, 1922-01-22
Outlaw Who Killed Ha-
zen Afterward Ter
rorized Argentina
BY w. Il. CHAPLIN.
(Secrefary Of STATED


No tragedy In tho history of wyo
ming caused = greater sensation
emong tho people Of the Platte val.
ley than hat IN which Sheriff scott
Hazel Of Converse county lost his
life.
Al ? o'clock a m. June =. SIS.
train NJ. ! On the Union Pacific
railroad was speeding vysss between
Wilcox and Aurora when Enrineer
"GrindstoI %" Jones beheid a man
ahead giving him a signal 10 stop.
lie brought the train 70 a standstiii
and men with masks on climbed into
the cab. They gave the engineer
peremptory orders and he shovel
resirtancc. when one Of the bandits
hit aim over tho head with a evoiv
er. After that Jones was more-frnct-
able and inclined to obey the wishes
OF n outlaws. A soon as the
train came TO a sthudstill Conductor
William X. Storey sent q flagman
back to stop the econd section and
avert a wreck. and then went rpr.
ward to ascertain the cause OF the
delay. He was soon under the run
Of an outlaw and deemed IL wlss not
TO disobey orders. In fact, In time
service OF "A railroad company dur.
ing his mature years. he had come
TO regard obedience to orders as "A
cardinal virtue. The mail car was
In charge OF w. @. Bruce and with
him were clerks Len Deitrick. Rob
ert Lawson, Robert O'Brien and Joe
5kidfnore- Bruce heard loud talk
and at once turned out the lights.
instructins he clerks 10 get down
In the aisles as there was danger u
shooting. He declined TO obey tho
command OF the leader OF the gang
10 open up the chr and directly there
after there nRs an explosion OF dyna-
mite that blew off the door and
shivsreo every window or the car.
rue at onoe rightly reached the
conclusion that resistance TO such a
weapon was folly. believing h a an.
other charge of explosive would
send them to kingdom come in a hur.
~. He appeared In the door and
told the bandits the clerks were
ready to surrender. well. get
Gown out Of tho car" Commanded
the leader. As Bruce swung from
the door or the mail crane. one OF
he outlaws remarked that he could
MI the - - - full Of
lead before he reached the ground
The leader. with an oath. directed
him moi to shoot. that the clerks
were cbeying his commands all
right. All the clerks were soon lined
up on the ground, wheE Bruce asked
permission OF the outlaw leader TO
run back ami flag the second Sec
ton OF the train. What is on the
second sectiony' asked the bandit.
"Grindstone" Jones. the engineer,
quickly responded. IA couple OF
companies of United Stairs troops."
IT is not known whether this state
ment was believed or not, but per-
mission TO flag the train was not
given. Bruce and n of the clerks
were over to one side a little and
Bruce whispered. Now is our time
to get away" They broke and ran
with all their might. Two shots
were fired after them, but the dark.
ness prevented good marksmanship
and they were not hit. BY the time
they had reached a point where they
could be seen by the engineer of the
second section. IL had been flaTged
by the rear brakeman of Conductor
otorey Tram ana was coming to a
~standstll. 1t backed up out Of
danger and thereafter sent word
from Wilcox to the superintendent.
of the road. Mr.. Harris It remained
at Wilcox TIL daylight.
Tho robbers dynamited the ex-
press ar. which was in charge of
Messenger Woodcock. and leisurely
looted both the mail and express.
A bridge was blown out to prevent
h forward movement of the train
and then the d~esperadoes mounted
their horses and disappeared In the
darkness. Their direction was TO
h north The only person injured
was Engineer Jones and his wound
from the butt of the revolver was
not serious.
When word of the dastardly deed
was flashed to division headquarters
at Cheyenne and to Omaha, posses
were soon organized and in pursuit
OF the bandits. Subsequent develop
,nents brought to light the act that
III band was composed of Harry
Lcngbaugh Qeader). Harvey Logan
CKid Curry, Bill Carver. Ben Kill
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