Arizona republican., 1916-05-09
TRIAL OF TRAIN
 ROBBERBEG|NS
 IN CHEYENNE
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 CHEYENNE, Wyo., May S.-A jury was secured late today to try William l.. Carlisle, Wyoming cow boy on a charge of train robbery.
 Carlisle is said to have confessed to the robbery of three trains on the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific railroad.
 Carlisle is being tried for the rob bery of Union Pacific Overland limited February , near Corlett Junction. Other robberies charged him were the robbery of Union Pacific No. IS near Green River, Wyo., February 9, and Union Pacific No. 21 west of Hanna, Wyo., April 20. Carlisle was captured April 22, by a sheriffs posse.
 Train robbery in Wyoming is q capi- tai offense.
 Veniremen were asked by attorneys for the prosecution whether they op- posed inflicting the death penalty where no violence was involved.
 The court required the prosecution to designate which of the five counts would be the basis for the present trial. The count charging robbery of F. P O'Brien of San Francisco of $545, was selected.
 Carlisle, cowboy who turned train robber, he said, because he liked the sport and wanted to get the best of the police and railroad people" is accused of robbing passengers on at | least three Union Pacific trains in i Wyoming within a few weeks. He ! worked alone.
 i Proceeds from the three robberies to l which the police say Carlisle con | fessed totalled approximately 5000. Rewards offered by the company and the state of Wyoming. aggregating 1 S7000. await division among the posse that captured Carlisle north of Wal colt, Wyo.. April 22. The prisoner was arraigned here April A on charges of having held up Union Pacific limited l No. 2l, near Corlett Junction, Wyo., i April i.
 The laws of Wyoming make train robbery a capital crime.
 On February Union Pacific passen- 1 ger No. IS was held up between Green River and Rock Springs. The bandit
 
 | brace of revolvers and compelled him to collect money and valuables from passengers. This was the first train | robbery on the Wyoming division of the line for sixteen years, according to officials.
 In the Corlett Junction holdup April 1. the train stenographer was compelled at the point of revolvers to take a collection from passengers The bandit then leaped from the train
 The most spectacular of the three hold-ups occurred April 21 near Han na Wyo According to the police the bandit boarded the train at Greeley Colo. and mingled with the passen- gers during the afternoon. He haC been chatting with the train guard As the conversation closed the guard found himself covered with q pair O revolvers and was compelled to pas! the hat" for contributions from pass engers who stood with hands abov, their heads.
 Here's q watch I got at the las hold-up and which l promised to re turn this time" said the bandit as h, handed the time piece to the train man, and a moment later leaped iron the train near Edson tunnel.
 Posses from Rawlins and Cheyenn were on the trail within an hour ant late the next day located the bandi in wild country north of Walcott Tn robber is said to have gotten tn drop on the member of the poss who encountered him. Confronted b. guns the posseman said, Why don you shoot"
 Come and get me- replied the rob Der. "I liked the sport of holding u trains, but l wouldn't kill anybody. am not killer" he added as he threy away his guns and surrendered.