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Show ' JTCII" CASSIDY, the most daring ar.3 successful train robber in Mst: ry of Western outlawry, rode 1-to the town of Grand Encamp-'., Encamp-'., "Wye, the other day it is said, i.s if there were not a price on his 1. No officer's hand threatened Cas-, Cas-, who had been In, hii!rj tince the : : V.g Job of his IIo!e-ln-tfce-"WaIl - of train robbers the successful ::-up of the Great Northern express I i Honiara fjuly 3, 1201. Nor, in ail ; -1 iblllty, 4T.I the outlaw be molested t'I some fresh robbery sends a posse i t!3 trail, for not a man In Wyoming to undertake the job of capturing r J;::ng "Butch" Cassidy single hand- i. lie was suspected of being con-t con-t rnti In the hold-up of the Rio Grande t ain near Salida, Colo., last rummer, ; i afterward was reported, to have i Salt Lake. Y.'h..- this noted hanrtft. wiirnri(! f- confidently through the streets of 'Iran d Dncampment hts first lieutenant, l.'irvey Loin, alias "Kid" Curry, was ct tr.a.1 l.i : :or tu-na, charged with com-I com-I ..c::y l:i the Great Northern train rob-l rob-l ry i r.d other pieces of work done by tv e Kile-ln-the-Wall gang. Logan was f.-rl guilty on ten counts, and was f r.u r eed "to 130 years in" the penlten-t penlten-t ry. where he will probably end his 1 ?, t r.lees he escapes or is rescued by Cut.'.iy and the remainder of the gang. A L r gerotts Has. v The career of "Butch" Cassidy has I ton filrly memorized by every Sheriff ii t!" e Ve?t. The organizer of the Hole in-t 3-Wall gang of bandits is considered consid-ered a more dangerous type of robber tl.an even the notorious Jesse James. Indeed, considering train robbery as his frecIty, Cassidy has engineered more successful hold-ups and has given the railroad oCciala more trouble than did the I: .ssourI bandit and his men. Not alon has Cassidy proved the Napoleon of "Western train robbers, but he has shown himself something above the average av-erage as an organizer, s he was one of the chief promoters of the bandits' syndicate syn-dicate which operated in every State vest of the Missouri river, and the work cf which was only reduced in scope v hen the Southern leader, "Black Jack" Ketchum. was hanged. Since "Black Jack" was executed for train robbery ii New Mexico in April. 1901, evidence has come" Into possession of Plnkertpn d ter tlves and railway officials showing cc delusively that Ketchum's gang and the Hole-in-the-Wall gang operated unci un-ci r the tame system. When "one gang v " s hard pushed it . could find ready rase in the "hideouts" of the other ring, and vice versa. Cassidy had his 1 mous Hole-in-the-Wall In Wyoming, which has never been stormed by offi-c offi-c rs. and "Black Jack" had scarcely less isrrregnable retreats in New Mexico and Arizona, where the men from the r.orth roufd always find refuge when it was advisable to "lay low." After Game. "; - - " "Butch" Cassidy's'' bandits have always al-ways differed from the "Black Jack" pang and other organizations la that they are nothing for small game, "laack Jack" and his men held up post-oUces, post-oUces, general stores, small banks and even Individuals when there was a lull in the train-robbing bus! Bess. Cassidy, however, shrewder than his Southern partner in crime, has confined hlmSeTT to train hold-ups. In this he has dem- m S 1.9 cnatraiea nis wiwiuiu, iw mucu mj bandit begins to interfere with ' the course of business in a Western town oi mining camp he is certain to come to grief sooner or later. "Black Jack" Is but a memory today, and most of hts rang are dead, simply because Cassidy's rule cf sticking to one line of business was not followed. Most of the members of the Southwestern gang have been shot at odd occasions by storekeepers, cowboys or other individuals expert in gun I lay, simply because they failed to observe the old adage of letting well enoch alone. Cassidy, on the other hanJi! who never disturbs a store, or a bank, or any individual not connected with the railway service, is still roam-inff roam-inff la. his old. Wyoming haunts. I5s Unique Career. Cassidy's career Is unique fn criminal history. He began life-in Wyoming several years ago as a ranchman, at the mouth of the Hole-ln-the-Wall, in John- ' poa county. He was a modest, unas-runlr.'g unas-runlr.'g young chap, and it was not un- f til several wvery bold train robberies I were committed that suspicion pointed bis way. Several attempts were made to capture -him, but he always made his escape through the Hole-ln-the-VvalL and once in that retreat only a small army could have dislodged the bandit The Hole-ln-the-Wall is rightly right-ly name i. It Is a narrow gorge between the walls of a canyon, and in going through this gorge there Is room for only -one person at a time. When the retreat Is used . for hiding purposes th.-re is always a sentry to give warn- f Ins. ' Any stranger who blunders Into the defile, and who gives a correct account ac-count of himself, is simply sent back Tvf-h a warning. This has happened so rr ny times that the region about the lile-ln-the-Wall is shunned as if pestilence-infested. Cowboys occasionally make their way.into the place, but they h-ve no t war to wage on Cassidy and Y man and not one of them has ever been indiscreet enough to put his own life In danger by giving Information., Tie llalta Hold-Up. The Hole-ln-the-Wall is conveniently located between the railroad lines of . the Union Pacific on the south and the Great. Northern and -Northern Pacific on the north. All of these roads have suJTered tremendous losses owing to the operations of Cassidy's gang. The most daring work -of the gang, however, was the robbery of the Great Northern ex-rrtcs, ex-rrtcs, near Malta, MonW for -which Harvey Logan was sentenced. For tveer boldness this is one of the most remarkable robberies on record- As the westbound express stopped at Malta a rou"h-looking man boarded the blind r'uform of the baggage car. Seven i s west of the station the man sud-( sud-( !y appeared in the engineer's cab .- tor.k charg-e of the train. He cornel corn-el the er.rfneer to stop at a point re the Miik' river runs close to the '-. Two men arPard as the train 1 end bf-an ehooting along the i f the cars. Several curious per-- per-- : 3 l:chel cut cf windows were i |