The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13

concerning the Montpelier. Ida, bank
, robbery with the murder trial now
pending before the courts at Ogi@n,
much additional information concern
ing the Warner-Cassidy gang has
been secured Every new fact adds to
their record as criminals of the worst
type.
That Cassidy and Lay were the
principals in the Montpelier bank rob-
berry is certain almost beyond a doubt.
Officials who are now ON the trail Of the
bandits have them identified by parties
who were in the bank at the time the
robbery occurred, and while Cassidy
and Lay are about as desperate men
as ever struck mountain trail there
is every probability they will be cap
tured and that before long.
The facts so far obtained by The Her.
aid show that Cassidy and Lay were
sFsen coming out Of the Montpelier can
yon about an hour after the robbery
occurred. Subsequently they were seen
in the vicinity of Vegnal, but being
wanted at that place for cattle steal
ing they made themselves scarce in
spot them. Then they made their way
toward Ogden bent upon hberating
their pals in Jail there, but finding that
the officials We're on guard did not VEN
ture to carry out their plans and at
tend the trial of Wall and Warner. 1t
is learned from an authentic source
which The Herald for obvious reasons
is not at liberty to divulge, that the
deSperadoeS are camped about seventy
Eve miles from Ogden
A Herald representative visited Evan
ston, Wyo., yesterday and gained much
valuable Information concerning the
robbers for whom the officials there
have been on the constant lookout.
SHERIFF WARD TALKS.
Sheriff John Ward and Deputy
Sheriff Calverly said they were some
what surprised when they read The
Herald's story Of the Montpelier bank
robbery. They had been keeping a
sharp lookout for the bandits, thinking
1 they might put in an appearance
: somewhere in the neighborhood of
Evanston.
yes, it was the Cassidy gang that
robbed the Montpelier bank" said
Sheriff Ward to a Herald representa-
tive today
about two days after the robbery
was committed 1 telegraphed Gray of
the Montpelier bank that they were the
robbers. Since the robbery, and par
ticularly since the trial of Warner be-
gan, we have been on the lookout for
them There can be no doubt as to
who robbed the Montpelier bank It
was the Cassidy gang, and a desperate
LOT Of fellows they are. If you want to
know about them, here is my deputy,
Bob Calverly, coming. He has had a
round or two with them, and he'll tell
you"
AT this iuncture a man of powerful
stature and determined face stepped
up. 1t was Robert Calverly, deputy
sheriff Of Uinta county, who captured
George Cassidy after a gun fight,
which came near proving fatal on both
sides. When asked what he knew
about the Cassidy-W arner-McCarthy
band, he said:
Il have reason to know a great deal
about those fellows. 1 arrested Cassidy
OH April II, 1892 for the Telluride
bank robbery and also for horse steal
ing. I told him I had warrant for
him, and he said:
''Well, get to shooting" and with
that we both pulled our guns. I put
the barrel of my revolver almost to his
stomach, but it missed fire three times.
Cassidy shot at me three times. but
owing to the fact that there was an
other man between us, he failed to hit
me. The fourth time l snapped the
gun it went off and the bullet hit him
in the upper part of the forehead and
felled him 1 then had him, and he
made no further resistance. Cassidy
got two years in the penitentiary att
Laramie. Matt Warner and Tom Mo
Carthy were in that robbery Cassidy
and others of the gang are wanted at
other places, but 1 prefer not to say
anything about that at this time.
I'D RI, Tot w.
known as a horse and cattle thief and
an all round desperate man. James
Cnnley, now at Anaconda. Mont. and
then g stock inspector for the Montana
Gtock Growers association, arrested
Matt Warner and Tom Mccarthy in
1889 or 1890 for cattle and horse steal
ing. They were locked up at Butte
I don't know how Mccarthy got cut of
it. but Warner, who is an oily and
smooth talker, got into the good graces
of the taller, and finally was given the
privilege of going out and in and about
the jail at will One day, he walked
down town, ana going to a livery stable
asked for the fastest horse in it.
He told the livery man his partner was
injured by a cave-in in the coal mines.
and that he had tired his own horse
out riding so fast after a doctor. He
departed and that was the last seen
OF horse and rider The next time
Warner was heard of was at Ellens-
burg, Washington, when he was ar
rested for the Rosslyn bank robbery.
One day, before the Montpelier bank
robbery, we heard that the gang was
Wishing the country towns around this