, and yesterday Secretary \V\ •1 *i*i*iii11 received from him a report m the chase. Detective Smith in his report of the pursuit tells somethin;; about the make-up of the gang. Some of ih members are old and vs • • 11 known desperadoes, one of them lias b'cii in a railn ad hold-up, while anotln r (allies a gunshot wound in Ins right arm as the result of a previous meeting with the stock detective. Detective Smith1 describes the leader of tin* gang, lt;ieorgo lin- 1cut;re-• of hat t he | licy Ielatei»\v -uis PMI tednee»urtI Dm t ier, as a big man. ligiit lt;omplex-ioncd. with a dished face and a flat nose. Another member of the gang i* Harry Lotighnugh. who is well known in Northern Montana. He was one of tin* men engaged in the hold-up of a (In-at Northern train near Malta about live years ago. A third member is a half * | breed named Jones. He is the man who was shot by Dete* live Smith a year ago in the Musselshell eouniry. At that time Jones and lauigboiigli wore captured by Smith and a posse, hut they afterwards broke Jail down South Dakota.Smith is not an alarmlK by any meal and in his report to Mr. i'reuitt he writes that if a pn**** is organized to go after the men he wants to be a mem-her. He adds that if he is imt a no-m-bei of the posse, it would be w II for 1^. Mr. I'remit to iMtifv whatever oiYVers j. ^ ; may undertake it not to take an),rhnn »s on them, but tlt;» shoot tnem «»n for night. as thev are desperate, and do. aen tormined not to he captured alive.last year c pi Ions ei I a lit i«*s w as r,!l( «a-ua!lwere killed,slightly. H ion he mad of ( h fa ini 1 on duty an* way mail s her ofit of ior injured i Tin- wlsd* of assistant sia r, y ti a ml Vi tiles and vise i he v\ i siid. had h* suit of 111* I All IIIIHIV: of e tabllsll way depots mendations s**eond ass I it is •stir reipilred f ele | ks for t and 14.204..V exclusive oED.i Beth*yuiLate Arrival tie CfS« a 11 |e, ]upper Vtik-i *i*l i In* I i Va nd all t Inj into w ilitei, dikcrs w h*t he Stea me j They repor boat to |eatiMI,Mi. Smith yi nt the story of the « has.-towith his report, and it shows that thats. i.f m hi L iy in it i i 111 • ti 4 11 r . • liilitilled with impossible Sullivan, d placer st rit miles ahov• if i l l IIIK
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Helena Weekly Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Thu, Nov 10, 1898
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