Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

III express at wagner, MOHI., III
III 1901, Harvey Logan, a well known
member of the BLACK jack gang.
was captured by posse and lodged
in iail at Deadwood, s.. Oak, but succeeded IN
making his escape
.ESid curry" as Logan was also called seemed
to have completely vanished, until one nignt III
KNOXVILLE Tenn, drunken stranger staggered
into saloon and became unusually noisy.
when the bartender started to throw him out
the bibulous newcomer shot him down. Two
policemen came rushing in but they, too. soon
crImpled to the floor, wounded by bullets. Tne
crowd in the bar room closed in on the gunman'
who promptly drew second pistol WIN
revolver in each hand he held them at bay,
backed to a side window and then leapeo Out
into the dark. Below this window, unknown
to him. there yawned hillside excavation 40
feet deep.
Directly the fellow disappeared the crowd
poured forth in pursuit. The killers pistols
were found at the bottom of the hole, but the
man himself was not discovered until two days
later when he came crawling out from hlolng
place under the floor of building. He was IN
bad shape, with a broken ankle and frac-
tured leg Taken to the Knoxville jail, ne was
speedily identified as the missing Harvey Logan.
KNOWN to be a resourceful and desperate
Az character, the prisoner was locked up in a
strong cell from which no one had ever escaped.
AS an additional precaution guard armed with
a rifle was stationed just outside the door.
Every day Logan was carefully searched from
head to foot for arms or tools that might have
been struggled in; the cell itself was also ex-
amined, but nothing was ever found.
When his injuries were finally cured Logan
became restless, prowling about his cell. He
began to complain about the dirtiness OF the
apartment. Couldn't he be allowed to have
broom and sweep it out when necessary? A
broom was brought The handle, of course,
might be used for a club, and so the stick was
sawed of, only the broom end being given to
the prisoner.
Late one night, claiming that he could not
sleep, he got up and leaned for hours against
the iron bars of the cell door while the armed
guard outside paced backward and forward.
Suddenly one of Logan's arms shot through the
bars, something sped through space, and in
instant the unsuspecting sentry had been
lassoed round the neck with wire unwound
from the broom-head.
Choking and unable to utter a sound, the
man was dragged close up to the bars. Reach
ing out, Logan took the sentrys rifle, removed
the keys from his pocket and released himself
from the cell. Then with the rifle in his
hand he stole cautiously forth, taking the
other guards completely by surprise jumped on
a prison horse that was kept stationed outside
and clattered out of the city free man.
The fugitive was seen in New Mexico, and
was then lost sight Of until June IT, 1904, when
a train was held up at Parachute, Colo A posse
followed the fleeing robbers and wounded one
of them. The officers were closing in upon this
man when he placed his pistol to his head and
blew out his brains. The body was recognized
as that of Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry. An
other of the "Black jack gang had been ac-
counted for.
In the meantime Camilla Hanks (alias Deaf
Charlie') was still at large with a roll of the
unsigned bank notes stolen in the Great North
ern express hold-up. Hanks, too, had drifted to
Tennessee and, arriving in Nashville, presented
some of the bills at bank for exchange into
500 denominations. Cashiers all over the
country had been furnished with lists of the
Government serial numbers of the notes stolen
in the Great Northern robbery and, having
identified some Of these the bank teller asked
Hanks to wait a few minutes while clerk went
to fetch some large bills. In reality, of course,
the messenger was sent to call the police. Two
officers came at once to arrest Hanks, but he
held them off with pair of pistols and rushed
out into the thick Of the traffic. Jumping into
passing hack, he seized the reins from the
startled driver, dashed the team into a run and
sped out Of town.
For the moment the fugitive got clear away,
but he was presently located in San Antonio,
Tex, refused to surrender and was shot dead
Yet another member Of the sinister fraternity
was gone.