The Washington times., 1904-07-12


wild Bin. Apache Kid" the Earps,
the Youngers and the James boys.
True to tradition, he died dghting
Wounded, cornered by a posse, he said
calmly TO a companion who sought TO
rescue him I'm all in" and, turning
his pistol TO his head, sent a bullet
through his brain.
Identity Established.
Thus the most desperate of recent
bandits met his death on June g. 1t is
not until now, however, that the Pink
erton National Detective Agency, which
tracked the Kid for many years, has
established the identity OF the dead
man. Those against whom lie made
his last fight, near Rife, Col, did not
recognize in tbe suicide the man so
much wanted by the authorities of half
a dozen States.
Kid Curry and two companions, al
masked, held up a Denver and Rio
Grande train at Parachute, Col They
dynamited the express car and safe,
but got no booty. and escaped on horse
back The posse that pursued them
came upon the robbers in q gulch near
Rife and botE sides opened fire. one
of the outlaws was wounded,
Are YOU hur- bad?'' companion was
heard TO ask him.
I'm all in, came the reply, and the
wounded outlaw rather than be cap
tured turned his WeaDOn on himself.
Career of Outlaw.
That was kid" Curry, whose real
name was Harvey Logan, and who be-
gan his career as an outlaw when on
Christms day, 1894 he murdered Pike
Landushy, at LandUsky, Mont. He and
a brother held up a train near Dodson.
No, in 1900, and in the fight that FOL
lowed with a posse "Lenny" Logan,
his brother was killed. Both of them
had been in many hold-ups before that
time. one at Wilcox, WyO, where Cur
rvs band assassinated Joseph Hazen,
sheriff Of Converse county, Wyo.
The Kid. with Tom O'Day and
Kid Longbough, was arrested for rob
bing the Butte County Bank at Belle
Fourche. S. D., and escaped from the
jail at DeadWood. S. ID. His gang held
up a Union Pacific express at Upton,
WyO., August p, 1900 and less than a
year later held up the Great Northern
express near Wagner, Mont, obtaining
$4,000 in bank notes.
Curry commanded one of the bands
that made the Hole in the Wall their
home, and more desperate criminals
have never gathered together than these
that from the Wyoming Businesses de-
ned arrest.
Fate OF Leaders.
Collectively they were known as tbs
wild Bunch" but the outlaws had lit
tie groups, and Of the leaders of thes,
Flat Nose George" was killed resisting
arrest: BLACK Jack" was hanged al
Clayton. n. NJ: bill" Carver shot al
Sonora, Tex; Tom Ketchum died from
wounds received while fighting "a posse
Deaf Charlie" killed at San Antonio
"Lenny'' Logan shot at Dodson, and
now the Kid is a suicide.
And nearly all the others are in the
penitentiary or scattered in foreign
PinkertOns, who, aided By county
sheriffs. railroad detectives and cow
boys have almost exterminated tbs
wild Bunch.
When kid" Curry was too closely
pressed in Wyoming and the DakOtas ht
went South In the latter part Of 1901 ht
was hiding r. Knoxville, Tenn. On De
cember y. Of that year, he catered q
saloon in Knoxville. got In a fight. shot
two policemen, who tried 10 arrest him
held up the proprietor of the saloon and
the hangers-on in the place, who tried
10 capture him, and. backing out OF 8
rear door, vaulted over q fence into o
railroad cut thirty feet deep. He was
captured two days later nearly starved
and half frozen, having lost his pistO
IN the leap over the wall.
Knowing how desperate he was. tho
kid" was closely watched IN his eel
by a guard with a rifle, and yet he
managed 10 get some brOOmsJiCk wire
and with that he lassoed the guard. TOOK
his rifle away, held mp the keepers and
escaped. He made his way 20 Colorado
and there engaged tn many hOlC-ups
Rewards aggregating SLIGO had been Of
fered for his capture.