The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-07
A SHERIFF KILLED
In y Fight With Outlaws Out in
Wyoming.


Cheyenne. Wyo.. June "a second bat
tie with the dynamiters Of the Union Pa
cihc express train has been fought in ths
mountains forty miles north OK Caspar
by the serlfrs posse which has been in
pursuit since Sunday morning and a. "a
result one man and probably more Hs
dead. The first battle was fought Sunday
on Tea Pot Creek. thirty miles north of
Caspar. No one was wounded during .hls
| engagement but several horses were k DE
| ed
The second battle was fought last ev-
ening at a point ten miles farther nor.h
| and In a wilder country The robbers ra.
| ing closely pressed. made a determ, rcd
| stand behind some rocks In a deep rayine
Z ana when the posse put IN an appearance
opened fire at close range Sheriff Joe
Hazen Of Douglas. Wyo.. fell at the first
fire, being shot through the stomach
The officer was removed TO a safe place
and afterwards brought TO Caspar by
two cowboys arriving at the latter place
this noon.
General Manager Dickinson OF the I'm
ion Pacific who has been at Caspar since
Mond2s directing the work OF hunting
down he robbers, rendered the use of
his private train and Hazen was taken
10 his home at Douglass. \ telegram
from there this evening stated that .he
c'hctr died shortly after reacnne his
home
The posse resumed the fight as soln as
yazen had been removed and was sue
tessful In short time IN driving IN,
robbers from their stronghold and away
from their horses which were secI.ei
The robbers retrcated TO a natural forte
among the rocks some two miles distant
whore they entrenched themselves ard
prepared TO- y bitter fight. The posse
quietly divided up and surrounded tho
place, and when the courier left the
scene, the officers were lying on .helr
arms with the ROBBERS completely surrounl
ed and hemmed in An urgent request was
sent IN for relnforcements ana a supply
Of food and ammunition
In response. United states Marshal
Hadsell OF wyoming, who had lust
reached Caspar from the western par, of
the state. where he had been hunting Tor
the other three train robbers started out
with another posse aud with plenty OF
arms, food, ammunition and horses On
plenty.
The capture Of the three robbers who
are now hommed IA The mountains forty
five miles north OF Caspar l. now thought
certain, but whether they will ever
reach the railroad is another question.
as there Is intense excitement in Caspar
and Douglass and talk of lynching the
robbers II caught is plentiful
Omaha, June ca special 10 the Bee
from Cheyenne, Wye. says:
courier reached Caspar tonight from
the scene Of the fight and reported that
the outlaws escaped through tho lines of
the posse In the intense darkness OF last
night. They stole the horses OF a freight
ing outfit and are now flying Tor the
Hole-in- wall.
SiNty-fve men under United states
Marshal Hadsall took up the trail today.
The three outlaws are Bob Taylor "a
Mexican and a Caspar gambler named
Cavllaugh.
Omaha. June G--union Pacific officials
here have Just received Information that
Sheriff Hazen. who was wounded an tho
hgth with train robbers died az $3.50 d. m
today.
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Hamilton, o., June Cat 3 o'clock this
evening, CHIEF OF Police Peter A. claire
~ this city with his wife and daughter
In carriage attempted to cross the Cln-
cnnau, Hamilton and Dayton railroad
four miles south OF here. locomotive
struck the carriage, dashed lt 10 pieces
killed the chief Immediately and 80 bad
ly injured the child that she died IN The