The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-19
HHNDY WITH 4 GUN
He Has Been RdIdIng Sheep Camps
and Doing a General Desperate
Business for More Than
a Year

BATTLE. Wyo.. Aug. 19.-The
Blizzard Kid" notorious character
of southern Wyoming, after being a
fugitive for more than year, has f.
nally been caught.
He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Elwood of Battle Lake, and is now on
his way to Rawlins, where he will an
swer to the district court on charges
of assault to murder, theft, horse
stealing and highway robbery
The Blizzard Kid" as he is gen
orally known, Frank Blizzard being
his real name, is good looking young
man of the Western type, % years old.
but his record shows that although
young in years he is old in crime Alb
solutely fearless in the presence of
danger, and accustomed to the most
trying hardships encountered in the
Rocky mountains. he has committed
crimes at random, and until arrested
here last week, has always succeeded
in getting away from pursuing officers
and disappearing for months at time
in the rugged fastnesses of the Sierra
Madres, only to make his appearance
again at some other point, where he
was not known. A dead shot with
both rifle and revolver, he frequently
took even chances in his numerous
holdups in this district, and always
escaped without scratch or scar.
When Blizzard first struck the town,
he gave his name as Frank Carter,
and it was on account of his presence
here that the trouble between the
Mexican shepherds and the citizens of
the town occurred. In the fight.
however, Blizzard showed that he
possessed nerves of steek He had
stepped into saloon where the Mex
leans were drinking, when one of their
number recognized him as the man
who last year had shot his brother at
Fort Steel. He communicated this
fact to his companions, and without
a moments warning there were half
dozen sixshooters thrust in Billiards.
: face The boy did not move mus
Gle, other than to laugh in the Mexi-
cans faces. Other Americans, not
knowing what the trouble was, except
that a white mans gun was being
taken away from him by drunken
crowd of Mexicans, rushed to his as
sistance.
In the volley of bullets that fol-
lowed, Blizzard was hit in the right
foot The Mexicans were overpow-
cred. quiet was restored, and that
night Blizzard stole quietly out of
town, riding a horse which he had
stolen from the Snake river country.
But his wound proved so painful that
he returned to Battle for medical as
sistance, and it was then he was
placed unper arrest.
OF late he has become so trouble
some to sheepmen in holding up their
camps that a short time ago a reward
of 5000 was offered for his capture. 1t
was only week before last that BliZ-
zard held up a sheep camp at Copper
ton. relieving the herder of 800 in
money. Deputies secured the coun-
try for him, but no trace of him could
be found
At Rawlins he will first answer to
the charge of assault to murder a
Mexican by the name of Lujan, at
Fort Steele. after having first stolen
a box of cigars from him at the saloon
where the Mexican was tending bar,
The latter accused him of the theft,
when Blizzard opened fire on him,
hitting him twice in the upper por-
tion Of the body. Next will come
numerous charges of horse rustling
and highway robbery.
Blizzard came to this section from
Utah, and is sometimes known as the
Mormon Kid"