The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-12-01
THE ROSLYN BANK ROBBERS.
Thrss Of fhGD We're Captured In The
Mountains Of Eastern Oregon.
They Are Identified ~ the nank
Cashier and Taken 70 EIIens.
buFEb, where They VIII
DO Tried ~ JuFy.

One Of the most desperate gangs Of
thieves and highwaymen that has ever
operated In the northwest has at last
been run down, and three Of the men who
were implicated in the robbery Of snipes
& Abrams bank, at Roslyn, are now in
the county jail at EllensburRh awaiting
trial. Thoir apprehension Is largely due
to Deputy Sheriff Banks and Marshal
McGrath, Of Ellensburgh, who traced
them to their homes in Gillian county,
Oregon, through the brand Of the horses
which they abandoned after q skirmish
with posse sent In their pursuit.
The robbery occurred on the afternoon
Of September 2S, when Eve masked men
rode up to the bank Of Abrams, Snipes &
Co. They disnounted, and leaving one
man to take care Of the horses the other
four entered the bank. Cashier Abern-
ethy was writing at his desk when he
was addressed, and looking up he was
confronted BY . man, revolver In hand.
A physician named DR.. Lyons, who was
transactinR some business there, also
found himself covered with a pistol. A
third robber stepped in Just then, and
striking the cashier over tile head with a
revolver, feIled him Ssnseless to the floor.
The cashier soon revived and his assail-
ants explained to him the object Of their
visit. He was warned to keep quiet, and
as his life was at stake he did 90. The
robbers went to the vault and took out
between six and seven thousand dollars
In coin and currency, which they placed
in canvas bays. Upon leaving the build
ing they met Assistant Cashier s.. A.
Frazier, who had heard Of the trouble
and armed himself with q shotgun, and
was running towards the bank. His
progress, however, was stopped by bull
let in his hip from one Of the robber'a re-
volVerS. The desperadoes then mounted
their horses and began to terrify the
crowd assembled by firing shots in every
direction. A negro named Conoley had
a bullet penetrate his leg, and several
others had narrow escapes. Finally the
rufiians put spurs to their horses and put
Of with their booty over trail on the
mountains north Of Roslyn.
posse was organized and started in
pursuit; bot the bandits had TO much
u 3 start, and il was not until two days
that they were Overtaken.
Three Of them we're surprised in the forest
twenty miles east Of ROslyn by u posse Of
thirteen men. A battle ensued, in which
one Of them was wounded, but they all
managed to escape.
Rewards were offered Immediately. .ai-
ter the robbery-&I,O 900 by the bank Of
ficials and $1,000 by the governor Of
Thiel's detective agency
put men to work on the case. When
the encounter took place near ROslyn
they abandoned three Of their horses.
Of these animals were taken
and sent all over the country. It was in
Gillian county, 0gn., they were identified
rs belonging to gang recognized as be-
ing horse and cattle thieves Of the most
desperate character. Further investiga-
ion convinced the differs that the men
who committed the robbery were Byron
Bernard, Tom Kenzie, Cal Hale, George
Iackey and Bill zackery, all Of whom
make their rendezvous in the mountains
II Gillian county, and with number Of
,thers have for years kept the law-abid.
ng residents Of that section In terror.
they operated not only In eastern Oregon
but In Washington, and many rancheTs
attribute the loss Of horses and cattle to
hem.
On Monday morning Of last week
posse Of twenty-five determined men from
Jregon and Washington gathered at
Portland and took the train for Tho
DalleS. Their purpose was to invade the
'etreat Of the Gillian county bandits and
'Aeut their capture. The plans worked
without any material hitch, and on FRI
lay Cal Hale, Tom Kenzie and George
IackeEy were captured before they could
,lIer any resistance. Cashier Abernethy Z
md Dr.. Lyons identified them as the
,ank robbers. Bill zackery, another Of
he Rang, has been located, and Il Is be-
ieved will soon be caught The only
missing man now Is Byron Bernard, and
ghils Detective Sullivan thinks be was
me Of the Pullman car rObbers, others
,elievo he Is the man who was wounded
n the encounter with The sheriff = posse.
md is still in hiding awaiting the healing
I bis wound.