| Show Desperado Writes Letter Telling How Butch Cassidy's Gang Robbed Winnemucca Bank The Thc end of the rainbow may be in the vicinity of Jarbidge the now new gold old camp that attracted the last rush of the gold old seekers and fortune hunters The pot of ot gold Jold that is supposed to lie at the end of the rainbow may bo be found there there in the tho coin of the tho realm and zu not ot t distributed in questionable quantities ties through tho the ledges of quartz where the miners look Jook for it This pot of gold contains in coin that was stolen from irom the tho Bank of Winnemucca 1 Nov in tho the famous raid made b by Butch Cassid George Carver Car ver vcr and Harr Harry Lou bau h many man years a ago o and is Longbaugh's h 8 portion of the loot oot that the tho three daring men made way with after a 11 gun fight in the streets of the little Nevada Ne' camp The Tho story l of ot the robbery and the part played in it by II Butch Butch Cn Cassidy a native Utah boy boJ is ono one of tho the most interesting in the annals annaIs of western crimes Particular interest is attached to the stor story in this state because Butch Cassidy who is recognized by the officer officers throughout hont the tho country as one of tho the real bad men of the west was born in Utah He saw raw tho the light of dav day first in Circleville Cir clo cleville P count county th this s state His Hi true name is JS Leroy Parker and his boyhood boy boy- hood bood was spent on the range near Circleville Circleville Cir- Cir cleville and in the thc other southern counties counties coun coun- ties of this state His exploits in a criminal way b began nn when he was still sUB a youngster roun and it was not long Jons before he came in contact with daring leaders such as Kid Curry and nd others of the hole in the tho wall waIl gang g in In Wyoming where his real criminal record began Was In Wyoming Pen Cassidy or Parker has never been arrested in n this state He lie has hag however served time in the tho Wyoming penitentiary penitentiary for grand rand larceny larcen having ing been convicted of annexing horses that did riot not belon belong tb him It was after his release from the V Wyoming penitentiary that Cassidy began beJan his spectacular career that resulted in the placing of rewards s B many thousands of dollars dollarson on in his head Cassidy's latest Utah experience is JS believed to have o been beon tho the robbery of the railroad paymaster at Price several years yeara ago when a largo large amount of money anoney was taken from tho official at atthe atthe atthe the muzzle of a rifle held by one man while two others armed with revolvers held the sack and dumped the coin coin into it making their escape on horses th that t were picketed near by So similar inmany in inmany in many nany respects was this robbery to the tho robbery of the tho Winnemucca bank that it was believed that Cassidy sidy who was to have hae robbed that bank was the he leader in the tho latter case ease The story of tho the buried gold in in the country is one of the most interesting interesting in in- in the tho ann annals ls of western crimes rimes of recent ear Where tho the gold goldis is hidden no one knows to a certainty for lor the man who concealed it after the robbery of the tho bank died before the chase was ended and never imparted tho the secret of its hiding place to any livin living man Story of the Crime Butch Cassidy Harry Lon Longbaugh h baug-h and G George or e Carver known as the colonel colo- colo ael nel had waited for nearly a month for o the notorious Kid Bad Curry who Was to join them and participate in the robbery When Curry who was detained elsewhere by bv reason of the hot pursuit that was being kept up for him by rc ronson ron rea- son eon of other crimes failed to appear at the rendezvous the others carried out their program The story of the robber robbery and of their flight ht under fire tire and of the tho hiding of the treasure in the fastnesses of the mountains is is a n. thrilling chapter from the criminal annals of the west Cassidy Carver and Longbaugh h met metat metat metat at Powder Springs Wyo by appoint appoint- ment meat Carver was known to the manhunt- manhunt ers as George by reason of the shape of his nose nose which had bad been smashed in a fi fight ht Ho was known to his associates in crime crimo as the tho colonel because ho he was a big big- man well weIl proportioned proportioned proportioned and carried h himself liko like a military mili tary man Ho He was straight as an arrow arrow arrow ar ar- ar- ar row and in fri the saddle was Wall a 8 picture for fora a a. Frederick Remington Preparing for tor th the Robbery Longbaugh h was sent ahead to Winnemucca Winnemucca Winne Winne- to look over tho the ground carefully and to pick vick out the tho trail for the getaway getaway get get- et away after the robbery He went to O Ogden den from Powder Springs and there cau caught bt a frei freight ht train which he rode into Winnemucca It was raining when be he dropped off the tr train in and as there were but few persons about the station he be attracted but little ittle attention He went at once to a livery stable and got Jot permission to sleep on a n. pallet of hay in Lu one of the stalls atolls Lon Longbaugh spent two da days s lookin looking about th the town and nd familiarizing him him- elf with every detail of the little place Ho 1 located the back door of the tho bank opening into a little back yard ard which was surrounded by a brick wall Having completed his work thus far tar he started for tho the depot to take the train but on the way met a man who reco recognized him He realized that if he were to try to board boud the tho train ho be would be arrested for former misdeeds Ho accordi accordingly ly changed his bis plans instantly and end returned to the livery stable There he be bought bou ht a horse home saddle and outfit which he to took k to a a. pasture just outside the town and paid aid for three days' days pasturage pas for the horse after which ho re reo turned to the ha hayloft loft where ho he remained re ic concealed conceal cd until night Bought Good Horse In tho the meantime he had bad writ written m to his pals who were at Twin Falls FalI Ida tellIn telling telling tell tell- In ing them thorn to wait for him This ho he mailed and went into his bis retreat in the hayloft As soon as it was quito dark Lon Longbaugh bau h dropped from tho the hayloft und and made his way to tho the pasture sad sad- dIed his hiB horse borse and disappeared Homade Ho Homade made mado the ride into Twin Falls FaUs a dis dis- Lance tance- of miles nules in in six six days das Finding his companions in Twin Falls the three rode to Three Creek postoffice postoffice post post- office where they bought several good horses hOres Thc They never stole horses with which to make their raids but in the tho escape they would take any good horse they came across The purchase of the horses took all their money Stole Food Supplies They knew that t in order to make a successful flight Hight the they would have bave to eacho cacho food at various points along the line of retreat so they the held up tho the storekeeper storekeeper store store- keeper at Three Creeks took all aU the supplies they needed As they were about to leave e with their pack animals loaded the the storekeeper called them back and pointing to a number of hats bats on the tho top shelf told them to help themselves them them- selves as they seemed to need new r. r This they did and after the robbery of the bank the tho storekeeper received d his hIli reward for tor courtesy in a 8 way vay that will wil be told toM later Going as quickly as possible to Winnemucca Win Win- Casidy idy and the tho colonel strolled about th the town for a short time to the t lay of the land band Lon Longbaugh bau h ke kept kett t under cover for fear of reco recognition and ind arrest At o'clock in the morn morn- log Lag J gave ovo hi his associates the h hur r r. 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A i H W Y v t. l V Ss iri I BUTCH CASSIDY r ry y up sign sain saying that the sheriff was suspicious and was organizing a posse to o arrest the trio Tho The Tho colonel thought that it would be c suicide to tro try to rob the bank at that time imo and wanted his friends to put it off ff for a month This the they would not noto do o as Cassidy said there was vas no nOI futuro fu- fu turo uro for him All AU right rig said tho the colonel but heros hero's where we wo get a permanent address The trio went to the bank l at once The ho colonel had a rifle under tinder his hisong lon long ong coat coal Ho He acted as doorkeeper Ca Cassidy idy carried a stout canvas war bag bagn bagin in in n which to put the gold old It was the theay day ay for the monthly payroll for the tho litle littie little lit- lit tie tle le town and there was a 3 goodly hoard in n the bank II What can cnn I do for you f asked the paying aying teller as Longbaugh stepped to the ho window Us the tho Gold Hand over that moner money said Longbaugh Long Long- augh baugh as ho he pulled a p pair ir of and leveled them at tho the teller He commanded com corn mandod everyone in the bank to put put up up his is hands at tho the same instant Cassid Cassidy went down the tho corridor and through the he wire gate and into the banks bank's 5 of of- ices flees As he be went through the gate a aall atall atall tall all man came out of a a. back backroom room Casidy Cassidy Cassidy Cas Cas- idy sidy sidy lined him up with l the other men and nd compelled him to stand there while ho tho bank was robbed No one made a aalee false alee move Cassidy went behind the tho tellers ellor's counter and raked the shining gold Jold coin coin into the war bag This done tho the trio went out the tho back backdoor backdoor door and ran to a a. vacant lot near the Dank bank where the horses were picketed Mount Mounting Counting n in hot haste hasto tho they saw v the tho posse osse already formed and nd lined up before before be- be fore ore the front doors of the bank As they were on the tho top of tho the brick wall surrounding tho the rear of the tho bank a aman aman aman man entered the tho alley from the street Ho lo looked like a gun n fighter and one ono of ho tho robbers planted a 45 bullet to his feet The gun man dropped his revolver re- re volver olver and ran yelling for help Lose in Flight Plight The Tho trio made a a. rush with their horses and got near nearly out of the tho town when CasIdy CassidY Cas- Cas Idy sidY who had the thc war bag dropped it and nd a a. stream of yellow coin ran mn into the street treet The men stopped scraped as much of It as possible Into the tho bag under under uner un- un der er the guns suns of the thc posse remounted 1 and nd posted on again having last fully The Tho story of the flight and of the manner manner man man- ner ncr in which the pot of gold was burled buried In n the tho fastnesses of the tha mountains near noar Jarbidge is told by Harry Longbaugh In n a letter which he be recently wrote to a friend in Montana The letter was pub puo- shed In the Anaconda Standard a few days aya ago Longbaugh Is now In the tho fastnesses 01 oi South America where ho he Is la still following following follow- follow ing ng the tho desperate life Ue of the robber and outlaw Butch Butchi Is said eald to be a peaceful cattle raiser In Argentine republic re- re public living the tho life of an honest man mon and nd trying to forget tho the wilds days of ot tho the thop p past tOur t. t Our trail ran alon along side aide the said Mid Longbaugh In his letter for tor about a a. half halt mile We Wa soon saw MW something that hat we were not counting on We were ero pursued b by a locomotive full of armed LI HARRY LONGBAUGH men Wo We were about half halt way to our fresh tresh horses which we had staked out when they got in range and opened fire At the first st nr flee fire my old roan was wu shot In Inthe Inthe Inthe the belly Ho He began to lose ground pumP pumped his gun sun at the men Inthe Inthe in inthe the cab and nd splintered tho the wood all allaround allaround around Bround them Bullet Ruins Engine Engino The eng engine ne was within twenty yards of me and tho the bullets were wera flying dying thick and fast fact The air sizzled with hot lead The Ibl colonel got into the game then They Thoy cr crew w moon loon found that he was WD a. a good shot ahot Finally one ono of ot his hlo shots broke a a. steam pipe in the tM en engine lne and then nothing could be seen but tho the black front of ot the en engina engine en- en gina gine a cloud of ot steam b behind The movIn moving In ing fort was put fut out of ot commission I had to walk the he last yards to our horses carrying my saddle There were eight horses hones In the cache two ot of these being pack animals We tied the war bag to one ono of ot these ana ann anast st started for the hole In tho the wall all The Tho letter tells the story of ot tho the pur pursuit by the posse and of the flight night of the tho robbers robbers rob rob- robi i bers bore for thirty six hours before roro they hada had a a. chance to got a meal or to rest for tor a moment After Atter After striking the hills hilts tho the fugitives went due north toward a a. pass at tho the mouth of ot canyon Then they turned east cast and traveled for several miles where the they finally made camp They wore so 80 o tired and hungry that even their powerful powerful pow pow- erful constitutions would bear no more There they made camp They cooked coffee corree and meat which thoy they had taken from the tho Th Three Three- o Creeks store stora and had a a. bl big meal Each man nina was to stand guard for two hours and lot let tho the others sleep While camped there they S saw W a posse of ot twenty five men ride past them only a mile away aay After Aller the posse had passed the robbers rode ode through into Idaho by a pass and Into the Three Creek country There they thoy divided tho the spoils placing In three equal heaps They fi figured up the amount of the grocery bills for tho the goods they had taken from tho the Three Creeks storekeeper and placed it in a little sack lack which they later dropped on the proprietors proprietor's doorstep doorstep doorstep door door- step In the nl night ht After dividing the spoils equally each man hid his money se to the tho mouth of or o pass In the Three o Creeks side None of or the tho three knew where hero an any t of if the others had concealed his shire share of or orthe the loot The colonels share was as G OO which he put Into an empty lard can and burled buried somewhere nearer the c side than the tho others had burled their plunder He lie to have havo a hunch that he would not live to enjoy enJo his plunder for ho he started to tell teli tho the others whit wh he had done with It But they refused to lt t him him do this for fear that someone else els might find It and then lie he would char charge e his companions with breaking th the tho trust Longbaugh and Cassidy lost the colonel colo cob 11 ncr nel on their wa way to the hole In tho the wall wali country as the they w were rc separated by the tho posse that still pursued them They n nur ur ur saw him after that and it was months before thc they knew that ha ho had died In his tracks Money Still Thore Thoro When the po posse pos se found them tho the writer r Sll says ho lie and cut their pack animals animals ani ani- mals loose leose and made a run for tor or theIr lives lI In his letter Longbaugh says The man hunters never ne let up They drove us across the tho Red desert Into Utah Into Nevada Ne and back baek into Idaho Thou Thon we shook them and went over oven to Powder Springs SprinG's to wait walt for the tho colon colonel t. t as he knew that wo we could not make our way to th the lake Wo We remained at the tho Springs three weeks and were making preparations preparations preparations to leave |
