The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-08


men were soon on the spot and closely
questioned the woman, but she would not
give them any information. She was held
pending further investigation. Last sun
day week a well-dresSed man entered
store in Nashville and offered $2O note
in payment of a small purchase. The
storekeeper could not change it and went
to neighbor to secure change. The note
was recognized there one OF those de-
Scribed in the Pinkerton circular. Two
detectives We're summoned by telephone
and they questioned the stranger. He
gave his name as Ferguson and said nc
was from Texas. The officers informed
him that he was under arrest, when in
an instant Ferguson drew two big re-
but he fought them off, dashed into the
street and jumped into passing ice
wagon. He drove the wagon at fast
rate and was lost to sight by the battered
detectives When the horses of the ice
wagon fell exhausted the man held up
passing buggy and made his escape into
the country.
knowing Ferguson, but the Pinkertons
followed up clew and in Fort Worth
Tex, found photographs of her and a
man who was thought by the Nashville
detectives to be Ferguson. In Fort
Worth the Pinkertons learned that Annie
Russell was the consort of a rancher
named Bob Neville. who lived in Texas.
and that she was known as Maud Jones.
search for Bob Neville revealed the
astonishing fact that he was none other
than harvey bOSdu, dlleiS gully 'lHS
much-wanted murderer train robber, cat
tie thief and all round bad man."
The Pinkertons do not think that Fer
guson who appeared In Nashville, was
Harvey Logan, as the former made
attempt to kill the detectives who sought
to arrest him. Harvey Logan has a
record of four murders and Colonel VIII
lam A. Pinkerton says that the outlaw
would not stop at increasing his list of
murders in order to escape arrest.
Annie Russell, alias Maud Jones'" was
Monday. but she refused to give any in
formation as to where the much-wanted
outlaw, Logan. could be found. The
guson,'' who escaped from the detectives
in Nashville, is George Parker, alias
Butch Cassidy" one of the Curry gang
of outlaws and murderers-
Two days ago word came to the Pink
ertons that some of the stolen unsigned
notes were being passed in ST. Louis
The watch was redoubled and resulted in
the capture of Harry Longbaugh, alias
..Harry Alonzo," one of the gang, to-
gether with a female accomplish. Lii
liam Rose
The couple were registered at hotel
as Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Rose and $500 of
the unsigned notes stolen in the hold-up
at Wagner last July was found in their
possession.
Description of Stolen Notes.
Colonel William A. Plnkerton stated
yesterday that the search for Harvey
Logan, or Curry, the leader OF the BAN
dts, will be kept up throughout the en-
tire country until the notorious robber
and murderer is either captured alive or
killed.
The unsigned notes stolen by the Curry
gang in the hold-up of 1899 at Wilcox.
Wyo.. and In July last at Wagner, Mont.
are as follows:
Bank numbers in lower left hand corner-22
$50 notes. A37o5 to AS726 inclusive; % 500 notes.
A5642 inclusive; SO notes. A5641 to A5642s in
elusive: SO notes, B56n to B5642 inclusive;
$40 notes. C564l to C5642 inclusive.
Treasury numbers in upper right hand cor
ner-A744.372 to A744.393 inclusive; Ala, 372 to
A74l 1913 inclusive; T130 922 to Tl30 1928 inclusive
T1SO 922 TO T13o 923 nclusive Tl30 922 T13O 923
inciusive; T1SO922 to l3O.s23 inclusive
Incomplete new bank notes of the National
Bank of Montana Helena MONTH to the ex-
tent Of 0000 s2i 900 of which was in $40 bills
and SIG 600 of which was in $50 bills-SeriaI
number 1901 to 1000 Inclusive: Government num-
Der Ye34. $40 to Ys35.l las Inclusive: charter
Der 5671-
incomplete new bank notes OF the American
of $780, $500 OF which was in $40 bills and $500
of which in $50 bils-Serial number 1923
to 1882 Inclusive Government number V662. 761
to v662. no incIusive; charter number 1896
These incomplete bank notes lacked the
signatures of the presidents and cashiers
of the banks named, and may be circu-
lated without signatures with forged
signatures.
The robbers also stole $50 money order
blanks Of the Great Northern Express
Company, upon which payment should
be refused If presented. The numbers of
these are as follows:
7s5,24s inclusive 7s5S0o to 1888 inclusive.