The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-07-12
PRICE ON A BANDITS HEAD.
UTAH OFFERS $1,000 FOR TOM
MCCARTHY DEAD OR ALIVE.
Man Hunt as the Result of a Long
Series of DepredatiOns. Fugitive
and Outlaw Band Living in
Fortified Cave.
Fortified Cave.

Fortified Cave.
Utah, by special act OF It's legIsia-
ture, has set price on the head of Tom
MCCARTHY, dead or alive. Whoever
captures or kills Mccarthy will receive
the sum of Sc, 900 from the state treas
ury on delivery of the prisoner or his
head. Tom Mccarthy is bandit and
cattle thief who heads a band of out
laws that for years has terrorized the
people of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado
He makes his headquarters in the Blue
range of the Rocky mountains, where,
in sequestered canyon, he has secret
rendezvous IN a cave, luxuriously fur>
nished and equipped with an electric
light plant, fortified with artillery and
supplied with stores of food and ans
munition against the possibility of
siege.
A little over year ago three governors
Adams of Colorado, Wells Of Uta b
and Richards of Wyoming-entered into
arrangements whereby the militia Of the
three states were to be sent against the
robbers. Plans were made and the mat
ter was well under way when the first
signs of hostility between this country
and Spain were heralded. The soldiers
were needed against greater and more
than local foe. 1t has now been decided
bv the administration of Utah that the
soldiers are not the agency which can
combat aud overcome the Mccarthy
brigands or make the attempt with the
hoet oh Of SnCceRS
An Anomaly of the Age.
The people of America, excepting
those who are acquainted with the his
tory and methods of the MCCARTHY band,
will probably smile incredulously wGen
told there exists within the bounds OF
their nation an organization OF criminals
held in absolute control by man whose
goneraship, inventive ability and re-
markable personality are equal TO many
of the most famous generals OF olden
and modern times man whose EXPLOITS
make those of Jesse James and leaders
of his stripe seem like chlld's play, and
whose influence is felt not only In the
territory he harnesses but IN the marts OF
the greatest American cities. viii not
the smile change into look of wonder
when it is told that the men under the
government of this king Of bandits live
in fortress more impregnable than the
walled city of Acre or the rock of Glib
raltar: whose natural protection is en-
HANGED by artificial means In keeping
with the most fantastic dreams of Jules
Verne, and whose interior, in its rich
and gorgeous 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 cOnclu
sion 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 supplies. They will try
to invest the place and starve out the
outlaws. They may be successful, but
it will not be done, according to the
judgment of people who know, in few
days or weeks It's generally belIevd
that there will be blood shed on both
sides before the object of the legislature
Is accomplished.
Not an Imposing Lender.
Tom Mccarthy, The leader of the Blue
mountain robbers. or the ''Hole in the
Wall Society,"" as it is often called, has
been called the Napoleon of outlawry.
His origin is in doubt, but it is known
that he is wanted in several parts of the
country for crimes of unusual atrocity.
His appearance is anything but prepos-
sessing. He is about 5 feet 6 inches in
hight and weighs about IT'S pounds. His
forehead is narrow and forbiddng and
covers deep~set gray eyes. A fold of
fat curls over his chin. His mouth is
wide and his teeth are irregular. His
nose is pug and his ears are turned tor
ward.
With small following McCarl by per-
petrated several mail and express rob-
berries Eumber of years ago on stage
coaches over the Utah desert and in the
mountains. 1t was his first appearance
in the country in this role, and before
long his daring exploits gathered about
him choice company of criminals from
the neighboring states and territories.
After moving about considerably, al
ways pursued by sheriffs, the company
settled in a certain point of the Blue
mountains, on the line between Colorado
and Utah. The loss of some of the most
daring of his comrades seemed to give
Mccarthy an idea of establishing rem
devious where he might retreat when
sorely pressed.
Miners and prOspectors have in num-
Der of instances wandered close upon
the retreat of the bandits and have all
ways been warned away and never M