Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-07-04
Link Hannah and Harry Mogan, Notorious
Residents Of Dry Head, Being
Pursued by Posses.
THEY KILLED CATTLE
And Then Secreted Themselves in Brush
and Fired From Ambush, Wound
ing Ed Morris.

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Dry Head country, containing Carbon |
Panhandle and Hole-in-the-
Wall rendezvous for the second edition
Of the Curry gang of outlaws, Ed Morris.
a cowboy in the employ Of a. 4. Ellis
the 1hiel creek cattleman who recently |
drove portion Of his herd into the Dry
Head to range, is lying seriously wound
ed at the Dry Head ranch Of Charles
Phelps, a half breed Grow Indian, while
Sheriff Potter of this city, with a posse
armed to the teeth, and war cores
pondent 81 The Picket il the saddle, is
in hot pursuit Of Link Hannah and Har
ry Mogan, the injured mans murderous
assailants.
The Dry Head country lies between
fifty and sixty miles the other side Of
Bridger and contains numerous perpen
dicular canyons and some excellent graz
ing land. For several years past it has
been inhabited by mixture Of law abid
ing citizens and few 81 the worst char
acters who ever branded maverick or
pulled trigger. The ring leaders Of
this latter element are said to be Han
nan and Mogan, who seem to be imbued
with the idea that the Dry Head coun
try and the fullness thereof belong to
them. Having taken possession Of some
of the best grazing land they look with
disfavor upon the attempt OF Others to
drive their cattle into that section to
range and have always maintained their
right at the point of gun, bidding
defiance to the officers Of the law and
terrorizing those who have had the
hardihood to run stock in the Dry Head
valleys.
Hannah has been arrested several
times on different criminal charges,
while Mogan last November narrowly
escaped death at the hands OF one OF his
enemies in the person Of Doc Neiland.
At that time Neiland and others started
out on hunting expedition and essayed
to pass through Mogan's ranch, when
Mogan and Hannah appeared on the
scene. Mogan attempted to pull Neiland
from his horse and the latter, without
taking aim, fired once with his Win
chester. The ball struck Mogan in the
left breast directly over the heart and
the only thing that saved his life was
the fact that the bullet hit rib and de-
hected from its course. --===
The news Of this weeks shooting af-
fray was received in this city Wednes-
day afternoon by Sheriff Potter in a te6-
phone communication from Bridger, II
seems that the trouble was brought
about in the attempt Of Frank Strong, a
cattleman of tho Stinkingwater river in
Wyoming, to move his herd Of seventy
five head into the Dry Head country. Dur
ing the progress Of the moving forty-twe
head of the animals were rim-rocked al
a point on the Big Horn river where tht
perpendicular walls of the canyon rise tt
a sheer height of 500 feet and were not
located until Tuesday afternoon
when Strong accompanied by Ee
Morris and several other cowboys
after several days riding, fount
eighteen head of the lost band in th.
Big Horn river, the animals having beer
shot and rolled over the bluff into tn.
stream. While Strong and his part,
we're making an investigation they wer'
fired upon from ambush by Hannah ant
Mogan, who, armed with Winchesters
had secreted themselves in the brush
Though Strong and the men with hin
we're only armed with shooters the.
Immediately returned the fire, but with
out results. Thereupon fusillade o
shots we're exchanged and Morris wa
shot in the back and the ball came on
Of his left side, making serious, but no
3 necessarily fatal wound.
\ On being apprised OF the shooting
Sheriff Potter saddled his horse, buckle
!, on his shooting irons and, accompanie
: by Under Sheriff Gebo, Richard Hinkl
q and George r. Barker, the latter bein
: the city editor of The Picket, started fc
+ Bridger at 5 o'clock Wednesday aftel
a noon. The sheriff there procured a wa
d rant for the arrest of Hannah and NIGGA
\. and arrived at Bowler yesterday morr
q ing. In the meantime Strong had gon
# to the Stinkingwater to raise posse.
T. At3 o'clock yesterday afternoon III
is Picket received telephone messae
J from it's staff correspondent at Bowl'
l. giving further. details of the shootin
; In talking with City Editor Barker ov'
J. the phone The Picket was informed th'
70 after the exchange OF shots in whic
Morris was wounded Strong made a d
tour and went to the ranch OF PhelE
the half breed, where he gave the alarl
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