The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-11
For 10 Years Laura Bullion
Was ComTads Of Crooks.
the GREAT NORTHERN HOLD UP
Wanna BsllH That She PaTtIclpatsd IN II
While Clad In Male Attire lIgh,ugh
Is PGIiusiy Ittatltisd

81. Eouis. Nov. II Laura Bullion the
WOMAN charged with forgins the sigma
lures 10 The stolen bank notes Of The hank
~ Montana. denies that she aided in The
robbery of the Great Northern express al
Nsgner Mont. on July 3.
she has made several coahicrng stale
menis, bat al agree thst she had known
Tor long time that Longbaugh II
crook ana had suspected him OF being
implicated Ia the Montana train robbery
n she did not have actual knowledge OF II.
Tn. Bullion woman has confessed to
chief OF Detectives Desmond that she
has chummed with outlaws for zen
Years. She also admitted that she was
cocnizsnt OF many OF their secrets,
How came TO be with this man Rose
MAS because ] had been with lSlil 'al-
YER" she said Carver was Ina the busl-
ness. 100. and when ne aot np down
Texas way his partners thought Nou"
feel lonesome without him. 50 Bil Cheney
brought me and Rose together, and We Ne
been together ever since.
I'm twenty-nVe wears old and 4 was
born i'm Arkansas somewhere. don
know where / don't remember my par
ents The first place remember being Is
down IN Tom Greene county Tex, MY
booker. That's where ! got to know Bin
Carver. Carver was raised on ranch
down There SO were the ketchum boys,
sam and Tom | never got much school
ing except a little now and then IN The
district school
Part OF the time ! lived out and part
time / helped at home but you all know
how IL Is in small country places there
isn't much for girl 10 do. and when a
girl has no parents TO look after her and
tell her how 10 do right. she just natur-
ally gets to running wild.
II knew Bill Carver had been train rob-
bing. hut ne told mo he'd reformed, and
as far as | know, he did nothing in that
line while ] was with him.
Carver and some more boys held up =
train down Texas way last spring and hic
OUT IN me wUUdy I'm April Bill and hti
patrick come out of hiding into town tt
get some provisions aud horsefced ant
were both shot up by the marshal and hi
posse
..Did you know the man Rose or Long
bough was train robber?'
"WelI he didn't say anything and
didn't ask any fool questions d read abou
ta,1sMagner robbery, and when saw IN
money Rose had. | had an idea what
was I was getting into. That was about
month ago He gave me all the money
needed and treated me right
where were YOU going when the dc
tective arrested you?'
IL MAS going 10 get out-snywhere, Kan
sas City, maybe.
Did YOU think the detectives were nj
ter vou?'
well. | read the papers that mornln
and they read like somebody was afte
my man. so | thought ia better cut loos
while | could but WAS little too late.
"Did you ever wear mems clothing?
Never had any occasion 10. Men
clothes wouldn't ut me nohow. l migt
get into a boys suit but | never tried
The Identification Of the suspected tral
robher az Harry Longbaugh was mac
positive by 81. Louis man whose nan
the police will not reveal. This st. Lou
business man was County Attorney
Cook county. Wyo.. in 1887. and he caus'
sI.ongbaugh's arrest and conviction In tn
year on charge of being member Of
gang OF horse thieves.
When the man walked up TO Longbsul
he lost his self-control for the FIRST tin
since he has been under arrest. He star
ed yisiby.