Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-12-02
ROSLYN BANK
ROBBERS.

rest of two Gillian county citizens--Cal
Hale and Geo. Zachary, who were ar
rested in Gillian county on Nov. oath,
charged with robbing the Roslyn bank
September 23d, last. From the ridicu-
lous Misrepresentation of the affair by
the hobo detectives to the Portland pa
pers, one would conclude that the greater
portion of the citizens of this county are
composed of thieves, robbers and cut
throats. The aforesaid hobo detectives
either wanted good deal of un-earned
credit or must have been gloriously
drunk when they gave such report
! 1t is true that posse, numbering 26 in
all arrived in the quiet little town OF
Fossil on the night of Nov. Esd, armed
TO the teeth with Winchester rifles, shot
guns, pistols, ETC., to arrest the above
named Cal Hale and Geo. Zachary, en-
failing an expense of hundreds of dol
! lars-when any officer in the county
could have made the arrests alone, and
saved the disgrace of the ''shrewd Thiel
detectives" and officers from adjoining
counties they have brought upon them
selves by joining this cowardly mob.
According to the Portland papers,
these notorious robbers and despera-
does, who are even more desperate than
the James boys and Dalton gang" have
their headquarters in Gillian county.
Should these men prove themselves in
nocent, of which there seems but little
doubt by the most responsible people of
the county, Sullivan with his men and
officers who accompanied him to arrest
these harmless citizens, certainly ought
to feel like crawling into their holes and
pulling them in after them.
The Oregonian's statement concerning
1 the capture is utterly false throughout.
A crowd numbering ten persons left Fos-
sill on the morning of the oath, about 8
a. M, for Cal Hale's place on Thirty
mile, about eight miles distant When
within 100 yards of the house, the crowd
was halted They insisted upon me
making the arrest, which gladly con-
sented to do, and, accompanied by Dep
uty Sheriff Banks, approached the door
and raped twice before any response
came from within. Cal Hale then came
to the door in his night clothes. I STEP
ped inside and told him he was wanted.
Banks then followed and read the war
rant to him. While Cal was dressing
preparatory for the trip below, the bal
ance of the mob sneaked down to the
house, after they became satisfied that
there was no danger. Every move the
mob made only proved their utter igno-
rance and inexperience at such work.
As to Geo. Zachary's arrest, Sullivan
and his "braye men" thought they were
surrounding him at his home on West
Fork, and were somewhat surprised to
learn from brother that Geo. was at
Antelope, 40 miles away, quietly spend
ing Thanksgiving at that place. The
brother accompanied Deputy Sheriff Ha-
ley to Antelope where the officer prompt
ly placed the desperate bandit" under
arrest. The officer was sleepy, so he
told George to be on hand next morning,
and he went to bed, not even appointing
guard to look after the famous robber
whose criminal record has been excelled
only by the James boys and Dalton
gang" Next morning they came on to
Fossil and thence to Arlington, where
the Oregonian said large crowd of other
'tdesperadoes and robbers congregated to
release the outlaws" This statement is
so false and absurd as to make comment
unnecessary. From Arlington these ia
nous outlaws and thieves" together
with Tom Kimsey, who had in the mean
time been arrested at Heppner, were pi-
loted by the entire cowardly mob to
Portland-where it's papers say they
we're confined in steel cells and are "the
toughest looking criminals that were
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county jails," etc. The Portland papers
also say that "even the very names of
these outlaws in Gillian county strike
terror to the hearts Of all respectable cit
zens"-and hundred other equally as
ridiculous and absurd misrepresenta-
tions. Of course no one blames the pa
pers for the blundering. false statements
go much as they do the unreliable hoboes
who gave them the information.
| might add that the next time "De-
tective" Sullivan wants man from this
county, any Of the officers here can place
him under arrest and deliver him to
Roslyn or any other place, armed with
the proper authority. The whole pro-
ceeding is the most cowardly and dis
graceful piece of detective work ever per-
petrated upon the people Of this state. |
do not say it boastfully, but.I have never
yet failed to make an arrest, and also