The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-29
Train Robbsr 0vsTpoWers Sps-
CiaI Guard and Secures RsvoIvar
STEALS SHERIFF'S EEST HORSE
Then He Rides Away-was Leader Of
wild Bunch Gang" and Is Known to
Have Killed Six Men.

Knoxville. Tenn, June 2s.--Hsrvey Lo-
gan. the Montana train robber and one OF
the most notorious Of modern bandits.
is again free. He overpowered the special
guard placed over him in the Knox
county jail yesterday afternoon, secured
his pistol and then compelled the jailer
to unlock the doors
The robber threatened any one who
dared interfere with him with immediate
death a. he ran TO the jail stable. There
he carefully selected the sheriffs best
horse and rode away. He secured long
start before a posse started In pursuit
Logan was serving ten sentences, aggre-
eating i3O years, imposed last November.
Some were TO be. served concurrently.
thus reducing his actual term to about
20 years.
OUTLAW 20 YEARS.
Harvey Logan, for that is his real
name. has been an outlaw for 20 years.
He is now 80 years old. He was born
in Missouri and was a cowboy before he
was out OF his teens. and very good one.
He swiftly drifted into cattle stealing,
and as a rustler displayed great daring.
In one OF his raids he murdered Pike
Landusky at Lsndusky Mont, and since
then he has been a full-iedged bandit,
robbing banks and trains and breaking
than six murders have been proved
against him. and w. A. Pinkerton says
he is one OF the most desperate and dan
gerous outlaws theswest has ever pro-
duced.
When Harvey Logan went west he be-
came associated with George Curry,
otherwise "Broken-Nose George" Har-
vey became known as kid Curry. Lo-
gans brother, "Lonny," also took the
ma nf hA
Bunch" gang. composed OF only a dozen
members, but who were equal TO a whole
regiment of ordinary desperadoes Har-
vey Logan rose to be the leader OF this
gang which included Bob Lee, Harry
Longbaugh and a halfbreed named Robin
son.
ESCAPED FROM JAIL
The bandits operated most successfully
until they made the raid on the Butte
county bank at Belle Fourche. South
Dakota, when the Plnkertons got after
them. The raid was made in June. 1897.
and Harvey Logan was arrested. He
escaped from the Deadwood Jail In Oc-
tober Of the same year
The gang made several smaller raids,
which were successful, and in June, 1899.
they held UP Union Pacific train at
Wilcox. Wyo,. securing a large amount
of plunder sheriff's posse came up
Joseph Hazen was killed In the fight.
Logan reached the famous Hole in the
Wall and escaped Nearly a year after
the train robbery Broken Nose" George
Curry was killed at Thompson. Utah.
while resisting arrest Harvey and Lon
n.y. Logan were with him, but they got
away after killing two men.
'Lonny' Logan and his cousin. Bob"
Lee. went 10 Harlem Mont. where they
opened a saloon and where they planned
10 rob a Great Northern express train
Harvey Logan was to lead the gang
Learning that they were under suspicion,
they fed. "Lonny'' Logan was traced TO
his old home In Dobson. Mo, where he
was killed while resisting arrest on Feb
rs 1900. by Pinkerton detectives and Kan
sss City policemen.
A TRAIN HOLD UP.
But Harvey Logan got away He or
ganized another gang and held UP the
Union Pacific express near Upton. Wyo..
In 1901. securing SS3.500 in unsigned bank
notes The necessary signatures were
forged and thousands Of dollars were
realized. Then followed n chase for him
that extended over Wyoming, Utah New
Mexico, Arizona and back TO Montana
while the railroads were In constant fear
OF another raid
The willy outlaw decided to seek a less
open country. He hid in Knoxville Tenn,
and saloon row led TO his arrest Two
policemen attempted 10 arrest for him
an ordinary maroon brawl He shot them
both, held up everybody in the place
and by backing out of the rear door he !
escaped by vaulting over a fence into a !
railroad cut thirty feet deep.
He was arersted two days later, on Dec \
l3 1901. exhausted from cold. hunger and
exposure, having lost hfs revolver when
he jumped. II was not until long after
ward that he was identified as Harvey
Logan. He IL one Of the three survivors