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with similar gang. with headquarters
at Angelo, Tex. II was well known TO the
Pinkertons that this Southern gang eN-
isted, and il was known as the Black Jack
gang.
They made their money by holding
up trains on the Colorado and Southern
roads during the winter time. when II was
| not safe to conduct operations in Wyoming
and Montana. owing to the impassability
of the mountains The fact was positively
established that the North and South gangs
coopera'ed and worked in each other's =
territory. according to the season.
Prior to the Wilcox robbery the Black
Jack gang. composed Of man by the
| iame of Jack ketchum who was leader;
his brother Will. Ellie Lay, alias McGinnis,
! side partner Of George Parker. alias
Butch Cassidy; Will Carver. Ben and George
fitzpatrick. held up a Colorado Southern
train near Folsom, n. NJ
"The conductor Of this train was plucky
fellow. He had in the smoking car a
sawed of Winchester. and this he used
with telling effect, killing George Kilpat-
rick and wo,inding Black Jack himself.
"A posse started out at once and over
took the robbers al the head of the Cimar-
ron River. In the fight that followed,
Will ketchun and the Sheriff Of Huerfano
county. Col, were killed. and Ellie Lay
and Black Jack ketchum were wounded
and captured. Lays arm was shot of.
They were both taken TO the scene Of their
crime, where, after a trial. Black Jack
was hanged and Lay was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary at Santa
fe. where he now is, with little chance
for escape
with the pursuit of the Wilcox robbers
by the Pinkertons and the breaking up of
the Black Jack gang, the combination
OF train and bank robbers was ended.
"ln August. 1900, Harvey Logan and
Ben Fitzpatrick held up Union Pacific
train at Upton, Wyo They secured only
a few hundred dollars and made their
escape.
Logan and fitzpatrick then made their
way to Fort Worth. where. in the mean
time. Cassidy, Longabaugh and Carver
had gone. At once plans were laid for
big raid, as all the men we're in need of
money.
They started north. and on the morn
ing of Sept. 10, 1900. held up and robbed
the First National Bank OF Winnemucca.
New, securing $50 600 in cash. After
dividing the spoils OF this raid, Cassidy
and Longabaugh started of together.
Logan and Fitzpatrick went in another
direction, and Carver set out alone.
In the fall Logan and Carver went to
Idaho, where Carver cashed the better
part OF the gold he had received as his
share of the Winnemucca robbery and
from there he returned to Fort Worth
fitzpatrick, in the meantime. had discovered
that neighbor near Angelo, Tex, had been
furnishing the authorities with informa-
tion regarding the gang
Subsequently the gang broke up in small
parties. Carver was pursued and killed
by the Sheriff.
Money began TO again get short and
in June, 1901, Ben Fitzpatrick and Harvey
Logan set out for the North with the in
tention Of holding up tho Great Northern
train. On the afternoon Of July 8, 1901
they and o. {. Hanks held up and robbed
the Great Northern train at Wagner, Mon,
after wounding the brakeman. They
secured 3s5 900 in unsigned bills, which
were being shipped by the Treasury De-
partment to the First National Bank of
Helena, and made their escape.
THE Pinkertons had never left the trail
OF these men from the time Of the Will
cox robbery on June %, 1899 The last
chase is of recent history. Bon Fitzpatrick
was arrested al 81. Louis Nov. 5, 1901, and
Logan was captured at Knoxville, Tenn. on
Dec. Is, 1901. after a desperate fight in
which he wounded two police officers
Fitzpatrick had a large amount Of the un-
signed bills. He and Laura Bullion, a
woman who accompanied him. were tried
| in the United States court, and Fitzpatrick
was sentenced to fifteen years at Columbus
prison and Laura Bullion to Ave wears
| at Fort Leavenworth.
Logan was tried in the United States
! court at Knoxville on several counts for
/ forgery and having unfinished United
States currency in his possession. and re-
ceived a sentence amounting to 1856 years
| in the penitentiary.
| There We're many DELAYS in the trial
Of Logan and special guards We're en-
ploved TO prevent his escape The prison
authorities were warned that he would
attempt to bribe the guards when he found
he could not get out any other way. On
| the morning Of June 2s. 1903. the guard
| opened Harvey Logan's cell door and al
lowed the train robber and murderer TO
| bind him and make h- escape. and he is
| still al large
|
Logan was killed while resisting arrest
and Bob Lee was sent TO the Cheyenne
| pcntentiary for eleven years ON charge
of robbing the United States mail.
"Flatn 'sed George Curry and a man
| by tho name of Tom Cart wright organized
another gang in Wyoming. Curry was
| traced down the hanks Of the Green river,
| where. in fight with the Pinkertons. he
| was killed.
After Harvey Logan was arrested. O.
| { Hanks was traced by the Pinkertons to
San Antonio, Tex, where on April 10, 1902,
he was killed while resisting arrest
! The two greatest gangs Of train and ank
! robbers this or any other country In the
| world has ever known were the Logan
! or Curry gang Of Wyoming and Montana
and the Black Jack gang Of Texas. Their
| adventures are closely interviewer, and
the fate OF their members is as follows:
George Fitzpatrick killed az Folsom. n.
| NJ, November. 1895,
| "Wili Ketchum killed at Cmarron River,
| December, 1893.
/ "Loney Logan, alias Curry killed Mt Dob.
| son, Mo. Feb, 2s 1900.
| "FlAtnosad George Curry killed near
] Thompson Springs, tah. June. 1000
| will targer. Killed az Sonora, Tex. Oct.
"'""r. "6 I'"T Hanks. killed at San Antonio. re,
| April 49, 1902,
Jack Ketchum. alins Black Jack hanged
| at Folsom, April 1902
-, %Elzie Hlaay '%%eO'y years in penitentiary
"ROherl y. Lee, eleven years in Wyoming
| pentsntinry.
Ben Fitzpatrick. fifteen years in Columbus
| "Iaura Bullion. Ave years IN Fort Ieaven.