The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-18
A FIGHT With BANDITS
One Train Robber Killed by the
Posse.
FIFTY SHOTS EXCHANGED
The Rest of the Gang Are Being Pur-
sued in the Hills-The Sheriff
Killed and Two of His
Party Wounded

East Las Vegas, N. NJ, July IL
Word was received here late to-day
that the dead body of one of the train
robbers concerned in the Folsom train
robbery on the Colorado Southern rail
road had been conveyed to Cimarron,
N. M, from the scene of the fight and
was afterwards taken to Springer a
railroad station, where an inquest was
held tonight. The dead man is known
by the name of William McGinnis,
alias G. w. Franks, and came from
Magdalene, N. M. where he is known
as broncho buster. He is six feet two
inches tall, weighs about 200 pounds
and is light complexioned. The other
two robbers abandoned their horses and
are being pursued in the hills by posse
of 20 men.
Later accounts of the fight state the
train robbers were overtaken at about
o'clock Sunday evening in the cam
yon, 10 miles above Cimarron They
were preparing to go into camp and
replied in the negative to a demand to
surrender. A fight then ensued, in
which about so shots We're exchanged.
Sheriff Ed Farr received the first
daged it and resumed the battle. He
was shot a second time through the
body and fell dead. F. H. Smith, an
other member of the posse, was stot
through the leg. H. NJ Love sustained
dangerous wound through the thigh
The firing lasted about As minutes.
Special Officer Reno remained on the
scene until s o'clock Sunday night. and
then left for Cimarron to secure med
ical aid, which was secured al Sprir g.
er. 1t took him nearly four hours to
make the trip to Cimarron, distance
of 10 miles through the heavy rain and
intense darkness.
Sheriff Farr. Special Officer w. T. Re
no of Denver. f. II. Smith of New
York, who was al Cimarron and VOL
unteered to go; II. N. Love, an en-
ploye of Charles Springer. stockman;
]. H. Morgan and Perfecto Cordova of
Celfax county, New Mexico, Captain
Thacker special agent of the Wells
Fargo company at Springer. They were
under the direction of United States
Marshal Foraker of New Mexico.
Marion Little, live stock inspector,
arrived here at / o'clock this afternoon,
bringing further details of the fight at
Cimarron. as he had learned them at
Springer.
1T occurred this morning" he said
'In the canyon above Cimarron in a
very rough piece of country. The news
was telephoned to Springer from Cim-
arron Just before left there. The posse
was headed by Sheriff Ed Farr of Wal
senburg and United States Marshal
Foraker of New Mexico. The posse
numbered six men. The force divided
three members advancing upon the
outlaws from opposite directions
"One of the outlaws was dead shot
Sheriff Farr was killed and Henry Love
and a man named Smith, members of
the posse. were wounded. Love was
hit twice. one shot going through his
thigh Foraker returned to Cimarron
and telephoned that all of his posse,
had been wounded"
The identity of the outlaws Is not
known. but little doubt Is entertained
of their being the same individuals
who held up the train at Folsom a ew
days ago and also a year or more ago,
While Mr. Little did not learn the exact
location of their camp, it is believed
to have been comparatively close to
Cimarron, probably two or three miles
away. Cimarron is place Of about 200
people and is situated close to the
mouth of the canyon and % miles
from Springer. The outlaws have been
noticed hanging around in the vicinity
for some time past.
Although nothing certain is known
It is thought by members of the poSs'
that one or more of the outlaws, who
are three in number, have been wound
ed by the officers.
Sheriff Ed Farr. who was killed. s
well known among live stock men. H
and his brother have rather extensive
cattle interests in Southern Colorado
and Northern New Mexico.