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Show A I i , . , i , ) . I C FRIDAY, JOLT 4. 1958 .1 Trdil of Dutch Cassidy ond Wild CuncK DAILY HERALD No. 4 -- - There, while some of the' group By KATmiYN D. GROESBECK With the outbreak of the Spanish- - made camp, others went to a feed American War, ,m few of the "Wild store for grain for their horses, A Bunch" outlaws managed to join sheriff became suspicious and , the fighting forces, saw active service, and from all reports returned to the United States after the war to live as peaceful citizens in the 1 - tis - . i But not Butch Cassidy. With a select number he kept at his chosen profession. In one robbery he took over $100,000 in unsigned currency from the Great Northern Mont. Signing an imaginary bank officer's name4 to the bills was not too difficult for the leaders. They ' had money to burn. At Winnemucca, Nev., fin 1900, outlaws gathered in $32,000 at a this in good negotiable bank and then they took wing. money With so much to spend, Butch, Longabaugh, Harvey Logan, Ben Kilpatrick, and Will Carver rode to' Fort Worth for; a big spending spree.' They bought fancy city clothes to replace their sloppy cowboy outfits and added derby hats and watch chains to complete their attire. They talked of going on to South America. And they had their pictures taken in a group. Picture Was Undoing That picture was the beginning of their undoing. A Pinkerton man saw the picture in a photographer's shop window and recognized Will Carver, a man he had once known well. He reported to other detec tives who identified the men in the group. Immediately the law was soon on the trail of the noto rious "Wild Bunch" and they left hurriedly for Sonora, Tex. - Cs4 iii 4. 4 k. - 51 iytlfn,A 2 rushed the store. Gunk respond ed. Will Carver fell dead. ' Kil ' patrick was- - wounded. Yt he managed to escape as the campers fled with the firing, of theshots. Later he was picked up , in St. Louis and indicted. He was not to die until 1912 during, a train irob bery in Texas. Elza Lay was finally caught and put . in the penitentiary for life. After he had served 10 years, he was released. For awhile he lived on a ranch he bought east of Brown's Hole. In 1933 he died ; I West. ' ' " . V , ' ,. ' '.I " ; - ' i - y f ' ' t ' 7 r. i ' t-f , '...' ' , . . r ' s ' , .' V i ... .. 4 - : ': ; , , , v ,: ; . ' 1. , j ( ,,' - ' c t '' ' f. ' -- J . ' t I Battle Ends Outlaw Era Vv i i. tT w , ? " i . in Los Angeles. Flat-nose- d George was killed near Thompson, Utah, in 1900. What About Logan? No one seems to know definitely just how Harvey Logan ended Ms days. Some say he died of blood poisoning in Wyoming, Others think he was. killed during a train robbery in Colorado. While still others believe he might have come to an Inglorious end in South ' America. Matt Warner quit the "Wild Bunch" early to become a peace officer in Price, Utah. Others of lesser notoriety had already gone forever from the old haunts. The "WUd Bunch" that had terrorized the country was fin. ished. At the end, only two were left together, Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh. R e a 11 z i n g they couldn't change the order of things and survive, they decided to move on to South America.' Maybe they had looked death in the face just too many times. Whatever the reason, with fhe law also .hot on their trail, tfey fled the United States In' 1902. In South America they used their stolen money to buy a large ranch and stock it with a fine herd of cattle. For awhile they prospered. ' Spotted by Officer One day, however, an officer from the United States recognized the pair near a ranch. Not; waiting to .find out whether they were "wanted" or not, but fearing capture, Cassidy and Longabaugh sold out in a hurry. Again they were on the loose, probably with the thought that they had gone too far as outlaws ever to be anything else. Then followed in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia mine pay roll robberies of the old Cassidy and hold-up- s brand daring and quick action, fast getaway, relays of fast horses, and far distances between "jobs." Always as they had done in the United States they worked honestly occasionally and. made friends at the ranches where they got work, unknown to those friends as the most dreaded outlaws In South America, Then came the fatal year, 1909. Two robbers held up the Aramayo Mine in Bolivia, stole the first mule they sighted to carry their loot, and made their escape to San Vic ente, a little Indian town, where the only accommodations were at a lodgement of the police. Weary . . . and Careless Weary from their long ride, they j themstopped for food and rest-fo- r selves and their worn-ou-t mules, leaving their rifles and saddles and other equipment in the courtyard whil they entered the cantina food They believed they were far enough away; from the mine to be -- J fr safe;-- : - ':. . , man passing by, recognized one of the mules as one belonging to Ms friends who had been carrying the remittance to the mine when the hold-u- p took place. He went to their soldiers nearby with the report, Immediately the police surrounded the enclosed courtyard while an officer started inside to arrest the men. Bullets whizzed and the officer fell dead. With only their xA j j Cassidy and Longabaugh blazed away. Hundreds of six-shoote- rs : rifles answered. , As the shots continued, Longabaugh," covered by Cassidy's gun, made an attempt to reach ' their rifles in the courtyard. He was critically wounded.) After seeing Longabaugh fall, Cassidy somewhow 'managed, even though bullets were hitting all around, to reach his partner and then drag him inside. For hours; the siege continued. Then fewer shots kme from the inside. Yet every time a Bolivian ventured near the cantina, he was shot down, i ; I V Last Shot So the day passed and the evening and the long night began. To wards morning a shot was heard inside the cantina followed by a , long silence. Only when full daylight had come did the cautious ones remaining outside make another approach towards the shelter. This time no gun shots brought them down. Inside they found both robbers dead. Longabaugh had died after being wounded by the - police. Cassidy had turned his last bullet to kill himself. In the pack saddles was found intact the money from the ; mine. K So endfed. the trail of the notorious Butfh Cassidy, Utah's number one- - outlaw. The era of tne cowboy-outlawas over. . I The End ;L" ' w Youth Recviyes1 Encyclopediqs Through HeraW : j . r-- p, . 1 .''v-:-- f Another Herald reader has received a complete set of Britanolca Junior'. fojr his winning, in !'TeU me Why" the question Eh-cyclope- column, j published Daily Herald. , Don Burr, in The son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Burr of 110 S. 8tfa W Provo, is now the proud owner ''of "a; 1 j BritannicV; Junior for .Jiome and school use. He is a sixth grader at Franklin School. His question was discussed In "Tell. Me Wednesday's Why" column j 1 c5Af95u 4 riot - 0 v You? .Qffecter and the! - bakers of 5.' rH AfCORDIALLY 1 1. INVITE YOU TO ATTEND YOUR CHOICE OP . This letter from Robert A. Pinkerton of the Pinker- ton Detective Agency to H.G. iBurt, president of Union Pacific Railroad in. 1903,; tells the plot to nab. Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh in South America to erase the last of the "Wild Bunch." Actually the plot didn't pan out and Cassidy and Longabaugh duplicated their Old West depredations in South America until 1909 when ;they met their Waterloo in a gun battle with Bolivian police. Cassidy's reputation as a badman suffered a bit near the close of Mr. Pinkerton's letter where Longabaugh is referred to as the tougher of the two men. Actually this checks, however, because Cassidy . always avoided killings until the last desperate of his life. (Photostat courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad.) j 2 BEGINNING OF THE END Z - :Z " Z a 0 American Fork Lions. Club Appoints New Committees Announces Meeting j Schedule AMERICAN FORK Standing ficers ias follows: David E. Allen, 'Committees of the American Fork first vice president, in charge; ioni Club' together with a tenta attendance, James Mazurie; conrelations, tive schedule of meetings and soi vention and inter-clu- b' K. J. Bird, Elmer Bate and George have been ials for the 1958-5year C. Scott; finance, James B. 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