The San Francisco call., 1904-11-02
DEAD !.
!. IN DEFENSE
OF "A BANK
Wyoming Outlaws
|. !. Kill a Brave
Cashier. !:
Buffalo Biz to Take the
Trail Of Hole-in.the- E.
Wall Gang.
Noted. Scout Hurrying by Special
Train to Lead His Indians
After DesperaaoeS.
Special pishatch. to The caL.


COPY, wyo., Nov, i-Fcur heavily
armed outlaws from. the HoIe-in-the-
Wall country this afternoon held up.
and robbed the First National Bank of.
this place, and; after: shooting and.
killing Cashier Frank Middaugh, had a
running fight with cowboys and hunt
ers and escaped into the Rattlesnake
Mountains. Tonight they are being
pursued by a half-dozen different
posses. battle is iraminent.
The Hole-in-the-Wan gang is noto.
rious as an aggregation Of the most
desperate outlaws in the. West, and
Cody posses are. determined to. wipe it
out OF existence. Buffalo Bill himself
is en- route from Omaha in a special
car, having with him a party of titled
Englishmen and two Of his Sioux In
dian scouts. and has telegraphed orders
for horses to bein waiting for his party
at the depot. He. will: take the trail
in person Immediately upon his ar
rival.
Just before the close of the bank this
afternoon four roughly dressed men
troue UP to the First National Bank. in.
the heart of the town, and Immediately
across the street from the Irrna, Buff
falo Bill's fine hotel. Three men dis
mounted and entered. the building, the
fourth staying outside and. guarding
the horses.
AS soon as the outlaws entered the.
+ bank one of them covered Cashier Mid
daugh, who was the only occupant. Of
/ the room, and demanded the cash from
the vault. -
|. Instead. of complying Middaugh
seized: a; revolver and made a game
|: fight for life and money, shooting sew
eral. times, even before the outlaw
leader could fire upon him, but Mid
daugh' was excited and his bullets went
wild, while the single shot sent from
the bankers brain:
The, shooting. attracted the attention
Of party of hunters, who reached the
Irma. from the opposite side of the
building, and as they rushed around
the corner of the hotel they took in
the whole situation and opened fire
upon the outlaws horses. But the out
laws, rushing out of the building and
firing continuously, mounted their
hcrses and rode down the street. They
escaped on to the prairie and thence
to the mountains, seemingly without
Scratch.
Within a few minutes twenty mount
ed men were in pursuit. Deputy Sher-
iff Jeff Chapman was in the lead.
took a short cut through a field and
encountered the outlaws twenty miles
from here. Shots were exchanged, and
his horse was killed under him.
It is expected that the robbers will
surely be taken and they probably will
be lynched. A large reward has al
ready been offered by the citizens Of
Cody for their CAPTURE or their death.
OMAHA, Nov. 1-William F. Cody's.
L, I-r,
friends and Indian scouts and guides,
directed by Colonel Cody himself, went
westward tonight on the Burlington
flyer. Excitement was at fever heat
over the: man hunt which the party
will have at Cody, instead of the bear
hunts expected. Colonel Cody will take
the trail himself as soon as he reaches
the scene of the holdup.
II wired White Beaver, my manager
at Cody, to offer a large reward for the
capture of the outlaws" said Colonel
Cody, "aLd to double the reward in
case an outlaw is killed. We want to
kill them not capture them.
within ten minutes after we reach
Cody we will be in the saddle, ready
for the trail. My best horses will be in
readiness at the depot and have with
me my old scout, the Sioux chief, Iron
Tail. The old fellow is now cleaning
up his guns and is overjoyed at the
chance of getting into a scrimmage.
THE Government had several hun
dred thousand dollars on deposit in
that bank and it was narrow escape
for the funds. The Government is put
ting in a $5,000,0 900 irrigating system in
the Big Horn and had the cash there
with which to pay off the worknien.
The outlaws evidently knew this and
were after that Government money.
but the resistance of Cashier Mid
daugh prevented it being stolen.''
Colonel Cody's train will be run as
a special from Toluca to Cody and he
expects to reach there by noon on
Thursday.