The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29

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In Utah alone by the gang had amounted then
70 100000. The gang Is known from the con
desSions Of arrested and dying members Of The
OF ltah, and two admirable places for hiding
ipd.ilnitely from pursuit among the granite
Arizona Two of the gangs bcst-known re-
sorts in Utah are Robbers Roost and the Hole
In the Wall These are Businesses in the heart
or the Wasatch Mountains OF Sewer county In
them say that the little valley among the granite
crass and jutting peaks Is so well defended ~
nature that a dozen armed men could easily
slay ten times their number of assailants on the
winding trails up. the mountain sides. There
Is another stronghold of the sang away up
In Idaho, and still another among the craes
OF the Snake Mountains, in Teton Basin. on the
eastern border Of Idaho, The gang abandoned
stronghold In the Escalante Mountains In north
western Colorado was found to have marvellous
natural Qualifications. II was on the upper side
81 a mountain Of quartz, ONE 1900 feet above
the country at the foot Of the mountains, IL
could I've reached only by going In single file up
a trail cut In the rocks along the side ~ deep
and narrow gulrhes. and by scaling precipitous
canyon walls, whore one might. be shot down
seventy times by II concealed foe. Here and
there on the narrow trail mp the mountain
SIDE were found spots where preparation
Cassidy gang 10 cut of pursuit by using dyna-
mite With dynamite on such a trail up the
mountain a regiment OF soldiers might be kept
at bay by the bandits. .
The Cassidy gang does not make a descent
from It's mountain stronghold at irregular
Intervals. II keeps up IA constant round OF rob
berry, sometimes on a large scale, but gen,
orally on a small scale. The. rank ana
file OF the outlaws are not known by the set
tiers. and they assume the character Of pros
rcctors, cowboys and itinerant mine ,laborrrs
while they. spy out things worth stealing, In
the %sparsely settled regions OF Utah and along
the border Of southern Idaho and wyoming
the settlers have become so trrrUri2ed by IN"
outlaws that they have for some years made
regular, contributions of n cow, a sheep. a hog
or a colt 10 the cassidy. gang rather than have
their barns or homes burned and thelr, stock
driven away. Gov. Wells recently sad that
he was amazed to find on investigation, how
great a total the ranchinen and cattlernrh
protection from robbery and arson, and POS
sibly assassination. There Is no doubt that
when the Denver and Rio Grande overland
train was held up nenr Cottonwood station
a few years ago. and the WcllS- Fargo express
car robbed OF bullion on the way to Denver.
there were several honest Tanohmeii III that
OF the, Cassidy gang lad a hand IN The deed
but did rot dare hint at their knowledge,
Cassidy himself is seldom seen 10y settlers
or any one outside his gang nowadays so
lttlei I'll he known by sight that In June, lSa2, when
five cattle thieves were caught ana SHOT 10
death by q posse near IhomBs2n,s station
two hundred miles West Of salt Lake, 1t was
believed for several DAYS that Cassidy and
his chief lieu'enants had come 10 jnrtlc" q,
last. Subsequently, some cattle brai,dtrS, az
work al Mesa City saw Cassidy ana TAXED
with hin about the error that had been made
about his death at the hands Of the posse,
so much 10 his captors has managed 10 Keel
alive and free so long. Cassidy j. known rs
n wonderfully expert pistol shot, Moreover
there is dread of arson. assassination and rob
berry by the survivors Of the Cassidy gang,
who would avenGe their chiefs arrest or, death,
A cowboy named Hughes tried several years
body. He knew that Cassidy had PASSED
on a certain road twice in the early morning.,
and be learned that he would be likely to come
that way T. morning later. he, concealed nun
self In a haycock and waited and watched
Along NJ dawn Cassidy and a lieutenant cam
down from the foothills and struck across
ing. him IN the shoulder, Ca-sidy-s h"rS'
took fright and dashtng forward carried TIE
outlaw ont Of pistol range in a rev seconds
Cassidy and his companion never went back
A few weeks later. after Hughes had been 4
local hero he was surprised on" morning OF
Going TO the ranch corral TO see CASSIDY rls'
NH"iiuvhrs, nv time has come. Now yo,
die" said Cassidy. Az the same moment h
shot the cowboy dead
1t would take columns to record the crime'
in which the gang has participated. S"Nera
small banks in v yoming, western Colorado
and southern Utah were robbed IN iSHi an(
1895 by the Cassidy outlaws. When the BAN
at Evanston, Wyo. was robbed by The Iassid'
gang, n posse was organized TO follow tie rob
beers even to the Yellowstone Park. All hn
three of the posse were worn out and exhausted
after three days chase. The three men VIII.
stuck TO the pursuit were experienced from
tersmen and brave deputy sherills. The
were following the trail OF the robbers arnonl
the Sweetwater Mountains. when suddenlN
four masked men. each with a cooked gun II
each hand. stepped suddenly out from behint
a protrudinS rock. The deputies were caugh
of their guard.
Wow, what l wantlto know +" said a masked
man with a voice that tho de.uty sheriff knew
by. coming Ike this after honest, Iaw-abidinI
folks n We are'"
one Of the deputies made some meek rer',
and that the deputy sheriff were not to blam.
II they had TO earn their living by FOLLOWING
suspected folks
us. We're out hunting gold mines View
killed lots better men than you, hnt II you'll
promise TO let US alone we wont shoot you ~
very bad now, " answered Cassidy.
Then the deputy shorif- wer" searched 70
tobacco and deprived of their armS. The
al Cassidy orders two men were lied hand ar'
foot near a spring Of water, Will" the th.i,
deputy was sent back 70 t.Il the rest Of tn
posse to come and help their CompanjonN
Then Cassidy and his followers mounted thet
horses and were soon ont of sight and beyon,
trailing. Besides. the ardor Of the posse In,
The biggest haul that the Cassidy gang eve
made was the robbery of the Colorado Goa
Company at Price, Utah, in MAY, lso7 tn
pavmaster went to Price every month 10 VA
all bills, He was known 20 carry from 500
to slGoo" H,.h o Ss mGTnlnE IN ne bf s4 bon "n M, ND s, %ar
talk ne on the station platform to n knot OF min
ers and business men. when som" one n IN
rear suddenly snatChed the grip from his hauC
In a twinkling the grip was tossed 20 "A ma
nearby, on n horse, and hc'or" "A word could b
spoken the man m In" horse was Callopint
Ike mad down the dusty street making strnigh
for the foothills and mountains. The ma
who had snatched the grip !caued into. a sadd,
on the other side of the station, and he an
four companions were soon gathering INK
mad for the mountain also. All got ava
safely.