The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-10
BMFELED ALL THEIR PURsUERs.
Remarkable Flight of the Union Pacific
Train Robbers in wyoming.

OMAHA. Nsb, July OF. NJ. Hans, the we'll
known Western detectlve,:has returned TO
Omaha from long chase after the six men
who held up and dynamited the Union Pacific
express train in Wyoming on June 2. Hans Is
both a railroad detective and n special agent OF
the United States Government. He started
after the robbers when they killed Sheriff
Hazcn. his friend. in the beginning Of their
flight. Speaking Of the extraordinary chase
Hans says:
These mon have made the most remark
able flight in the criminal history OF the West
They have travelled over 1900 miles since
committing the crime and have been.chased
by 300 or 400 men constantly, yet they es-
capped. Time and again they have been sur
rounded by ten times their number yet b. n
display OF desperate nerve and their knowledge
OF wooGcraft they have managed each time to
get away. They frat fled to the Hole-in tho
WALL found, but being so hard pressed and
having such n large reward on their heads
$4,000 they did not dare stop among their
Did outlaw company for fear Of being BETRAYED.
They kent on into the Big Horn basin. then
turned back and retraced their steps through
the widest and most desolate stretch Of noun
famous country in tho West Here the Indian
police, under Baldwin got after them and
chased them south toward the Utah noun
tains; and 1t was here that they were COM
:, I'm the past I have hunted outlaws prac-
tically alone. as l prefer that sort OF thing. but
this time ] found that method OF little value.
aimee the whole country was aroused and everv-
body was on the lookout for the men. know
George Curry very we'll. II Is foolishness to
talk OF that bandit being taken alive. He ard
his companions will never surrender. They
NAV be killed some day. but they have two
horseloads Of smokeless ammunition. and in
their retreat could stand off an ARM. ! never
heard OF fugitives making such a fight and
flight None hut these very men could have
done It, or course. they had everything fixed
to rush back to tho Hole-in- the Wall the mo.
ment the train was robbed. and they expected
the chase after them to stop there. as 1t has in
the past. They were not prepared to have
the National Guard OF the State called out for
them. That accounts for the swift time they
made | found 1t very difficult to get infor-
nation about the men. The honest farmers
and ranChmcn Of that section are afraid to in
form on them for fear OF being killed for their
pains
These fellows are the remnants OF the most
daring outlaw band In existence. I have been
n scout. plainsman and detective in that part
OF the West for TWENTY-FIVE years, and know
all those fellows. | knew Curry. thelr ,eader.
when he was an honest rancher. it was but
tea years ago that he turned hghwayman. and
since then he has been In n number Of des-
perate games 1t was he and his gang that
held M the Spearfsh. s. D.. Bank. whom sew
eral OF them were killed. | believe this will
very nenrly wind them up. for they have got to
nut In their appearance at some town in the
West some day, and when they dc they will be
shot down "