The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-04
4 FIGHT wIru TRAIN ROBBERS.
Described by One orthe r,rh,er..

| Aprivate letter communicated to Tnr suS
| BbAcKFoo'r AGENCY. Mont. Oct. 14.-The
| Following day after you left Blackfoot station
went to tho agency to accept the situation
o1ered me by Capt. Cooke. and on my return
nome found the boys at Blackfoot In arms.
| learned that party OF four train robbers
he'd Just passed IN the road. headed in the di-
fection oil Midvale. The train robbers in aues.
don had held up the N. p. passenger on the
Yellowstone on the 25th OF last August.
ana reward OF $4,000 was offered for
their pelta and the reward was very
| tempting to me- l rushed all over the
place for gun. but could not get one. 30 for
the trio was loft behind. posse OF eleven
| mon got together and arm ed took the trail in
pure uit OF the robbers, and located them in
| cauip on Two Medicine two and q half miles
norm OF Midvale The posse got around the
rJbbers unseen and charged on Thorn, de-
mandlnE OF them hands up. Tho robbers re-
treated into an old cabin which was at hand,
and opened fire on our boys killing Henry
| ohuoert. tho restaurant keeper Mt Blackfout
| ana seriously woundng Duckhead, an Indian
poilceman. The attack was kept up by the boys
put as the robbers were in the cabin they had
the best OF the game and when darkness came
'ney got away and our boys came to Midvale
slightly disflgured. but still in the ring.
In tho mee n time Capt Cooke was notified OF
the trouble and he aud ten men. with spe-
cial engine. came buzzing to tho scene Of
trouble. end was with the party. A special
came ais o from Kalispell with nineteen mon.
and we organized at Mdvae. and all the trails
were guarded during the night. and when
Daylight came the guards near the summit
round the trail OF tho robbers. which was lead
ing west Capt. Cooke got telegram at G3O
a. NJ to that effect. and no sent me in charge
, OF his men. giving me orders to take up the
trail and follow It. and TO use my Judgment as
TO what was b.st to do.
however. leaving out little details. Mt S15
n. NJ. iouni myself on tho trail with seven
men. which we followed at n rapid gait. and at
':5o we came on our game in Pine thicket
on the summit. cooking breakfast. They had
guard posted. and they discovered US on the
trail Though their breakfast was about
readr they thought 1t best to move along.
whi III they did. having their plumber and
uFhkets which they packed on their backs.
We made flank move on tho smoke in the
'hicket. but whom we got there tho boys had
gone. leaving us IL red-hot breakfast, which
we did justice to regardless Of trouble from
our robber friends. Along with other things
they lett was some dynamite and fuse that we
mad no use for. so we let out. and once more
hit the tr'.ll through eighteen inches of snow.
They took a ziEzaG course through the
mounto ms. and after travelling twelve miles
PIT IN 1t McCnrthysville. an abandoned rail-
ROAD lamp eight miles west OF the summit
~he'e two hunters were in camp.
T'iey demanded grub from the hunter which
wa granted. but it had to be cooked.
Preparations We're made for dinner. Bread
was in the oven. coffee was boiling venison
was frying. and all was now ready for a good
dinner. when one OF the robhers went out to
bring In some wood, and ing on his back
trlil le ms NO ut oil
them mt n rapid gait.
WewerC now 300 yards from them nd in open
ground. lie gave the alarm. and out came the
robbers. and they dealt us IL -ibOs on the event
OF cdt arrival. | tell you. heavy give and take
took place right there for ten minutes. But
We kent closing on the lads. and once more
compelled them to retreat. When we came
on the camp they had just vacated and once
moro finding a red-hot meal. we decided to
stay with the boys and come back later and
dine. The timc occupied ut tho hunters camp
by US was only thirty seconds. and We soon
came on the robbers and thcy were very easy
to keep up with now for there was blood on
their trail. which gave us to know that one
was wounded. From then on till dark shoot
ing was all you could hear in tho cailon. In
the III can time reGn forcements came up and
we pressed the boys to a finish They fell
back to the grade o! the railroad where they
ran into three Of our men and where they
made their las. stan,l. 1 Twill say for the rob-
bcrs that they were very desperate mon.
When they threw uo the sponge and cried
for mercy. one was dead. ono dying. one badly
wounded. one unhurt
The cuffs were placed on the latter's wrists
and n spccia! chr followed along in reach OF tho
shooting. SO We had no trouble in moving our
dead and wounded.
We went to n section house and had a good
supper. and We MI had n feeling OF revenge.
while two OF the gang were sleeping their last
long sleep and two were to DO sent to the pen
and tried for their lives for the killing OF Henry
SDube.t.
Tho man Shubcrt that was killed by the rob-
hers is the man you offered the money to at
Blackfoot after we had our dinner. and he
would not take it. saying to YOU that that was
what he MAS there for. give you only II brief
account Of our racket, as a detailed account
would take too long. but hope to meet you
some day and tell you AL.
l wish you would remember mo to DR.. D.
and tell him after the battle was over found
myself right side IN with caro- and still on
ceck. Yours very truly. WIN. JACKSON.