The circle banner., 1919-12-12
'Ap' 'lUGHT
b uOAST|NG
SHOT IN LUl.G, RoBBER SAYS HE
is THANKFUL THE CHASE
HAS BEEN ENDED
M0NG RANCHES
Follow Once Posse
Was Wounded in
.e Robbing Train
u November Eighteen


| Douglas Wyo., Dec. 3.-William
Carlisle, train bandit, again is pris-
oner, under guard in the Douglas hos
pital, where he is suffering from
bullet hole in his right lung. He was
shot down by Sheriff A. S. Roach of
Wheatland yesterday 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
followed from early Sunday by two
posses of 20 each. The train bandit
escaped from the posse earlier yester-
day. jumping from a window of the
Widow Bray's ranch home as the posse
members entered. He was captured
at 3 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Carlisle had been in the Laramie |
Peak country since his escape after
robbing Los Angeles limited train |
near Medicine Bow November IS. Let |
ters and kilograms purporting TO have |
been sent by the bandit from Denver
and other parts of the country were
frauds. He made no attempt TO con-
ceal his identity.
1t was Carlisles frankness in adj
mitting his identity that caused his
Saturday night Sheriff Roach
received word that Carlisle was in the
Laramie Peak country. He notified
John c. Gayle. chief special agent of
the Union Pacific, who was in Chey-
enne, and a posse was sent from
Cheyenne at once by special train.
In the meantime, Sheriff Roach or
ganized another posse and took a
train TO Dwyr There the posse OBJ
tanned teams and drove through bit
ter blizzard to the ranch of Bob
Fletcher, at the head of Fish creek, ,
IN the south side of Laramie Peak.
The snow was so deep it was Inn
possible to go farther with teams and
he posse proceeded Sunday morning !
IN horseback to the top of the Peak. :
rhe remainder of the pursuit was
made on foot.
The posse learned that Carlisle had
aten Thanksgiving dinner at the I
anch of William Hill. From almost p
very rancher the posse obtained fur e
her information. He had dined at the
ONE of one rancher one day, another II
he next. Monday morning he was at U
i'm Shaw's ranch on Horseshoe creek.
Later the posse learned that Car O
sic had gone to the Widow Bray's e'
ONE and here it was learned that he Il
ade his escape when almost in the d
ands of his pursuers, just before noon. p
The bandit then doubled back on his II
all to Scott Hamilton's ranch and al
ON there toward Esterbrook park.
1t was not hard for the posse to d'
low the fresh trail to Williams home "
the wildes0 part of the Laramie ia
eak country. Sheriff Roach and w. y
McClement, special agent of the W
nion Pacific at Cheyenne. lay down al
the snow at Williams back door OF
hile the others surrounded the place. co
ION Williams came out. He informed M
e posse that Carlisle was inside and M
e sheriff entered.
Carlisle ran from the kitchen In ca
lich he had been sitting, to the front sv
ON. He seized an automatic pistol, W:
parently prepared TO give battle, ga
len the sheriff entered and fired the pc
OF which ended the bandits career CT,
. the time being.
Carlisle escaped from the state wi
nftentiary at Rawlins November IS, M,
a box of shirts shipped from the dis
tory, in which he was employed.
was serving sentence OF IS TO 30
hrs for train robbery. Fl
Three days later he boarded the
ion Pacific Los Angeles limited at
ok River. robbed passengers in
rist car of $3.50. and left the train
If Medicine Bow. In making his es- sor
,e, Carlisle was wounded in the tro
BIT hand. sey
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