Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-01
According to Stories Robbery
Planned and Carried Cut Under
Leadership OF Youngest.
ALBERT HATCH, AGED FIFTEEN
Oldest but Scvcntccn--Au Made Con-
fcsslop--Now Occupy Cells in
Great Falls Jail.

htIsdi rams. MOnNs. may oil J iit
holding w of Great Northern train No
$40. bound from Shelby to Great Falls.
Saturday evening, about 1890 O'Clock
at the stock yards, about a mile and a
half from this city, was the work OF
three boys, the oldest of whom was roI
more than ~ years, who now occupy
cells IN the city Jail.
fourth youth, who admits having
assisted in planning the hod-up, but
who was prevented by circumstances
from being present and taking part, is
also prisoner. The quartet have made
complete confession TO the police and
the officers are inclined to believe their
story that they were the only ones I'M
plicated
THE BANDITS.
The names of the four boys are
Albert Hatch, aged 10.
Harry Rhearus, aged 10.
William Randall, aged IL.
George Creswell, aged rs,
William Dempsey, the Augusta ranch
er. who was shot in the lett leg while
trying to escape from the train. was
more badly injured than was at frs
Thought and he Will probably lose the
limb.
According to the story told by Ran
dall, Rheams and Creswel, the hold
up WAS planned and carried out under
the generalship of Hatch, the young
eat of the -four. who is said to have
turned the switch. ordered the engineer
to back up, and to have gone through
tho passenger coaches with the conduc-
tor, forcing the latter at the point or
gun to collect money from the pas
sengcrs. According to the other boys,
1t was also Hatch who shot Dempsey
and shot at Conductor Jack Hayes
sending bulclt through Hayes left
sleeve.
Rheams states that Hatch after they
had left the scene of the hold-up pro-
posed that they cross the Sun river to
the Montana Central line and hold up
passenger train No. 236 from Butte,
which was due In two or three hours.
Because he demurred, Rheams states
that Hatch drew his revolver and
threatened to kill him
He was dissuaded from The second
attempt at train robbery by the two
youths who were with him.
STORIES AGREE.
The stories told by the boys, with
the exception of Hatch agree in the
main details. They state that the hold
up was planned two nights before. Il
being decided to rob the train on the
first dark night. The boys had read
considerable yellow" literature on the
subject of train robberies. and they
We're DESTROYS OF emulating the exam
pies of the Younger brothers, Kid Curry
and his gang and Frank Hauser and
Mcdonald. AS they were unable to get
hold Of any dynamite or nitroglycerinc
however and they did not know how 10
use IL, they determined to tackle a
train without any express and get their
money from the passengers. and If they
were successful to go after main line
train later in the summer
THE ROBBERY.
Great Falls, Mont, May S0.-rne
Great Northern train from shelby, due
TO arrive here at 10 o'clock was held
up by masked robbers at the stock
yards, about two miles west of the town
tonight No attempt was made on the
express or mail cars, but the robbers
who are said TO have been mere boys,
went through the passenger coaches
and made all the male passengers dig
up" They succeeded in getting some
where between $500 and $500. the big
gest loss being by man who was COM
PEELED to give up 500.
The night was pitch dark and the
train was stopped by turning a switch
causing the engineer To stop thel tram
As soon as the train stopped q tusllade
of shots was heard, evidently the pur-
pose of which was 10 scare the people
ami keep them inside the cars. one oi
two men jumped off the train aud one
or these two. Dempsey of Augusta, got
bullet In his leg, breaking It, and was
made to get back on the train. Conduc-
tor Jack Hayes got a bullet through
his sleeve because he did not obe'
quickly enough, and was made to pre-
cede the two robbers through the trair
while they collected from the passen'
gers. The ladies were told that they
would not be interfered with, but every
male passenger was ordered to dig ur
the the point of gun.
The robbers, of whom there are SAID
To have been seven, escaped in the
darkness, and though sheriff and po'
lice arc now hunting for them no trace
has been found