Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-11
BAD MAN HUNT FOR PURSE
Moderate Prize Hung Up for the Cap
ture of q Noted
Outlaw.

Bill Haney, outlaw murderer and bandit,
on whose head, dead or alive, there is a
price Of 1900, has been tracked from Can
ada to Calabasas. and now holds that wild
settlement at bay by the terror of his repu-
tGtion, which is international.
The whole community is CULVER of sub
dued excitement, as 1t daily expects that
a tragedy will be enacted with the fugitive
as the principle actor.
The best trained officers of the Canadian
government are hidden in the Businesses OF
the rough country and are alert every mo-
ment in the hope that they may catch the
desperate unaware and render unavailng
his oath that he will never be taken alive.
Deputy sherlffs and city detectives are
assisting in this man hunt, which promises
to end in bloodshed and furnish an addenda
to the most startling history of frontier
days
One man is pitted against horde of Of
Ulcers and citizens who would stake their
regulations on capturing him, but fear that
they would only be tempting death to cross
his path.
Never did an outlaw terrorize a COM
munity more thoroughly or tacitly issue
holder challenge to those who would strip
to the gallows.
Calabasas, a score Of years ago, sent forth
John and Bill Haney. Now Bill is back as
an outlaw bandit He is the monarch of
the hIlly district and everywhere q royal
homage is paid to him. He reigns not be-
cause he is loved. but there are notches on
his six-shooter and he has well earned the
| title of gun man"
| I2Itf o4r In
who only bow to his bidding in order that
they may plan his undoing. SO carefully
have they worked that il will probably be
only course Of days before he is brought
to bay. These are the special officers of
the Canadian government, who have
trailed him thousands of miles and only
wait the opportunity to close in on him
Bill went back In the nineties, and In 1894
was sent to the penitentiary for three
years He was only % years old when re-
leased, but there was evil in his heart when
he was given his freedom. With his brother
John he fled from the United States.
When next heard of, one was dead and
the other was fugitive from charges Of
train robbery and murder. They committed
a crime which startled the northwest.
| With skill and cunning they planned the
|
Dropping onto the engine at a watering
place in the wild districts, they subdued
the crew at the point of revolvers The
I express car and engine were cut loose from
/ the entire train and ran across a bridge.
While one held the engineer and fireman
at bay, the other rified the safe and mails
They were about to make their escape
when the mounted police. summoned by
some one In the detached mart NJ the tratn
came upon them.
! running fight, characterized by desper-
| alton and bloodshed, ensued. Two Officers
/ fell, MORALLY wounded before John was
shot through the lung. A brave constable
Isaac Decker ran forward 70 dispatch him
AS he fired, "Bll" shot from behind a
tree and the officer sank with a bullet
hole In his brain.
The desperate escaped through the will
derness, in spite OF the fact that the en-
tire northwest police took up the hunt
for him. He disappeared as though he had
been swallowed up. Then the Canadian
government placed $500 on his head. and
the railroad offered a reward OF 1850 for
him, dead or alive.
Finally, the chief OF police of Los An
geles and the sheriff received an anony-
nous communication that the bandit had
returned to his old stamping ground. Their
officers we're placed on his trail and con-
! firmed the report. but they also learned
enough about him not TO wish 10 at
tempt his capture. He IS IN his stronghold.
and they know not at what minute he
might recognize them and kill them from
ambush.
When the Canadian government learned
OF the outlaws Whereabouts the most