Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-22
Gang Believed Divided.

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Police believed the band had divid-
ed after the chase following the dis
covery Of their alleged hiding splace
in the abandoned ranch house and
that one car containing two men was
headed east and the other automo-
bile with two or more men in 1t, head
ed west.
Scores Of armed mon, including
county sherifrs and their deputies and
three automobiles and one armored
riot car loaded with Denver detectives
and policemen searched northern Col
orado In the vicinity Of Greeley. Fort
Morgan, Fort Collins and Roggen. all
Of Thursday evening without success
The chase led from the ranch house
in which Henry FuQua, farmer,
early yesterday notified Sheriff Frank
Hall Of Greeley, that he had seen four
heavily armed men, to the outskirts
of Greeley, and. later in the evening.
southeastward to Roggen and Hud-
where the trail vanished and part OF.
Denvers detective squad abandoned
the hunt for tho night.
~ Three Clues.
Three clues, apparently indicating
definitely that the bandits were in the
vicinity and the peace officers SEEM
cred yesterday and last night
One was the report made to Sheriff
Hall by Mrs. Gus Downer. residing
just outside the northwest city limita
of Greeley, that an autom obile in
which there were a number OF men.
had stopped at her home and one of
the men obtained a pan OF warm wa
ter and some cotton gauze. saying fe
wanted 1t for man who had been
hurt. after which the car left in great
haste. It is, known that at .@saste, anN
Fbeh dt.s ayds ] ssyuHsSd* IN IEe battle
! with the mint guards.
! This tip. received shortly after
Sheriff Hall and a party Of deputies
had visited the ranch house reported
by Fuqua and found 1t had been re-
Gently occupied. sent the officers in a
mad chase in an effort to locate the
suspects. .r-g.- .s-s,.-
Early last evening Sheriff Hall re-
| ce1ved word from three different
sources that touring car, occupied
! by four men all heavily armed, ono
bandaged about the face and another
| about the arm, had been seen racing
along the road southeastward toward
Roggen.
While two automobiles took up this
trail officers obtained their third clue
that led to the belief that the bandits
were In the vicinity.
Had Lunch Packed. y
Earl Jackson, son of 'Greeley
restaurant proprietor reported three
men had eaten in his fathers restau-
rant Wednesday evening. The descrip-
| tions he gave corresponded to those
! of three of the bandits who partici-
pated in the gun fight at the Denver
! mint. They had lunch put up for
! man who jackson said, they told him
! was i'll on a ranch.
Two Women With FMgitivcs.
j Fuqua's story as told over the tele-
phone to Sheriff Hall was that he no
| ticed signs OF life about the house
previously unoccupied and upon ex-
/ amining 1t found that some one was
| living in it. Thursday he approached
| and Knocked on the door which was
opened by man carrying rifle in
his hands and wearing a cartridge
belt. He asked what they were doing
: in the house. informing the man that
it was his. The man declared that the
occupants We're coyote hunters.
| FuQua continued. declaring that
| while he was at the door another man
similarly dressed appeared from
around the corner of the house. He
said he saw two other men inside it.
He also said that while he was talk
! ing. large touring car carrying two
men and two women drove up. He
said that he was then told to leave the
I, place under q threat of DEATH ua