The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30

be easier 10 hold up an express train upon
the Denver and Rio Grande Railway some
where In the secluded regions above the
Royal Gorge This was successfully accom-
plished and large sum Of money was Sc
cured.
The sherifs OF several counties, rail-
road officials. and the ranchmen OF the
neighborhOOd all turned out to run down
the tran robbers. The Mccoy gang was
suspected at the outset, and their cabin
was promptly guarded. BlOodhounds
were put on the trail, but they lost the
scent in the river bed. Bonfires on the
mountain side led the pursuers TO think
that the train robbers were in hiding
among the rocks, but while the pursuit
was made in that direction the robbers
made good their escape in the opposite
direction. They divided the booty and
scattered, one going west and the others
east.
The west-bound robber. in attempting
to board freight train out in Utah. lost
his footing and was run over. and his
leg had to be amputated at Salt Lake City.
While fearful OF death he confessed the
train robbery and told who had partici-
pated in the hold-up. With this informa-
tlon the detectives took up the search.
Many months afterward they located the
robbers in the Cherokee country, where
they were all bagged by surprise and
without an opportunity to fight for lib
erty. They were brought back to Denver,
tried and sentenced. Since that time there
mas been no trouble in the whole region
along the Grand Canon Of the Arkansas.
over in Utah a band of bank robbers
heid sway for a time committing a num-
Der OF daring attacks upon country banks
but when one day they swooped down
upon Delta and took away a sackful of
money they met quick vengeance from
Ray Simpson, crack shot Of that town
al ho
nearing OF the trouble rushed into hard
ware store and got a Winchester which
ne loaded while on the run. AS the rob-
| bers dashed down side street on fleet
horses Ray opened fire, bringing down
two of them, the third escaping. Since
that day no bank in that region has been
molested.
Then you may recall the arrest of the
| leader OF the Starr gang of Indian Terri
tory desperadoes. Starr had found the In
dian country too hot for him and came out
to Colorado. Stopping over night at
Colorado Springs hotel he was arrested by
a constable as he sat at his meal He was
so mad at being taken without a fight that
ne confessed all his past deeds. lie wanted
to go right back and have his trial without
delay; his spirit was broken because he
| mad allowed himself to be captured. The
trial resulted in a death sentence. No
more border rufflans now come to Color
ado for their health.
Then there was Gen. Jack Smith. the
leader of the Bull Hill miners in the Grip
pie Creek war. He was a chap who had
gone through the Occur dAlene strike
without being captured, and had been
mixed up in several raekets subsequently.
Yet he was shot down in a drunken spree
by the town marshal of Altman, and l
think no other tough will now try to run
any OF the camps in the Cripple Creek
district
Il noticed in the paper this morning that
Soapy Smith had left the state for Cuba.
where he purposes to Join the insurgents
and have some excitement shooting Span
ism soldiess or buncoing the insurgents out
OF some of their funds. l want to tell you
that Colorado is too moral for me. and
knew that equal suffrage would do it,"
Having thus expressed himself at length,
the old-timer walked off.