Show REWARD IS HIT express holdups hold ups are now fleeing from officers were last seen in jackson whence they have fled publicity helps pursuit 1 san francisco may 6 the southern pacific company through chief crowley of tho special agents division today issued a circular offering a reward of for the arrest of george gates edwin vernon gates and james arneal these men tha circular declaris are wanted for he robbery of the oregon express at copley shasta county california march last in which W J onell the wells fargo messenger was killed by the robbers the trio are also accused of having been engaged in a criminal career tor some time and although young in years are declared to have been connected with some of the moat ot tenses known to the western in eluded in the crimes charged to them are the robbery of an electric car near portland ore last year in which two men were killed the holdup hold up of a colorado southern train the holdup hold up of a stage at california the robbery of a merchant at jackson california and a robbery at seattle george gates la 27 years old and his brother edwin 21 years they have been mining men and are the sons of G G gates of alameda county a well known mining roan operating in amador county arnett halls from modoc county in this state the southern pacific detectives operating with the wells fargo and companas comp anys officials together with sheriff richardson of shasta county and detective ahern of sacramento have been pursuing the men for some time past and were close on their trail a number of times locating the cabins at which they had stayed twice they were traced across tho sacramento alvor but they doubled on their tracks corn ing back on water piping and thus escaped they were last seen tn jackson county oregon where efforts were made to capture them but proved unsuccessful the fugitives are now being pursued northward in ore gon and the railroad police have issued circulars containing portraits and descriptions of the men hoping that widespread publicity will assist in their arrest |