New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
LAST OF HOLD-UP MEN.
After York an This Country They
Went to South america.

William A. PinkertOn. the head of the famous
detective agency, is perhaps the best authority
in the country train robbers and hold-up
men. From the days OF the James boys and the
Youngers and the Reno gang he has followed the
careers Of the various bands, and has come to
the conclusion that crime IN America is SO
hazardous as hold-up robbery. He declared re-
Gently that over tWo-thirds of those who have
been engaged In it have eventually been killed
outright while operating or resisting arrest, have
been lynched by posses or have died with their
boots on" Many wounded and died from
the effects Of their wounds while nearly all the
rest have been captured and imprisoned or
driven into exile
Mr. Pinl1erton tells an interesting story of the
operations and eventual fate Of the last actual
band OF railroad and bank hold-up robbers VINO
have operated in the United States:
THE wild Bunch" said the detective. OPP
Grated from wyoming to Texas. and made their
headquarters in various small Texas cities. after
their sensational robberies they hid in the North
in the hole In the wall country
"The original band was led by Tom he,cIann' SIH.
alias Black Jack who was hanged at Clayton,
Y NJ I'm 1901 for killing New Mexico shernt
who was attempting his arrest for a train mold
up It's second leader, BIZ Carver was kllIeu
in April, 1901, while resisting arrest III leN"S
for a murder committed at Sonora. George
Curry better known as Flat Nose George. the
third leader of the band was likewise killed
while resisting arrest. He fell under the ouIlels
of \ sheriff's posse near Thompson Utah
the hold-up' OF a Great Northern express train
at Wagner Mont, from which they stole $40
800 of unsigned bills of the National Bank OF
Montana and the American National Bank OF
Helena. Ben Fitzpatrick alias The TAN
Texan' was arrested for this crime in St. Louis,
and had number of the unsigned stolen bills
in his possession. He was sentenced TO fifteen
years in the Columbus (Ohio) penitentiary, and
has since been transferred to the United states
penitentiary at Atlanta
when Fitzpatrick was arrested the police
found a room key Of the Laclede Hotel on him.
When they arrived at the hotel they found
Laura Bullion going away with satchel con-
tanning a number of unsigned bills She was
arrested accomplice and sentenced to two
years and six months in tho Missouri Peniten-
tiary.
"On December 13, 1901, a stranger got into
alteration with two other men over pool
game at Knoxville. Tenn resulting in pistol
fight. Two policemen sought to quiet the dis
turbance. The stranger shot both held up the
occupants of the saloon, backed out of the rear
door and jumped thirty feet into railroad cut.
but eventually traced and arrested IN
exhausted condition from cold. exposure and in
jury from his thirty-foot jump.
HE subsequently Identified Harvey
Curry alias Logan. was convicted of uttering
forged banknotes and sentenced TO twenty years
in the United States Penitentiary at Columbus.
Ohio While awaiting transfer 70 that institu-
tion he made his escape by holding up the
guards in the Jail and fleeing to the mountains
on horseback. He has not been recaptured.
Camilla Hanks. of Texas. another Of the
band attempted to pass some of the notes in
Nashville Tenn Circulars describing these
stolen unsigned notes had been sent TO every
city, town and hamlet In the United States
with the request that the local authorities in
form their merchants When Hanks offered one
OF the stolen notes the merchant became sus-
picious and called up the police by telephone
They responded quickly, but Hanks, observing
what had occurred drew a revolver held up the
officer, jumped into ice wagon and forcing
the driver out, drove rapidly down the street
Intercepting a in a buggy he abandoned
the ice wagon for II and escaped through the
marshes TO the Cumberland River where he
forced two negroes to row him across. He was
shot some months later while resisting arrest
in San Antonio. Tex.
Butch Cassidy, Harry Longbaugh and Eta
Place, clever horsewoman and rifle shot fed
10 the Argentine Republic. where II IS said they
nave been Joined by Logan. In the last two
bank robberies In Argentina We advised the
South American authorities Of their presence
ana location. When the band was not commit
tlng robberes they We're engaged In cattle rails
ing on a ranch they had acquired Their ranch
was on q piece Of high table land. from which
uley commanded view Of twenty five miles in
various directions. Owing 10 this their captlre
by the South American authorities was made al
most impossible
Ihey became suspicious Of preparations for
Inelr arrest however and fed from Argentina
1hey were last heard from on the southwest
coast or Chill living in the wild open country
IT is said that Eta Place. the alleged wife ~
harry Longbaugh, operates with them in male
AZURE mus you have the passing Of the lac,
ACTUAL pahd OF train and bank robbers who have
operated in the United States"