The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-05
PRICE ON A BANDITS HEAD.
UTAH OFFERS $1,000 FOR TON,
Mccarthy DEAD OR ALIVE.

VT EMS $4,000 FOR TOM
MCCARTHY DEAD OR ALIVE.
wan Hunt as the Result of n Long Sc
ries of Depredntions-Fugit ana
Outlaw Band Living in Fortified
C"Ve-AlI of Them Expert Cattle
Thieves and Hiding Place Tn
known.
From the San Francisco Examiner
Utah, by special act Of lis legislature.
has set price on the head of Tom Nc
Carthy dead or alive. Whoever captures
or Kills Mccarthy will receive the sum Of
$1,000 form the state treasury on delivery
O. the prisoner or his head. Tom Nc
Carhy is bandit and cattle thief who
heads band of outlaws that for years
has terrorzed the people of Utah. Wyom-
ing and Colorado. He makes his head
quarters in the Blue range of the Rocky
mountains, where. in a sequestered can
yon, he has secret rendezvous in cave.
'uNuriously furnished and equipped with
an electric light plant. fortified with artil-
iery and supplied with stores of food and
ammunition against the possibility Of
siege.
A little over year ago, three Govern
ors-Adams of Colorado. Wells of Utah
and Richards of Wyomng-eutered into ar
rangements whereby The militia of the
three states were to be sent against the
robbers. Plans We're made and the mat
ter was well under way when the first
signs of hostility between this country
ana Spain were heralded. The soldiers
were needed against a greater and more
man local foe. 1t has now been decided
ny the administration of Utah that the
soldiers are not the agency which can com
oat ana overcome the Mccarthy brigands
OF make the attempt with the best chance
Of success.
An Anomaly of the Age.
The people of America, excepting those
who are acquainted with the history and
methods of the Mccarthy band. win nrob
AMY smile incredulousiy when told there
exists within the bounds of their nation
an organization of criminals. held in abso-
iute control by man whose generalship
inventive ability and remarkable PERSONAL
lily are equal to many of the most famous
generals OF olden and modern times "a man
whose exploits make those of Jesse James
ana leaders of his stripe seem ike child's
play and whose influence is felt not only
In the territory he harnesses. but in the
malls of the greatest American cities VIII
not the smile change into a look of won
der when it is told that the men under
the government of this king of bandits
live IN a fortress more impregnabe than
the walled city of Acre or the rock of
Gibraltar; whose natural protection is en-
HANGED by artificial means in keeping with
the most fantastic dreams of Jules Verne,
ana whose interior in It's rich and gor-
GeouS fittings, would turn green with envy
the owner of the tabled cave of Monte
Carlo. And yet these things are true.
The people have come TO the conclusion
that the only way to deal with the gang is
through men as wary as they. The posses
to be sent against them will not besiege
the rocks which hold The gang. but they
will depend more upon killing the members
one by one as they venture out for sup
plies. They will try to invest the place
and starve out the outlaws. They may be
successful, but it will not be done, ac-
cording to the judgment of people who
know, in a few days or weeks. II is gen
orally believed that there will be blood
shed on both sides before the object Of
the legislature is accomplished
Not an Imposing Leader.
Tom Mccarthy, the leader of the Blue
mountain robbers or the Hole in the
Wall Society" as 1t is often called. has
been called the Napoleon of outla wry. His
origin is in doubt, but il is known that he
is wanted in several parts of the country
for crimes of unusual atrocity. His APP
pearance is anything but prepossessing
He is about feet inches in hight and
weighs about IT'S pounds. His forehead is
narrow and forbidding and covers deep-set
gray eyes. A fold of fat curls over the
point of his chin. His mouth is wide and
his teeth are irregular His nose is pug
and his ears are turned forward
With a small following Mccarthy prepe-
trated several mail and express robberies
a number of years ago on stage coaches
over the Utah desert and in the noun
tains 1t was his first appearance in the
country In this role and before long his
daring exploits gathered about him a
choice company of criminals from the
neighboring states and territories, After
moving about considerably, always pur-
sued by sheriffs, the company settled in a
certain point of the Blue mountains. on the
line btween Colorado and Utah. The loss
Of some of the most daring of his comrades
seemed TO give Mccarthy an idea of es-
tablishing a rendezvous where he might
retreat when sorely pressed.
Miners and prospectors have in a number
of instances wandered close upon the re-
treat of the bandits and have always been
warned away and never molested If their
business in the locality was clearly peace
full. few have engaged in a fight with
the outlaws who were retreating 10 their
granite fortress, and have lived TO tell
about it, From these sources faint idea
has been gained of the character of the
place Now and then one of the band, while
visiting town moi many miles away. has
revealed a number of things in his cups.
Fortress LuxurIousIy Furnished.
The exact locality of the retreat of Nc
earthly and his men is not known, though
there are persons who could guide party
within three or four miles of it. The
path runs through a narrow canyon and
leaves it at a particularly wild and tor
tuous place for a serpentinei trail running
a mile or more up and down the nights.
Again. at the end of this trail, there is
passa geway blasted and cut through the
solid rock. The termination of this short
er pathway brings the robber TO the en-
trance of the gathering place, which is
nothing less than a great cave or amph-
theater in the center of the rock This
is the throneroom of the Irishman, and
from this there run in all directions tun-
nels, their openings artfully concealed,
so great are the precautions of the band,