The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-04-26

keliher. From that day to this travel
through the bandit belt" on the Union
/ Pacific line, so far as robbers 20. has
been as safe as taking a journey from
London to Liverpool Every train
carries with it one or more armed
guards. They ride on the engine. in
the baggage car, on the dry coaches.
or in the sleepers. being instructed
not to stay always at one point of
the train. Any gang Of bandits at
tacking Union Pacific train now
will know it has to reckon on a stiff
fight for not only is each train guard
ed, but somewhere up or down the line
Is the patrol body Of Rangers, ready
TO be shipped to the danger zone as
fast as steam can carry them.
Through the Hole-in-th Wall runs a
telephone line, which has made it I'M
tenable for the outlaws, and Robbers
Roost will soon be no safer. The organ
ization of Kellher's Rangers is the be-
ginning Of the end. Other railroads
will follow the example of the enter
prlsing ~. p" and take similar pre-
cautions for the safety of their cx-
press cars and passengers.
At Parachute, Colorado, the Butch"
Cassidy gang recently gave evidence
Of its continued activity. On June
1th. 1904, a train was held up but no
booty secured. An untiring pursuit
was instituted and the robbers were
run down near Rifle, Colorado. In
the fusillade that followed the outlaw
leader was badly wounded.
He was heard to shout to his com
rades, Don't wait for me. boys. I'm
all in. Goodbye" Next moment he
sent a bullet through his own brain.
The notorious kid" Curry had gone
to his last account. The other men
escaped for the time but this attempt
marks nearly the close of what was
once a very flourlshing industry.
The personnel Of Tim Kelher's Ran
gers practically ensures the efficiency
Of the corps. First there is Tim Keli-
her himself, a big man. weighing two
hundred and twenty pounds. who is
nevertheless as 1.-THE and slnewy as a
cat. He is modest to IN unusual de-
gree, but is as brave as n lion Keli-
her is the chief of the Wyoming
branch of the Union Pacific secret SER
vice. He inaugurated his acceptance
Of the position by breaking up Mt once
an organized band of train employees
who were preying on the company and
robbing it of thousands of dollars.
-Four of these employees went to prls-
on ten of them were confined in the
county gaol and fined, twenty of them
lost their positions. Keliher was
much hated man, but he went on quiet
ly with his work.
The rest of the Ranger company are
MS noteworthy as their chief. Joe La
fors is deputy United States marshal
and cattle detective known all over
the West He it was who brought to
justice the notorious Tom Horn. who
was hanged at Cheyenne for killing
settlers at so much per head for the
big cattle companies La Fors, Tom
Neggcson and Pat Lawson are among
the best trailers in the country. In
decd, Kellher says that La Fors can
follow a trail at hand gallop. Fink
was sheriff of Buffalo County. Nevada.
George Hiatt is an eX-deputy sheriff.
and Jeff Carr has been law officer
at Cheyenne ever since the town was
frontier cattle camp All Of them
are dead shots and "as game as wild
cats"
At Cheyenne may be found the head
quarters of the Rangers. At this place
thelr specially fitted car is Kept when
1t is not on the road. In point Of fact,
it is nothing more than a baggage car
prepared 10 accommodate them. In
one end Of it stand the horses. while
at the other Is accommodation for the
men. \ number Of folding cots.
score of blankets, half n dozen COW
punchers' saddlesl a pack saddle.
rack for arms, some canteels tin
stove, and pantry are all packed into
this narrow compass. This pantry
contains such necessarles q $ coffee, ba-
con, -four, canned goods ana salt Some
times, while on the trail. the Rangers
Kill COW and cook it on their camp
hres. or course, these cots and other
impedlmenta are not carried while ac-
tually following outlaws. Then the
men travel as light as possible, their
heaviest baggage being the arsenal Of
weapons which each one has with
him.
Chief keliher keeps in close touch
with all his men, and can. within thlr-
ty minutes of the time Of receiving n
wire, get his car under way for the
scene OF the hold-up. A special engine
stands ready in the yards at Cheyenne.
The men are summoned, the horses
are hurried from their stable by the
gang-plank. and into the night goes
steaming the Rangers special, with a
clear right Of way over every train on
the track. Within six hours they can
be at any point of attack within the
bandit belt' Suppose train to be
attacked at midnight. BY daybreak
Joe La Bors and Meggeson will be fol-
lowing the trail with eagle eyes.
The horses also are picked out of a
hundred candidates. They are native
Westerners like their riders, and each
Of them is as tireless as his master.
Strong legged and wiry, they never
look for the end OF the road.
The district which is patrolled lies
between Medicine Bow, one hundred
miles west of Cheyenne and Green
River. Wyoming. 1t covers about one
hundred and fits miles OF broken