Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-08
A FIGHT WITH BANDITS
Sheriff's Posse Has Hot Time With
Union Pacific Train Robbers.
OUTLAWS USE THEIR REvOlVfRS
Two Horses of the Pursuing Party Are
Shot and Killed Robbers X lin Bullets
Upon Their Pursuers-See Safety in
Mountain Fastn es.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 6.-(Spec
ial Telegram to the Omaha Bee.)-The
sheriff's posse which left Casper yes
terday in pursuit of three of the Union
Pacific train robbers overlook them
when thirty miles out and were given
severe setback in the fight which fol-
lowed, the robbers shooting two of
their horses and stampeding two more
The posse consisted OF Hazen of Con-
verse county, Herstand of Natrona
county, Lee Deyine, foreman of the
"Cy' outfit, and seven others. They
followed the trail of the robbers al
most due north and over very high,
sandy, rolling prairie.
The bandits had eaten lunch at Tea
Pot rocks, twenty-five miles from Cas-
per, where, with field glasses, they
could see the country behind them for
ten miles and probably saw their pur-
suers approaching. They had been fol-
lowing high ridges, but after leaving
Tea Pot rocks struck down draw to
the head of Tea Pot creek and follow
ed along the creek bottom for six
miles.
At a high cliff of rocks the bandits
turned abruptly to the left and rode
into the rocks. They were seen by the
posse and followed closely, one man
trailing them while the others rode
to the side. Within 200 yards of the
rocks Charles Hallaby and e. T. Pay
ton were in the lead. Suddenly two
shots rang out and Paytons horse
went down with a bullet through the
heart. The whole posse dismounted
nd pay in,
er.
In a few minutes other shots were
fired by the robbers, but only two
shos5 were fired in return, as they
were completely hidden behind rocks
and could not be seen. A few minutes
later J. E. Long of the posse, who had
been some distance behind, came up
and the robbers put ball through his
horse lengthwise and rained bullets
around him like hail. Two more of
the horses stampeded down draw to
the east and the posse was considerably
demoraliZed.
The robbers took advantage of this
to beat hasty retreat and as it was
too dark to follow them, the pursuit
ceased till this morning, when the trail
was taken up at the head of Dugout
creek, forty miles north of Casper.
Two of the posse returned to Casper,
where reinforcementS were mounted
on good horses, and Immediately
started out to take the trail.
General Manager Dickinson, Super
intendent Harris, Mr.. Buckingham of
the Union Pacific, Superintendent DAN
iels and Manager Gentsch of the Pa
cific Express and Special Agent Wizard
of the Union Pacific are at Casper, di-
recting the pursuit. If the robbers
succeed in reaching the Hole-in-the-
Wall the fastness will be surrounded
and a determined effort made to cap
ture them.
At the scene of the ambush one of
the posse this morning found a shot
gun marked Pacific Express Com
pany," which had been dropped by the
robbers. Frank Webb and J. ID. Mil
Ter OF the sheriff's posse were knocked
down by lightning during the pursuit
and seriously injured.
The latest advices from the scene Of
the trouble that have been received
by Union Pacific officials at Omaha
came from Casper, Wyo., about p.
m. Monday This was telegram from
a Union Pacific agent and read as fol-
lows:
Posse struck three robbers about
thirty miles north of here last night.
Exchanged some shots and disabled
three of our horses. Owing to LARK
al