The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-25

lesperadoes numbers In all 400 men
burglars counterfoiters and highway.
men OF national notorlety, nearly al
being refugees from justice from near
ly every state ana territory III 'no
union. The inhabitants OF the uo'
der points are handing together III op.
position. and the state milltlas o'
Wyoming. Colorado. Idaho ana u,au
may be duplicated to assist IN dflN'nh
the outlaws from their mountain last
nesses. and n possible In cap'urlhs
them. For months the great menaelhs
horde has plundercd the country ana
grown in strength and boldness until
Il has become the terror OF every Dor
der point It's field Of operation cS-
tends for hundreds OF miles around
and In Us wake have been murders
bank and store robberlos. stage hold
ups and hlghwaymanry OF almost ev-
cry description Cattle and horses
in droves OF hundreds are being taken
boldly from the big ranches. and All
opposition has thus FAR beer iutiie'
Much Of the stolen property has be-
come the possession Of The Ute Indians
In Utah. and they are supposed TO bo
In league with the robbers. The MS
torlc deprodatlous Of the famous Mnr-
rell and southern swamp gangs OF des-
peradocs already seem 10 be lnslgnll-
cant IN comparison with the high
handed methods ~ this western out
law army. These frontier bandits
have an differed and disciplined or
ganlzatlon under slrlc, military rules.
They have a systematic chain Of posts
or stations Tor the temporary storage
or handling Of their plumber. and IN
almost every gulch and lonely spot are
stationed fences" or receivers and
dlspoEers Of stolen property As iar
a. il known the chief headquarters Of
the gang and center Of operations arc
located as follows Robbers Roost
on Blue mountain. between Utah and
Colorado. Browns Park cor holel, pr
tae borders OF Colorado Utah and wy
omlng; Green mountain. in Utah
south OF the Rio Grando railroad cross
ing Of Green river. Powder Springs. ii
southeastern sWcctwalCr county. W.
oming. and the Hole-in-thc-Wali u
johnson county. Wyoming Tho out
law band appears TO consist Of numer
Gus captaincles. each local captain re
porting TO the supreme captain. all i'm
rortant matters being Of final refer
ence TO an executive high commlsslo
composed 81 various local captain
with the supreme captain In the Chli.
Powder Springs ls thought 10 be "a
main headquarters and the resldiu
place OF the chief The territory sul
rounding this point is perhaps M
widest In the United States. tn
whole country Is one continuous scr.,
OF sand hills. and may be- said 90 O.
practically uninhablted excepting D.
the robbers themselves aud two q
three ranchmon.
Fifteen miles northwest Oi ihe s1.
posed headquarters o. Dixon. uU
frontier poNohice. Tho camp ise
d thought to De- On a basin 90 which
network of trails have been found
lead from every point Of the con
pass IN the center ot this basin %
old settlers Say there was once c1
shanly. whose adobe oh.muoys thoua
fallen 10 decay. sim mark its site. Is
Is believed 90 be- the exact location
the headquarters.
"lof' Dunbar. noted character
criminal circles Or looked upon as D.
Ing the hlgh chief ot the entire ban
To has lived In Western Colorado q
ten years, ana boasts of having
score 90 men m the u1yCyari.' 8
has the reputation Of te.ns able to d
o. ten-ceut piece with b.r shooie
as Cor al Do can see o. DE o. rpf
gee from Texas, end BIAS been chla
by the au,hoHucs Ger nclsiy aua.
years. lic Killed O. man ln Tex
over gam. n Mexican monte. ar
flew the country lic killed an %!
Ger named Ble,ns .n N,w Mexico. aI
wounded another MAN iu the oncol
ter Tie Is noted as the murderer
b Bob Stewart 90 Cheyenne. Tie boa.
r that he runs northwestern COlorl
and shoots 10 zap" az viii
I There Is some doubt as to the nam
I n the local captains. the "honor
here probably falling as follows "nrl
1 cho' Johnson, local captain OF me 20.
! der Springs Or Snake river dlvlslo
. Hutch Cassidy who escaped loa