The Detroit times., 1910-04-06
COLORADO BANDITS
MENACEARGENT|NA
Kid Curry and Gang Force the Gov
eminent to Pay Them Tribute
Appeal Is Made To U. S.

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WASHINGTON. April Secure
In the Businesses of the Argentine Ike
public. three OF the most noted train
robbers in the history OF the west are
masters OF great cattle ranch ana
al the same time the leaders OF gang
of brigands SD powerful that the gov
eminent Of the republic Is forced 10
lpav them tribute. according 10 dis
patch 10 the state department. The
bandits are George lie Roy Parker,
alias "Butch Cassidy" Harry Long
baugh. alias the Sun Dance Kid. ana
last hut not least. Harvey Logan. alias
kid Curry. the most desperate brl-
gand OF them all. who. with Long
paugh. made his last public appear
ance In the United States when they
held up a Denver K Rio Grande train
al Parachute on June ). 1904. ana al
though pursued by posses. got away
land eventually reached South America
with their loot
Logan. who was the leader OF what
was known as the Wild bunch,
gang which infested the HCS~in-the-
WALL country and from there preyed
upon the railroads. participated III
score OF train robberies and has nine
murders scattered along the tran OF
crime he left In the west and south
west. He has fought and killed ON
GERS of the law. and no prison has been
strong enough 10 hold him. He has
sentences aggregating l3O years hanS'
ing over his head. and the Union Pa
cinc. II is said. has spent s5OO,OoO III
trying 10 capture him.
A Useless Chase.
The best men OF the Pinkerton de-
tectiye service have been detailed 10
lcapture the leaders from time 10 time,
hut have failed. They have had al
three men mentioned killed or in pris-
on. according TO their reports. severh
times over. but each day they ooooed
lup IN some other place.
Harvey Logan escape from a jail
lin Knoxville. Tenn. where he was be-
ing held awaiting trip 10 the prison
AZ Columbus Ohio. 10 serve SEN
ltence of twenty years for the North
ern express robbery al Wagner, Mont.
WAS one OF his most spectacular feats
of prison breaking
With Butch" Cassidy. Longbaugh,
Ben fitzpatrick. alias the Long
Texan" and Deaf Charley Jones.
Logan held up the train in broad day
light on June 3. 1901. blew the express
safe and escaped with $4,000 In un-
signed currency Fitzpatrick was cap
itured in ST. Louis and sent TO Texas,
where he was wanted for killing a
sheriff. and is now in the penitentiary
In that state.
Caught in Tennessee.
Deaf Charley Jones was reported
killed In a saloon brawl In the same
state. but with Logan he turned up IN
Knoxville. Tenn Here they attempted
10 pass some OF the unsigned currency
and Logan was captured Jones escap.-
ing by jumping in an ice wagon ana
out -distancing the officers. Logan was
tried in the federal court and SEN
fenced TO twenty years, and the ran,
road officials OF the west breathcd
a m asier ..u
ex- He was placed in the county jail
ime h a special guard over him, but not
iLaS: lstandng this. on June =. lsoo
'ur- alrew a wire lasso around me neck
ing re guard. and after tying MIN %
,hSolrs, seized his pistols. captured
~ ~ Ter. whom. he forced to conduc,
me me stables. where he mounted
tie lifts thoroughbred horse ard
Ann trayeII On foot and hoE rs, x,
hack tdby night. he made his, his way
ues- V h old kingdom OF Wyomih''
-esi. ~ Guild laugh at pursuit
and baurh anan was IN cap ,,a o no"1
an in the III ssidy vac naq l,nTu AN and
y around veih-tne al ooN ,hav Ia,
to many lrleh. They made freauen
Tho trips 70 oahake and 20 Wyoming
To. towns out ME seemed anxious Z
ntly When Togane tneH. 80, 3,
VIII old partners Il =, uas MANNED L
lhe hold up train steer Creek Wyo
rom but the Union Pc had nut arme
10 express cars. filleG,,, Guards on III
ues, line. and this pls was aband0net
OF Cassidy returned while Lone
baugh. Logan and t,ar VINO is be
lieved TO have bet Tap Duncan
Travelled on down 10 rachute. Cole
site, Logan boarded the ,nder tn
DOW engine at Parachute. al aioneorcet
mp the engineer and firem, 20 D hi
for bidding. He made the ,gine' pro
)urr coed up the track 70 pGlt we're I
, To- camp fire was burning. Hee tftrair
S TO was stopped and the engine sasrcec
han 10 give the whistle for the cat or
TO the track
Longbaugh and Duncan lined
Logan at this point and when an
swer 10 the whistle the traitrev
ager came running up they were msith
tier. a fuslade OF bullets. A brakemwas
ton wounded, and the others drivoff
the The safe was blown, but 10 Inlay
late It has never been announced juslat
ken the loss was.
hey The bandits fed from the Sc on
our stolen horses. and were follow by
,dav several posses. One posse gotse
Chi. enough 20 exchange shots withe
robbers. and one OF the latter y 50
badly wounded that. after cal a
. farewell TO his comrades. he blout
his brains He was the man wn
as Duncan. although the Pinhns
made an attempt for time 70 Idly
him as Harvey Logan.
This was the last criminal eXpOf
~ ~ the gang Soon afterward theot
~ ont Of the country. Harry Longth,
under the name OF Place, visitecw
York some months ago and wen a
prolonged spree. after which he