Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-20
POSSE UNABLE To
BANDIT AND
LEAVES FOR HOME
Search in the Vicinity of Med
iCine Bow FOrs Man Who
Robbed u, P, Passenger
Train Has Been Abandoned,

tsY SoRNisS JOURNAL SPECIAL LsAsGo WiHEt
Cheyenne, Wyo,. Nov. 19.-The
posse of officers, citizens and United
States cavalry which had spent the
6ay in the vicinity of Medicine Bow,
Wyo.. searching for the bandit who
held up the Union Pacific train near
there .ast night, abandoned the search
late this evening, and tonight are on
board a special train en- route for this
city. The abandonment of the man
hunt came as result of the failure
of the posse to find any trail of the
bandit. The general belief is that the
man escaped in a high powered auto
tomobile which had been held in read
mess by confederate
1t was announced tonight by Union
Pacific officials that the bandit was
expected to stage another train rob-
berry tonight at some point between
Cheyenne and Laramie, and vigilance
along this route was redoubled. Some
are of the belief that the bandit was
headed for Denver, It being generally
conceded that the robber was William
Carlisle, the escaped convict, who
once made his headquarters in that
city.
Dispatches from Medicine Bow this
peared there on Tuesday evening driv-
ing high powered automobile. and
left the town in the direction OF the
place where the robbery occurred an
hour or so previous to the time It was
reported. The occupants of small
house which stands near the Union
Pacific tracks in the vicinity Of the
place where the hold-up took place,
stated that shortly after the hour of
the robbery they We're reused by the
sound of a big car travelling at high
rate Of speed and it is believed that
the bandit made his getaway in this
fashion.
Medicine Bow, Wyo., Nov. 19.--
Posses tonight abandoned the search
for William L. Carlisle, the bandit
who last night held up and robbed
passengers on Union Pacific west
bound train No. 10, and waited for the
next open move of the notorious train
robber. Every building and possible
hiding place within a wide radius
from Medicine Bow was searched and
members of posses conceded tonight
that the bandit had outwitted them.
Officials of the Union Pacific antici-
pate another attempt at robbery
within a few hours and posses will be
they may be dispatched quickly to any
part Of the road IL another robbery
is attempted
Reports that the bandit had fled
to Denver in an automobile immedi-
ately after the robbery were given
considerable credence. A stranger
was reported to have appeared at a
hotel early last night and to have
inquired the direction to Laramie.
Later, it was said, the stranger drove
in the direction of the scene, of the
robbery and residents reported hear
ing an automobile speeding along the
Denver road shortly after the time
of the robbery.
This theory also is supported by the
action OF the bloodhounds in follow
ing the bandits trail to the roadway
where they lost 1t altogether.
Carlisle formerly lived In Denver
in 1915 between train robberles under
the name of Walter Cortrell.
The theory that Carlisle Is wounded
and being concealed by friends in the
immediate vicinity of the robbery Is
given credence by at least one Union
Pacific official. although thorough
search today failed to reveal any
trace of the man,
A third theory, that Carlisle drove
LOWdTu 1IltyeUue anu IIlIknI dlleInpI
another robbery within a few hours
brought precautions on the part of
the railroad. A special train will be
kept ready at Cheyenne. 1t was said.
so that posse could be started from
that city within ten minutes after re-
port of another robbery.
The Cheyenne posse and cavalry
troop left tonight for Cheyenne, but
will be kept in readiness for the next
move of the bandit Union Pacific
officials and special officers. who
have taken part in the search for the
bandit, left tonight for eastern points.
Carlisle's former policy in refusing
to rob aged persons was violated last
night when he took 500 from an
aged couple. every cent they had.
Passengers raised purse and reim-
bursed them. A report that the
bandit fired at passengers is disproved
in the finding of his revolver with
every chamber loaded.
The Union Pacific train guard.
hired to prevent a robbery, hesitated
when the bandit left the train and
Bob Turner of Rawlins seized the
guards rife and fired at the fleeing
man, according to stories of passen-
gers. Whether the bandit was wound
ed could not be learned as blood
found on the vestibule floor might
have been caused by an injury to the
bandit in climbing through the broken
OF the tourist car,