Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
NOTED ROBBERI IN BIG DEMAND
State Department Asked to Help
Return Harvey Logan,
HAS LONGEST CRIMINAL RECORD
Major Sylvester Seeks to Extradite
Notorious westerner, Now Outlaw
Leader in Argentina, south
America.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. - Especial y
Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry and a
dozen other names, who murdered Pike
Landusky on Christmas day, 1891, at Ian
dusky, Mont; who is said to have taken
part In the exciting Great Northern train
robbery near Wagner, Mont, in July, 1901;
who murdered James Winters twonty-threc
days after the robbery, because he had as
sisted in the search for the train robbers;
whose known criminal record includes
seven murders, two suspected murders and
any number of bold robberles and shooting
sorapes, may yet be brought back to the
United States to answer for his crimes.
Major Sylvester, president Of the Inter
national Association of Police Chiefs, who
has located Logan I'm South America, is
here for the purpose OF invoking the aid
of the State department In bringing this
notorious criminal back to the United
States. Logan is wanted for crimes com
mittcd in Ohio alone, sufficient to keep him
in the penitentlary for 1870 years. He es-
capped fromh Jail at Knoxville, Tenn. in
1902, while awaiting extradition to Ohio,
and was next heard Of in Argentine re-
public. Now the Ohio authorities are de.
termined to apprehend him, and to that
end have sent Major Sylvester here TO in
woke the aid of the State department.
Longest Criminal Record.
Logan, whose birthplace was Dodson,
Mo. has the longest criminal record on
file in the annals of the National bureau
OF criminal Identification. The murder of
Landusky wa sthe first entry In this long
record. Three years later. in 1897. he
helped to rob a bank at Belle Fourche,
S. D.. under the name of Tom Jones. He
was arrested and placed In jail at Dead
wood, escaping the last of October of that
year, Two years later he participated in
the Union Pacific train holdup at Wilcox,
Wyo. Three days later Sheriff Hazen Of
Converse county. Wyoming, leading a
posse in pursuit of the robbers, was shot
TO death at Teapot creek, west Of Casper,
Wyo., by Logan. Ten months later, in
May. 1900, to avenge the death Of a comrade
In the band Of train robbers, Logan killed
John Tyler, sheriff Of Grand county, Utah,
and Sam Jenkins, a deputy. Three months
later Logan participated In another Union
Pacific train robbery at Upton, Wyo.,
where he boldly proclaimed himself the
captain Of the notorious "Hole-in-the-WalI'
gang Of outlaws.
In Montana
In July, 1901, Logan participated in the
N1A iAb F MI llNIH lOluup lNal
Wagner, Mont, when 81, 500 in incomplete
bank notes were secured as part Of the
loot. James Winters, who assisted in the
hunt for the robbers, fell a victim to
Logan's revolver. After Winters death the
bad man accompanied by a woman, left
for the south. In October Of that year the
woman was arrested at Nashville, Tenn,
for attempting to pass some of the partly
completed bank notes, Logan escaped TO
Knoxville, Tenn, where he shot and dan
gsrously wounded two policemen. He was
convicted of assault and sentenced to
serve six months IN Jail. In November.
1902, he was again arrested in Knoxville
for attempting TO pass the unfinished bank
notes. Sentences a-ggregatlug 100 years
were imposed. While awaiting transporta-
ton to Columbus, o., Logan escaped, turn
ing up later in the Argentine Republic as
leader OF a gang OF outlaws. He Is now
known to be at the head Of this bold gang
who ride to the scene OF their robberies
OH horseback, leaving their horses In
charge OF one OF their number while they
hold up employees Of banks during business
hours.
Logan is also believed to be one OF the
two men who killed two boys who were
trailing hin from 81, Johns, Ariz, in the