Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-05
Great Northern Bandits Are the
Famous Curry Outlaws.
SHERIFF is CLOSE ON THEN.
Now Said 20 be Housed at Buck Al
Ien's Ranch, Forty Niles south
OF Wagner.

Havre, Mont. July 5.-The train rob-
bers who held up a Great Northern fly
er Wednesday afternoon east Of Wag-
ner have been recognized as the famous
Curry outlaws "Kid" Curry is the
leader; another is named Longbole and
the third man is unknown. An use tbs
Texas dialect.
A COW puncher riding north from the
Missouri river met the three bandits
about seventy miles north of Malta.
They asked the COW puncher to notify
men following them that they We're
going south. The COW puncher had
only gone about four miles when he
met Sheriff Griffith with posse Of for
ty-hVe men comprising the best gun
men IN western Montana. They were
only about eight miles behing the rob-
bers.-
The posse Is growing larger constant
ly ana their horses are being changed
frequently The COW puncher said the
third man In the party had q bandagc
around his head. This was probably
caused by one Of two shots fred by
Sheriff Griffith who was on the train.
| At present II Is not known how much
money was taken, but II is estimated
at about $4,000. 1t is now sta ed that
! Brakeman Woodside was taken 10 a
Great Falls hospital last night. It will
be necessary TO amputate his arm.
THE BANDITS SURROUNDED
Great Falls. Mont July 1.-THE three
men who held up the Great North
ern transcontinental westbound express
near Wagner, VIII probably be cap
| tured before morning Sheriff Grlf-
fifth, with a posse OF twenty men, has
surrounded them at Buck Aliens
ranch, forty miles south OF Wagner
near the edge Of old Fort Belknap
reservation on the west fork Of the
Eouchette river
The posse followed the bandits all
yesterday afternoon finding signs or
them at a ford on Beaver creek and
again when they crossed the Dry
Fork. Information that reached here
late today is that the posse came ia
sight Of the men about 8 o'clock to-
day near the ranch, and driving them
in, surrounded them.
II is probable that they will not be
captured until after severe fight and
at the latest adyices Sheriff Griffith
had not made the attack, The bandits
are thought TO be housed in the ranch
buildings which offer every protection
for siege. The posse may not try to
force their capture until reinforce
ments are received Itis understood
that another posse from south OF the
Missouri In the direction Of Fort HaW
ley will join Sheriff Griffith at Aliens
ranch
The sheriNs POSSE have not yet OBJ
tanned descriptions of the men. al.
though Sheriff Griffith was a passenger
upon the train that was robbed and
saw the men escaps across the plains
on their horses The gang was iden.
titled today by their horses, and Which,
observed through field glasses. the
white, bay and buckskin on which they
were mounted after the robbery were
plainly seen.
Contrary to first reports, IN men are
not experienced train robbers. Infor-
nation from Wagner and nearby
points is that they have been partially
Identified as COW punchers employed
on a ranch lying south Of the Milk riy.
er. One is halfbreed He Is known
to be the man who boarded the ex-
press east Of Wagner and forced the
engineer ana fireman 20 bring Il TO a
stop at the head Of the rayine in which
his confeierates were hidden.
The work Of tracking was extremely
difficult owing TO the nature of the
country bad lands, broken throughout
by foot hills and the eastern end OF
the Little Rocky range Across the
line Of the Fort Belknap reservation,
only few miles distant there are ex-
cellent hiding places. and It Is thought
that IL the bandits should evade cap
tpre tonight and once get in this
ground II would be almost impossible
to find them.
Reliable information received today
Is that $4,000 was secured by the
robbers. and that this, with the dam
age 70 the through express shipments
resulting from the explosions in the
car viii represent the entire loss Of
the company No Information con-
corning the consigne5s of the money
in the through safe is obtainable. Ii
Is understood that considerable part
was in the shape OF shipments west
from Chicago banks, and other flnan-
cial institutions.