The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-04-30
HAWKS, THE TRAIN ROBBER
Identification Complete. Some
facts IN his History.

A representative of the famous
Pinkerton Detective Agency ar
rived in San Antonio from Dem
yer Monday, and, in company
with the local secret service agent,
viewed the dead body of the man
who was killed in this city We'd
nesday morning by Officer Pink
Taylor, and identified it as the
body of o. G. Hanks, one of the
nerviest, most daring train robbers
in the United States. The Pink
erton man referred to is one of
the oldest men in the service. He
knows Hanks, and, since De-
cember, 1899 has worked steadily
on the gang of train robbers, of
which Hanks was member.
He says Hanks was the man who,
on Oct. ~, last, in a hand-to-
hand fight with two officers at
Nashville, Tenn, fought clear of
them, ran down the street, and,
jumping into an ice wagon, club
bed its driver, raced for life
through a fusilade of shots, and
when the wagon came to grief by
one of the horses falling and
breaking a leg, seized horse and
buggy and after sensational ride,
though badly wounded, reached
the outskirts of the city and
escaped. The agent told the
following story of the mans ca
reer to an Express representative :
Il am positive that the man
killed by Officer Taylor last We'd
nesday morning is o. G. Hanks,
one of the most courageous men
in the country, and a man who
who would die before being taken
He was raised in and near York
town Tex. He got into trouble
there seventeen years ago, and
had to fly. He went to Montana,
where he got in with Harry Long
baugh, notorious desperate, and
took to train, robbing. Zone OF
the last train robberies he com.
mitted was at Malta, Mont, in
1892, in company with Longbaugh
Bill Madden and George Bass
Hanks and Longbaugh got away
but the other two were caught and
sent up for ten years, which
they have just served. Shortly
afterwards Hanks, with Others
held up ard robbed train at
Big Timber, Mont. Hanks wa:
captured and received sentence
of ten years in the penitentiary
at Deer Lodge Mont. He wa.
discharged April 30, 1901.
Our Investigations show that
when he came out of prison t
year ago he sought to find Harr,
Longbaugh again, and Harvey
Logan, the chief and the cleverst
of all the train robbers that hav,
operated in this country during
the last twenty-five years. Ii
search of them, he went to Malta
Mont, in June last. Failing t.
find them, he then went to Har
lem, Mont. Whether he me-
them there | do not know, but OF
July 3, last, the Great Northern
train was held up at 2 o'clock p
m. at Wagner Mont. by three un
masked men, o. G. Hanks, Har
vey Logan and Ben Fitzpatrick o
Paint Rock, Tex. They procured
SAL 500. The bills belonged t.
the Montana National Bank, an,
were unsigned, being on the wa,
from Washington, D.C.to Helena
The Pinkerton Agency was Gallo,
upon, and, procuring description
from the trainmen, we ascertaine,
the robbers to be Hanks, Logan
and Fitzpatrick.
Shortly afterwards, Logan an,
Il woman named Della Moore
who lived with Fannie Porter,
sporting woman of San Antonio
took trip to Louisiana, and lat
er turned up in Nashville, Tenn
On Oct. II, last, the woman wen
to bank to change some of tn
money, and was Immediately al
rested. She is still i'm custody