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Show OfflllllC run job IH SALT LAKE Prompt Crushing of Modern Jesse JamesjCreW-Halts Plan of Frank Lewis to Rnr Ranlr Hi-., n f!w THAT Frank Lewis, one of the leaders of the bandit gang which recently robbed eight banks, a mail train and killed the chief of detectives of Colorado Colo-rado tiprlnga, planned on stopping In Bait Lake and evidently robbing a hank here, waa'-the statement mada today by C. K. Hatter, an executive of tha rlnkerton Detective agency. Hatter Hat-ter and hla detectlvea have succeeded In roundfna nn th entire u it inri r . covering $10,000. a large proportion of the l-ot. . "Theyware In moat dee Derate criminal. I have ever met," aaid Mr. Halter today. "This haa been the hardeat raae I have ever handled aa rrgarda dangeroua and quirk work. Halt Lake, la lucky to have escaped a vlxltatlon by theae criminal,. KILLING IS LAST ACT. "The final act of the dram took iliir In Kan l.rflirlfl canyon. I'.,., Sij-vember Sij-vember 1. when deputy aherirfa from Arcadia ahot and killed Dale Jnnea and Marjory Iean after a deierate revolver revol-ver battle. Jonea had with him In hla automobile the bulk of the loot from many bank robherlea In fvansaa, MIs-aourl MIs-aourl and Colorado. "The sang originated In Kanaaa City and conalated of Iale Jonea, "Prank Iwla. Hoy 8herlll. Frank V. Dalley, Roy Lanraater. Marjory lean. Kva, Morria and Bennle Lewia. Hherlll Waa the Inn nf nmmlnent mlnl.t.. The gang made It profitable to hold up bootleggers In Ksnsas, but found that occupation too tame. METHODS WERE CLEVER. "They held up the South Side State bank of Indianapolis, driving to that city In two stolen cars. Their method was to rent a smalt garage In the ctty where they planned the robbery. They would switch cars after the robbery, drive out of a city and return to meet the police. Often members of the party would don women's hats and veils. This waa before they were Joined by their own women members. CARRIED SMALL ARSENAL. "TJie police were deceived, as they were searching for the first car. The gang realised flS.OOO froi the Indian-; Indian-; a polls robber! and immediately after j they robbed another bank. Ttiey always al-ways carried scores of rlfh-a, revolvers I and suitcaaeH of ammunition. They j held up the M. K. T. train in Kansas, rifling the mails. They 'ditched' the, mail train aaf and afterward returned re-turned and blew it open. "They stole two csrs in Kaunas City following the robbery of eight banks and drove toward lenver. The story i of how members of the gang were surrounded time afier lime tn houses? waylaid on roads and slit, at time and again appeared In the telegraph news j of the paat month. Our quick action i n capturing Krank 1-ewis sfter a desperate des-perate revolver brittle at Palmer Lake, i Colo., prevented his coming to Salt t Lake, which he planned to visit on hia i way to southern Cslifornia, where the i gang planned to hide. ' "lewie was returned tu Topeka. Kan., to atam trial, but died ax the i result of an old wound, lie carried a ; revolver bullet just beneath his heart snd the surgeons iould not remove It. Sherill a- aentenred to twenty-five years at Kt. I,ea venworth. Kva Mor- rla awaits Irtiil In lienver. .ancwter waa kilted m Kanaaa 'rty when an attempt wan" ma e to srreat him. The Of har wn Smliare n uj a 1 I the moat dejpraie gang of out lawn since tite time of Jesse Jameg haa been eliminated." |