The Washington times., 1919-12-03

desperately until he was shot DOWN.
| William wild Bin) Carlisle. the lone
train bandit, who for three weeks
after his daring escape from prison
defled military and civilian authority
! to take him, was captured yesterday
in lonely ranch house near Clend.
Wyo. The posse that bagged the des-
perado followed his trail for miles
through a bitter blizzard.
The bandit. who had secluded him-
self in the cabin of Frank Williams,
about eighteen miles from Douglas,
was shot through one lung. 1t was
thought at first that the wound might
cause his death, but doctors later de-
clared their belief it would not prove
fatal.
Glad of End, He Says.
Suffering from his wound and be-
numbed by the extreme cold, Carlisle,
when brought to the Douglas Hos
pital said:
II am glad the chase has ended"
Carlisle attracted nationwide in
! terest, when, after escaping from the
| penitentiary in this State, he held up
and robbed the passengers on a Los
Angeles limited on November 1s.
| After that escapade messages pur-
porting to be from him and taunting
officials because OF their vain efforts
| to capture him were received through
| out the country.
| 1t was reported recently that the
| chase had been abandoned. as 1t was
believed that the prolific bandit had
gone the way Of others in wyoming
into the Hole lin -thewall" in the
Bad Lands" Of the state.
I Former Captor Again Successful.
A force of Union Pacific detectives,
headed by Charles Irwin, of Chey-
enne, captured the bandit. Irwin also
had aided in apprehending Carlisle In
1916 after he had held up Union
Pacific train near Hanna
| When captured the outlaw made
| no effort to conceal his identity. He
was given frst-aid treatment, and
| then was strapped to a pack horse
and carried down the mountain. He
| told members of the posse that he had
| been in the Laramie Peak country
since he robbed the Los Angeles Linz
/ tied.
| Carlisle's trail through a heavy
| snow had been followed since early
| Sunday morning by two posses. Early
! yesterday he had escaped capture by
i jumping from window of the
Widow Bray's ranch house as some
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sheriff Wounded Him.
/ Shoriff A. s. Roach, of wheatland,
| who shot Carlisle before his capture,
! organized one posse which drove
through a bitter blizzard Sunday to
the ranch of Bob Fletcher at the cad
| of Fish creek on the south side OF
Laramie Peak. The snow became so
! deep that IT was impossible for the
pursuers to proceed farther with
! teams and they made their way to
! the top of the peak on horseback.
! The drift then became so large that
| the horses were abandoned and the
| remainder of the hunt was made on
! foot.
The posse learned that the bandit
had skipped about, eating his meals
first at one rancher's home and then
at another. He had his Thanksgiv-
| ing dinner at the ranch of William
| Hill.
Doubled On His Trail.
He evaded the posse by doubling
back on his trail yesterday morning,
but the fresh trail he left was easily
followed to the williams home in tho
widest part OF Laramie Peak When
| the officials had surrounded the
! house, Williams informed them that
Carlisle was inside. The latter ran
from tn" i:!tchen where he had been
sitting. ITO the front room, where b.
obtained an automatic pistol. 1t was
| not long, however, before his career
as a bandit was ended for the present.
Carlisle escaped from the State
penitentiary. on November ] 5 in box
of shirts shipped from the prison
factory. In making his escape after
robbing the limited he was wounded
in the right hand. He was unable to
get medical aid. and the bullet was
| still in the hand when he was cap
| tured.
Did Not Conceal Identity.
While roaming about from ranch
to ranch in the Laramie county, he
made no attempt to conceal his iden-
! tity. In fact, al many of the ranches
| he boasted of IL. 1t was not until
! Saturday that any OF his voluntary
hosts notified officers Of his where
/ abouts.
Carlisle will be kept under guard
at the hospital here for several days
and then he will be returned to the
penitentiary at Rawlins.
Many thousands of dollars were
spent in attempting to capture the
| bandit.
Carlisle showed a rare contradiction
and facing carfuI of passengers ur
| twisting and turning to elude the
sheriffs posse. he became a daring
criminal In prison he knitted sweat
ers for soldiers and bought Liberty
bonds with the money he earned from
manufacturing small articles for sac.
: Teiegraphed After Robbery.
His boldness startled and alarmed
| not only the passengers he robbed,
| but the authorities who endeavored
TO apprehend him. Even while troops
were hunting him he entered a tele-
graph office to send message to the
Union Pacific officials thanking them
for the contributions" he had col
lected from the passengers on the
last train he robbed. 1t is said that
he even entered newspaper office,
asked for news about the search for
himself, read the dispatches and van
ishcd
One OF his peculiarities is to an
nounce when engaged in a holdup
that Il am not robbing women. chill