Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-24

held up the Great Northern passenger
train No. 8 at Wagner, in Phillips county
Montana (near Malta. With his gang
he blew open the express car safe and
made away with 100000 worth of un-
signed bank notes consigned to the Ma
tional Bapk of Helena. and some real
money. The mi made their way into
the heart Of the Little Rockies and when
the trail became too hot there, the Kid
proceeded to Great Falls where he re-
manned unrecognized save for a few
friends. for several days. Finally, in
formed that the posse was on his trail
he left the state.
The sleuthhound Is upon the trail.
Nor speed nor force shall aught avail.
Charles A. Siringo, who for twenty
years was a detective in the employ OF
the Pinkerton service and who spent four
years in running down the Curry gang
tor wild Bunch" as they were common
ly called, a few years & published two
books, "A Cowboy Detective" and "a
Lone Star Cowboy" in which he de-
scribes every move of his chase for
months after Kid Curry. In trailing the
Curry gang n their accomplices Of the
wild bunch Siringo spent four years
and travelled rs 900 miles, and Incidental
ly found Kid Curry to be battling and
elusive. He declared the Kid to be the
keenest, most desperate and most re-
sourceful of all the bad men he had ever
come In contact with. On the trail of
the Currys, Siringo at one time came to
Helena, and then to Great Falls, where
he QUILTED with a saddle horse and
rode across the country to the Little
Rockies. where he spent several months
In the vicinity Of Landusky.
The Silcox Holdup
"In Denver says Siringo, II was in
formed by Superintendent Curran, who
had charge of the Union Pacific railway
train holdup investigation that w. o.
Sayles (anther detective) had run into
a brother, Loney Curry, n a cousin,
Bob Curry, of the noted outlaw, Kid
Curry. in Harlem, Montana; that Loney
and Bob owned a saloon at Harlem, and
had sent some of the unsigned bills
stolen In the Union Pacific hoidup at
SilcOx, wyoming, of to be cashed. In
this way they were located, but sold their
saloon and skipped out before Sayles had
a chance to arrest them. They had be-
come suspicious of Sayles. 80 for that
reason he could not work on their friends
secretly"
The Union Pacific holdup herein re-
ferred to, took place In 1899. This was
two years prior to the holdup of the
Great Northern train at Wagner, Mon
tana.
Continuing his narrative Siringo says:
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names of Kid and Loney Curry were
Harvey and Loney Logan, and that they
were born M raised at Dodson, Mo,
not far from Kansas City, and that for
years they had been making their head
quarters In the Little Rockies.
Therefore, I was instructed to meet
Sayles in Helena, and then buy a saddle
horse at some point and ride into the
Little Rockies n get in with the
friends of n Logan brothers.
"....I boarded a train for Great
Falls. where I bought a broncho mare
and started east for L~ewistown, about
three days ride. / started out from
Lewistown one morning when the Their
mometer registered about 90 below zero,
and with the wind blowing a gale. :.
To the Little Rockies
MY route lay over a fiat country north
of Rocky Point on the Missouri, a dis
lance of about 80 miles, and only n
ranch on the route, which / aimed TO
reach before night. / reached the
camp four hours after dark, half frozen,
but after / had gotten on the outside Of
a porterhouse steak I felt better. Next
morning I obtained a sketch of the route
to the Red Barn ranch on the south
border OF the bad lands. A hard ride
brought me there. 1T was about 80
miles to Rocky Point, and / decided to
lay over there. I did SO, and while wait
ing, I gained some information about the
Kid Curry gang. Loney Curry had