The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-06
ROBBERS RUN DOWN.
Pursuit and Capture Of the
Livingston Gang. :
sLooDv FIGHT IN THE ROCKIES.
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raeific train near Livinesson. Mont, on
August Is b. manhai's posse clear across
Montana 70 point On the Great Northern
road scar the summit Of the Rocky mount
aims. w.s brought 20 the city 81 the crew
% the train which arrived over the Crest
Northern shout midnight on Wednesday,
and the 6nai rout Of the gang 10 announced
fl dispatches received last night
The robbers we're fve In number and
they held np che Northern Pacific east
bound passenger train - Grxy CIin. fsfty
rniI<s east Of Lavin1ston, just before mid
night on August .. From me fact that
they said IL would take too long 10 blow
open the express safe with dynamitsit Was
sspxrent that they we're old hands and
one Of them was believed 20 be familiar
Hish that section, - he recognized some Of
the passengers. Two posses started ia
pursuit and have kept mp the chase ever
since. ons posse. headed by United States
MarshaI Jackson, having traiisd them
from Gray CHI through tue center of Mon
tans to MidvaIs. thirteen miles east Of the
summis on the Great Northern road
II vas Tuesday morning when Jsekson's
posse reached Blackfoot station and found
that the robbers were only about twenty
miles further vest along the Great North
ern. Jackson telegraphed 20 division
headquarters Tor q special train TO take his
posse from BIackfoot beyond MidvsIe. 50
that he might head OF the gang before
Their reached the mountains and concealed
themselves in the timber. He had rein
forced his party with about adozsn indian
police ~ Blackfoot and learned there that
the flyo robbers were stili together, making
for the mountains with ten horses The
train vas sent out and brought Jackson
and his party with their horses 70 point
east Of Midsaie, which stands In the mid
die Of the prairie through which Two
Medicine creek winds. There he learned
that the robbers were about two miles
south Of the railroad. and he gave chase.
Soon coming up with them. the party
made o rush ak them and ordered them to
hold up their hands Instead Of comply
ing the robbers made for log cabin near
at hand. The posse opened Ere and
wounded ono man, who was dragged TO
the cabin b. his companions. Then the
robbers returned the ire. killing Henry
ehubert. one Of tho posse. A hot fusillade
followed, Ia which another Of the robbers
was wounded.
Fearing his force was not sufficient to
effect the capture, Jackson autographed to
The sheriff ut kaiispeIi 10 come TO his aid
with twenty-five more men. and that off,
ciai left abogt s O'Clock on Tuesday even
ing with eighteen men. On tho way east
this posse learned from = tralnman that q
man had ridden few miles west on the
freight train whose movements were sus-
picious and that the Indian police had
trniled him 10 point on one of the forks
Of the Two Medicine, where another gang
was encamped. This gang was also sus-
pccted OF being composed OF robbers who
were either waiting for the Great Northern
passenger train with the intention OF rob-
hing IL or were making for the boundary.
As IL would bc dark before the train
could reach Midvale and the night was
stormy. II was expected that both posses
would surround the two gangs Of robbers
and prevent their escape until morning.
when an attack would be- made and both
gangs brought In, dead or alive. 1t seems.
however. that the robbers gave the pur-
susrs the slip during the night and started
on through tho mountains with the posse
In close pursuit. for the final fight in
which thu gang was captured took place ut
Java fourteen miles west Of the summit.
The following dispatch from Essex, on the
Great Northern, completes the story:
Essgx. Mont. Oct. 5--Word has lust
reached hero that q posse stationed al
Java. the second station west OF the sum
NIT OF the Rocky mountains, on the line
OF the Great Northern road sighted the
gang of robbers who held mp the Northern
Pacific train at Livingston August 2a.
yesterday forenoon. The officcrs called on
thens 90 surrender. aud on their refusal
opened tire, killing one aud wounding
two. when four surrendered. one
wounded man took 10 the hills. and a
posse are In pursuit.
From Conductor Taber, of the Great
Northern train which came in at mid
night. the story of the final capture VA,
learned. as well as further particulars of
Che Erst tight near Midvale. Marshal
jackson had alone tracked the gang elear
scross the state and suddenly ran upon
them at Blackfoot. where they had
been buying provisions. Learning of
MS preseiice. they fled towards the mount
ans, while he went to the Indian agency
and procured the aid Of ten Indian police
nsn. whom he took with him on a special
train. IL was Tuesday morning when
they overlook the robbers near Midvale
end attacked them. After the latter had
taken refuge In cabin, taking their
wounded eomrade with them. schu-
bert and one OF the Indians crawled
sp towards the cabin through the
snow. but their advance was stopped by
deadly ire. which wounded both men
atally. Then telegram was sent to Kali.
spell Tor moro men aud meanwhile the
posse stayed on guard, hnt dared not an.
Dfoaeh 20 rescue their comrades. Abcnt
noon the robbers crawled out through
Ne snow unseen by the hesierers. for
% was not until o'clock in aha
evening that the posse made another al.
vance aud picked mp the two wounded
men. Then they found that the birds haa
Sewn and started in pursuit.. traekinv
ehem IN the snow. Schubert seemed 10
have been perfectly riddied with bullets
even after his 6rst wound had dixahlnd
him aud he died an hour after he vs.
picked up The wounded Indian il M,
expceked TO live. for he had been Twins, IN
the snow and rain aud bleeding steadily
ior eight hours.
After they bad escaped from the cabin
she robbers seem TO have kept pretty close
- the railroad track, going towards the
mountains The posse sighted them
sgain in the pass aud followed them aoUD
the west side Of the mountains Tia
iugstsyes keeping on the mountain as.
parallel With The track. They we're again
osertaken while eating dinner In
deserted shack at McCarsyville. ,ha
posse being ranged on ali sides in the
esish and On the hs. horseshoe which the
railroad DESERVES on a trestle overlook,n.
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