Arizona republican., 1919-12-03
TRAIN BANDIT
 SHOWS FIGHT
 WHEN TRAPPED
Effort at Gun Play When Accosted by Sheriff May Cost Him His Life-Had Hidden in Wyoming Ever Since Robbery = Tele- grams All Fakes

DOUGLAS. Wyo., Dec. 2.-William Carlisle, train bandit again is a pris- oner tonight under guard in the Doug las hospital where he is suffering from a bullet hole in his right lung. He was shot down by Sheriff A. s. Reach of Wheatland this afternoon after he had been surrounded in the cabin of Frank Williams IS miles southwest Of here.
 Carlisle's trail through a heavy snow in the Laramie peak country was fol- lowed from early Sunday morning by two posses of 20 men. The train ban dit escaped from the posse early today. jumping from window of the Widow Bray's ranch home the posse mem bers entered. He was captured at 5: 30 o'clock this afternoon.
 Carlisle seized pistol as Sheriff Roach entered the Williams home. but before the bandit could fire the sheriff had sent a bullet through the bandits right lung First aid treatment swas given the outlaw and he was carried down the mountain strapped to pack horse and brought to Douglas in an automobile
 Telesrams All Fakes.
 Carlisle has been in the Laramie peak country since his escape after robbing the Los Angeles limited train near Medicine Bow on November Is. Letters and telegrams purporting to have been from the bandit in Denver and other parts of the country were frauds He made no attempt to con ceal his identity.
 i It was Car1isles frankness in ad- mitting his identity that caused his undoing. Saturday night Sheriff l Roach received word that Carlisle nes | in ha I aY1oia e.4l. T~xr Ter tified John C. Gayle. chief special agent of the Union Pacific of Omaha. who was in Cheyenne, and a posse was sent 1 Saturday night from Cheyenne by spe- cial train.
 In the meantime Sheriff Roach had organized another posse and took a train to Dwyer. There the posse ob tained teams and drove through bit ter blizzard to the ranch of Bob Fletch- CT at the head of Fish creek. on the south side of Laramie peak. The snow was so deep it was impos- sible to go further with teams and the posse proceeded Sunday morning on horseback to the top of the peak. The i remainder of the pursuit was made on foot. the horses being unable to blow through the huge drifts
 Visited Many Ranch Homes. The posse learned that Carlisle had eaten Thanksgiving dinner at the ranch of William Hill. From almost every rancher the posse obtained further in formation. He had dined at the home of one rancher one day, another the next. Yesterday morning he was at Jim Shaw's ranch on Horseshoe creek. He had dinner and supper at Frank Days near Esterbrook park and Was traced to that place this morning. It was then learned that he had left this morning from the home of Frank New ell for the La Bonte country and the posse lost his trail
 Later in the morning the posse learned by telephone that Carlisle had gone to the Widow Bray's home and it was from here that Carlisle made his
 escape when almost in the hands of his pursuers just before noon.
 The bandit then doubled back or
 his trail to Scott Hamiltons ranch
 and from there toward Esterbrooh
 park
 It was not hard for the posse tC
 follow the fresh trail to William's home, in the widest part cf the Lar annie peak country. Sheriff Roacf
 and W J. McClement, special agent
 of the Union Pacific at Cheyenne. lay
 down in the snow at Williams back
 door while the others surrounded the
 place. Soon Williams came out. H.
 informed the posse that Carlisle wal inside and the sheriff entered. Carlisle Moves for Gun-Shot
 Carlisle ran from the kitchen, il which he had been sitting, to the Iron
 room. He seized an automatic pistol
 apparently prepared to give battle when the sheriff entered and fired th. shot which ended the bandits caree ], fo the time being.
 F Carlisle escaped from the stat ]. prison on Saturday. November Is, il i, a box of shirts shipped from tn shirt factory in which he was em
 ployed. He was serving 6 sentence 0
 25 to 50 years for train robbery II committed in 1916.
 f Three days later he boarded tn . Union Pacific Los Angeles limited a .y Rock River, robbed passengers in 2 tourist car of $250 and escaped nea Medicine Bow.
 n In making his escape, it was learne, S today, Carlisle was wounded In tn, V right hand. He was unable to ge h medical attention while a fugitive il
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