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Show JONES OUTLAWS ELUDED PURSUERS Montana Gnng of Bandits Believed to Have Escaped Across the Canadian Border. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 25. Word from Popular is to tho effect that Deputy Sheriff John Moran and a posso of seven Indian scouts havo returned from an eight-day chase of tho ''Frank Jones out law gang,1' now under tlio lcadorshlp of "Dutch Honry," who has, been tliolr chief since tho killing of Jones. They believe that the outlaws havo changed their rendezvous to the wooded mountains across the Canadian border, and the mounted police havo been notified and are now searching for the gang. Tho other posso following the outlaws has been called In also, but tho chaso bus not been given up, and any day may bring news of a battle. On authority it Is stated that members of the ganjr raided the home of J. P. Williams, Wil-liams, north of tho Fort Peck reservation, last Saturday. At that tlmo Williams and his family wero away and the visitors broke up every piece of furniture about tho house, toro up tho boddlng, smushed in tho windows and demolished overy farming implement about tho place, entailing entail-ing a loss of several thousand dollars. Williams Is one of the ranchmen who last fall sworo out a warrant against tho gang for stealing his horses1 and running them Into Canada. In revenge tho gang burned his cntlro sheep range. |