The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-09-14
BOLD BANDITS
Get BIC HAUL
TWO BROTHERS ROB
CokEvILLE BANK
Niogh and Charles Whitney Hold Up
Cashier and Halt a Dozen DEPOSIT
tors--One Of Pair is Slayer Of Con-
,eiucfor William Kidd.


Cokeville, Wyo., Sept ll.---Hugh and
Charles Whitney, notorious desperad-
Oes of this region robbed the state
Bank of Cokeville, and half dozen
siepositors at o'clock this afternoon
sind escaped to the mountains with
several thousand dollars. Posses are
On pursuit
Hugh Whitney the elder. Of the
Brothers. shot and killed Conductor
William Kidd on an Oregon Short
Line train four months ago when a
deputy sheriff attempted to arrest him
and wounded four others in the course
Df desperate flight across Idaho and
Wyoming. Rewards aggregating
Inany thousands of dollars were plac-
ed ON his head and he has been sought
10y Pinkerton detectives in every part
sDf the west.
The brothers entered the bank here
at O'Clock this afternoon, held up
cashier A. ID. Noblitt and remained
Hor half an hour, robbing every deposit
tor who entered the bank up to the
CLOSING hour. Then locking their vic
Tins in the vault, they left the bank
and ran three-quarters of mile
across the fields to where they had
left their horses, stolen the previous
day. and rode hard up Smithfork can
Won.
Chrishls Marino, n Mexican sheep
herder. attempted to intercept the
fleeing men and was made the object
of a fusillade of shots, one of which
pierced his hat and grazed his scalp
News of the robbery was spread by
Miss Gene Collett, who entered the
bank to make deposit just at g
O'Clock when the robbers were in the
5act of locking the cashier and the
eother half-dozen depositors in the
vault She was told to beat it,"
which she did, calling out the alarm
as she ran.
Town Marshal Ulysses Twiss noun
ted his horse and attempted to fol-
low the robbers, who foiled him by
cutting through fences over which the
marshal could not jump his horse. AT
ter exchanging shots Twiss returned
10 Town and hastily organized posse
of my men, whichr followed the 6es
peraloes to the heavy timber of
SmilhfCTk, into which they plunged
their horses and disappeared. They
are believed to be headed for Mont
pelier, where they have friends who
are said to have secretly sheltered
Hugh Whitney since he murdered Con
Sluctor Kidd.
Another posse was organized later
in the day and fully 100 heavily arm.
ed men are riding the country to the
north, bent on preventing an escape
from the timber
Late tonight another posse started
in autos from Cokeville, running out
to Star valley, where they plan to
serUe horses and head the robbers
of az they came out of Smithfork.
d1ee Two men were seen at b O'Clock
Vhis afternoon by cowboy, fifteen
miles northeast of Cokeville. They
Borrowed cigarette papers from him
and passed the time of day before rid.
5ng nprih into the timber.
The Oregon Short Line tonight post.
ed an additional $500 reward for
lhs arrest of Hugh Whitney and the
sciIy aud county officials are expected
30 add 10 this,
Shrriff Rogers will lead big pos.
Sc ON OF Montpelier tomorrow morn.
ing, making four posses in the field
The enire region is reused and al
most every man or boy able to tote
a gun and ride horse is preparing to
ioin the chase.