Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-20
Hugh Whitney Shoots Conduc-
tor and Law Officers and
Three Other Men Who Try to
Arrest Him.
SHOTS ARE HEARD
IN LAVA BEDS
SheepherderS Believe Whitney
Murdered His Partner In
Crime and Is Attempting to
Escape Alone.
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Pocatello. Ilaho, June 1g.-Willlam
X. Kidd, railroad conductor dead,
Samuel Melton, deputy sheriff, seri-
ously wounded.
Edgar McGill, ranchman, wounded.
Rueben Scott, watchman three
fingers shot away.
Robert Oley, constable, wounded.
These are the known victims OF an
outlaw as pitiless and desperate as
ever defied the forces Of law in the
northwest. Added 10 the identified
sufferers there may be others whose
fate have yet to be learned. 1t is
rumored that the bandit has killed his
former partner in crime ana tnere is
IAN unconfirmed report from Black
foot Idaho, that within a few hours
he shot and killed boy to secure pos
session of the fresh horse the lad was
riding.
Hugh Whitney is the name under
which the desperate Is known to the
officers. His trail of blood extends
half way across eastern Idaho. A
whole region has been terrorized by
his deeds. Posses are out from every
town, bridges are guarded as in time
of war, and the governor of the state,
after offering reward for his cap
ture is considering a plan for calling
out portion of The Idaho national
suard.
Bloodhounds have taken up his trail
at times, only to pe eluded by the SUI
perhuman cunning Of the fugitive who
doubled an his trassss took to rum
ming water and otherwise baffled the
animals. A more formida ute pursuit
is that begun by a band Of Blaekfoot
Indians, VINO unite with the instinct
of the hounds the sagacity of the
scout.
Until he shall faint from fatigue or
fall before the guns OF his hunters,
there will be no rest for the isolated
ranch family or the lonely shepherd
er New crimes are expected hourly
as long eS the desperate Is at large
Whitney is the short man" OF an
attempted saloon hold-up at Monida
Mont, on Friday 1t was to avoid
trial for this crime that he shot the
officer who had him in custody and
fatally wounded the oregon Short
Line conductor who assisted the Of
ficer. His later crimes We're commit
ted in seeking liberty-McGill was
shot because Of the horse the bandit
needed Scott because he was guard
ing a bridge and Obey because he was
a member of pursuing posse. Whit
ney met Olev about three miles east
of Idaho Falls, as he doubled back on
LIS trail.
The constable was taken by surprise
and before he could raise his own
weapon the bandits bullet sent him
bleeding to the ground.
Pocatello, Ida, June 19.--One hum
dred men in automobiles and on horse
back are securing the country near
the Montana Idaho line in the vicinity
of Iamer. Idaho, for Hugh whitney
one of the two desperadoes who
killed Conductor William Kidd. and
seriously wounded Deputy Sheriff
Samuel Melton on an Oregon Short
line train last Saturday. and whose
trail has been marked by wounding
of three men who tried to intercept
Whitney.
Whitney is believed to be heading
for the notorious Jackson's Hole coun
try in western Wyoming and the fact
that he is travelling alone, coupled
with reports of sheepherders near Ca
mas that they heard shots in lava
beds near there last night leads to-
the belief that Whitney killed his
CON panion when the latter showed
signs of weak ening.
After shooting and Wounding Edgar
Magill. a ranchman. at Hamer yester-
lay. Whitney stole Magill's horse and
rifle and rode west. Rube Scott, "a
bridge Watchman at Medina tried to
stop the desperate. and was shot in
The hand, losing three fingers. From
Rigby comes the report that Consta-
ble Robert Obey was shot and wound
ed by Whitney when the constabes
posse crowded the fugitive too close
ly.
Scott, who was shot in the hand,
had been stationed at the Snake river
bridge near Mention to head off the
fugitive. He was armed with a shot
gun. The outlaw appeared at the
bridge little before sunriseNand halt
I'd when he saw the guard. Scott fired
with his shotgun and the bandit re-
piled. When Scott was wounded the
man rode away and later, crossed the
liver at bridge farther north.
A fifth man has suffered from the
sharpshooting of the bandit today, ac-
aording to a message from Rigby, IL
was reported that Robert Oley a con-
table from idaho Falls, was wounded
when his posse crowded the fugitive
too closely " has not been learned
how seriously the officer was wound
ed.
one hundred men from Rigby with
two automobiles and horses are on the
manhunt. The country to the east is
broken and marked with groves Of
aspens II is said that the outlaw Is
hiding In one Of these eoverts and that
Il may be necessary to Keep watch un-
til he is driven to the open by hunger
and thirst.
The absence of reports from the
other bandit and the assertion of
sheep herders near Camas that they
heard shots I'm the lava beds last night
Encouraged the opinion that whitney.
the bad man OF the pair. killed his
comrade when the latter showed signs
OF weakening.