The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-27


rob tho bank. Astvidsnces Of good faith he
produced from HE top coat pocket dy nsnise
cartridge which hs said be would us In blow
1ug mp the hank. is Mr.. Motstf did no: comply.
Thsn hs gave the check 10 Nofisif and COM
Suanded him 10 make is out for Hoo Mo:Ysst
was told 70 carry the cheek u the cashier and
have u esshed. Mccsrty telling him II no did
not DO - be told him OF II he made any trouble
90 explanatiou he would instantly drop the
dynamite bomb and blow up the whois oatns
All the time he acted esasy, and he always
thought he did IL 20 well thss Monan did not
know IL wss ARTIFICIAL The cashier. after being
told twice. brought the money, $1,000 In
gold and the balance III currency. Then he
walked OUT and BY the time Nc. Mo6ass had ex-
planned he had disappeared How he got away
hes mover bssn told. but be says IL vas this
WISE: Rss Christensen wss stationed st the
bsnt door. and Tom psssed the money % him
- b left the hank. They separated In the
usual way. McCafsy taking hack to his room
aud Christsnson ioahng OF In an opposite dircc-
sion. Once in his room NcCasty did the light
ming change Get. do3ntng . ministerial suit II
black and showing . full beard on his tsce He
remained IN town . week and then joined
Christenson st Star Valley. In wyoming
There was one $1,000 bill in the paper
money secured BY Mccarty. and there vas
one corner missing from IL. This bill has
never turned up. Mr.. Snively says. II IL
ever had been presented or ever il pre-
sentsd the person handing II will be Jailed.
But the robbers arc clever. and IL is not
now expected that the big bill will ever 10
presented. Tom McCarty corroborates
the crazy act part Of the story by tho way
he acted down In Baker county. Or. re-
Gently. when he held up tho sheriff and
took from him the state warrants for his
arrest and the arrest OF his brother Billy.
Just before this happened Mr.. sniveIy
had secured the cipher used by the robbers
In calling the gang together. Stock
phrases arc used in this cipher. and
stock selling high: get ready to ship"
signifies that there is going to be robbery
Or . raid. and upon receipt Of 1t the band
Its get ready to move. Acting for the Ros-
iyn bank Mr.. snively acquainted tele-
graph operator on the line of the Great
Northern In Douglas county with the
cipher. and before long Il Was discovered
that plans were being laid for
raid upon the First National
bank Of WAlla Walia on April 10.
Every member Of the gang was located
through the cipher kilograms sent while
the leader. Ras Christensen. alias Ras
Lewis. and Bob Parker and Dick Willard,
were laying out the work q. the Douglas
county ranch. George McCarty was a,
Sumter, Or, Tom and Billy at Haincs, in
the same state.
Chief OF Police Farley, OF Denver, who
had become interested in the case on &C
count Of the manner In which Tom Nc
Carly had treated Mr.. Moiiatt, wanted to
assist in the arrest of the brother who
could mimic crazy man. He went down
10 Baker county. but when the sheriff ar.
al ~ sfn hsst ..t.
while =: the hotel white he stepped out for
moment. He went direct to Billy Nc
C<rty's house, and told him he had como
20 arrest him for carrying concealed
weapons. Billy said "all right" and in
vited him into the house, while he spoke
20 his wife and got ready. Just rs the
sheriff stepped over the threshold Tom
MeCarty thrust Winchester rifle into his
face, and tho Baker county sheriff Was sure
hs acted for all tho world like
Q mailman. He wanted to shoe,
the officer, but Billy interfered.
Finally. Biliy's son. Fred Was left 10
guard the sheriff. while Billy and Tom
mounted and drove off heavily armed
Chief Farley has already spent = couple Of
thousand dollars trying To catch Tom
McCarty. and the chase is siill on. Be-
fore leaving with tho sher.tl's warrants.
including acquisitions from the governor
Of Washington. Tom told the intrrpid Of
hcer that he had robbed the Roslyn bank.
and many others. bat you cant ares,
me-" he yelled, land no other man can.
will not be taken"
Snively does not think he ever will he
taken alive. lie. like his brothers, are
Mormons. and so Is Christensen. The
latter's father Is nov the keeper of the
Mormon temple at Manti. Utah.
President William Story. Of the FRS.
National hank OF Telluride. Colo, which
Institution WAS formerly known as the
San Miguel Valley hank. has written the
following 10 Deputy Sheriff Banks. Of
kittitas county.
Iass,rs 10 say thu, Tcrr Mccarsy. Res, Mad.
den. Rob Parker and - Warner ere the mar.
ties who roesed the san " CUE, Valley hsnk o.
e,..aso IN June. ,ssa Fogr men were In the ios
hesdsS probably seeom p .ees Two men re
made the assistant cashier, who WAS aleae IN
tho NsaS 70, moment, taxa cut ali the eua
end pus IL In = ha4 fee them.
Mr.. Modats and the cashier o. hank
have idcasited Tom McCarsy hy a photo
graph oil him. now IN the possession q. Mr..
knivcly. And 10 has hsen found gpoa In.
Ves,isasion that Sarah Jane tells the truth
b. ascesy. Fur instance she told how
the robbers got away after sohA,nx the
kosiya hank. and on sending men on, 20
look into her story every Statement, has
eeen corrohesssed. She said. ;or instance.
hat the robbers xot lost in the mountains
snd bought lantern of = Swede for $lo.
Nothing 81 this mature had ever before
deem known. oshcers searched Tor shc
sxeae. found Ole Hanson aud accused al
Nna,,lns the robbers Ga the trail aud sci.
ans them ats lantern. Az ssrst he denied
L After e aile ne admitted everything.
MI ssid ths robbers haa ordered ham
never 90 SPEAK of IL Again Sarah Jane
stated ,aai tse robbers in trying TO cross
he Columbus river had been driven of hy
logs AMI bal 10 si.os = boa; ~ Get auay.
This Was ssse eorrogo-ased
fa:s ssnS saaaaetei themselves ,l.nIla.
10 those sa.ea ro}ssi tie WsllowA or.
National bank ~ <6.t.l on October iS.i
ana the fasgaeSs' Mortgages 4 Saving,
kaak. Of SammsEsil4e, 81 tAe same state.
II <a.oa on Noycmtses ef the same wear.
In roaesng the Farmers Mortgage AMI
laviags bank the robbers sagacei ap 81 : 10
s'esock At night and esptag~i Cashier IL.
:. ksaessars just - he wss leaving the
saak and cerrssaes hsu 10 erea The doors