Show ' - ' — : i — - - n r' ta g13: Li) &:sw I i ---- --- -- 1-- ' r - --- '- - - 1004114411 7 " ' - ' - - - : i S - ' ' '' tat ' - - '‘ ' 0 A' - '' 2 - 3 ' t - 1) t e '"'' ' - - - 8 ' 0' -- i - 4- --- ' - 41 ' - - ‘A r' 4 ' - - - - - --- - L- ' ' - At ' - -1 - '- - Of t '43') - t 2"0- ""t"Itt" - '' i ' II 1 0 i J H i 1I i 1 I' t i -'AA1 i ' ' i r7 1 i i -- ' - t " 1 1 I ' ' - i I r - - : ' - 1 '4 -- - t Li 1 ' 1 : ' ' "I 4k - a ' ' at - IA P - ! r- 'r t- el -- "- - t I' "1 - - - - — : a i'' -t 0 ' ' 1 1 f ' ' '1 ' iii-- 4 1 7- I He ' - ' :a!t - - - - x Rustling Was Common ' iiim ' Goes Into Business -- - ' ' - - Castle Gate Job ' The newly' developed coal mines at " ' ' Castle their own mark It was only a step front branding maverickSto phin rustling which in the early Ws was a very profitable occupation By that time George Parker had become a top band with the rope amid branding iron besides the best shots in his section of Utah in-becluind4bneCiric valley and the little hamlet of Circleville Mike Cazaidy leader- of a very successful Mod of rustlers operating in the vicinity of t'irclevills soon I' I 1 ' inaccessible corners of the ninge were 'filled' with strays which had escaped the branding iron and about half tho nesters" in the territory were engaged in rounding up those "mavericlur to be branded with : 1 ' 4l ° I1 t 4 -s - 4 Gate s - tI p - - IP - i I- - - -- I 1 Parker took ' i ' ''-- ewae"'" I - I a' ' '' ' ' - ' - ' - -' - the name of his hero and for several years George Cassidle - The more familiar "Butch" was added duringl ater years ta Wyoming - was known ' i a large a cc ' stock hi was in the Henry mountains young wintering : Parker got the job A year or two spent among the wild rustlers in the Henry's and at Sobbers' Roost 50 Iniles north laid the pattern for Parker's future career When Mike Cassidy had to leave the country suddenly t I es ' I - - -- '1 - dart' - - ' - - - tbi It stiould have been an easy matter to trap the out- laws in"Price canyon but telephone lines were found to have been mysteriously cut and when a posse finally did get under way it was found to consist principally of Cassidy's friends who raced away in a cloud of dust —in the wrong chrection Cassidy rode directly from Castle Gate to Robbers' Roost through Black Dragon Canyon over a trail known only to the outlawa- - It was an extremely dangerous trail due to lack of waterholes for others to follow The Roost located in the - San Rafael desert 63 miles south of Greenriver is still one of the leut known snots in Utah - - wide In vateRartteUsaraldeBefortms idytecatialt bbisy gang of spent the next few months celebrating their escapade in wild fashion liquor and food supplies being brought in from Greenriver and Hanlowille by some of his friends The actual purchases were made by two women friends of the gang A great part of the time was spent in gambling horse racing and target practice No guards were necessaty in Robbers' Roost as it was believed by officers and citizens alike to be impregnabla OnlY One sheriff bad ventured in that direction pme 'dowdy and he had been sent back across the hot sands minus horse boots and puts - a - ' - - r- ' '1 t" - -- t a - ‘ 4' ' - - ' it - Arizona1 ' s Utah were employing a large number of men and bad a big pay roll Butch went to Castle Gate with several members of his new "Wild Bunch" and without attract- arrived ing attention began meeting every train as On April 21 1897 when he saw paymaster Carpenbor alight from the express car be knew the time for action arrived ' He waited until the heavy bags of cash 1 had bad been removed from the express eat when moat of the depot crowd bad dispersed When Carpenter started for the company offices near by with the cash Cassidy i and Elza Lay stepped up and offered to assist him with the heavy bags- He at tint pmtested but the- muzzles of two 48 Colts pressed against his ribs changed his mind! gHaelloansedd Lay protected by wihthalfaround nilootIxor down the canyon a ' rident In greenbacks d spectators had e entire action tlrumot mg:owl edMany smoothly and Int little fuss i ed -' - 'I - 1e a "' r) ' - -- - - - 4 4 - A " ' ' ' I' A i L-' ' '' —— - ' '' ' ' 1 4 — it -1' 0 4 0 ' - -- - ' : L - ' 7 -' - - - bein- -- - L 1 -4 741 s 4 - - ''':-- '' A - 04- a rs - r - 111161'(171117 '" - - o ' 11A- I - t t 1 a lis- - — r - ' 1t4: r - - tov VA - six-gu- to nd -- -- '1' 1 ''''' old-tim- - - ' 't --- - 'ile - it '" - ' ' - '' It T'S - tort - 4 76 ' ' t 1 ''- '- '' 41 41' - J4 - - -I t I' r7 :--- I - - - - — ' -- -- :- ' --' - 1 4 -- 'i'7 ? 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' '''''' business He had in fact every el : 4' -' ' a and horses with Lander for of north qualification him a man was coming that evening to foreclose on began stocking It t ' -' successful outlaw chieftainposing as hom4ealere-- - The two- - 'ranchers—never - their little farm as they were unable to pay The mortto Cattle rustling in those days was so commonplace e sell horses bad t yet they always bought any plenty gage Cassidy handed the startled woman a large roll 4 that the law took little notice of It Butch Cassidy got Butch and Ms partner had "hunted lost horses" all of bills telling her to pay the mortgage and ask no t IhnonOtiebamomeowoindlainital0111111101000Into his first trouble over stealing a saddle and several western over trouble into without Later in the evening the mortgage bolder 10'7orning getting questions orbe still remember and talk about ties head of horses a more serious offense Tracked Typical f the two In the summer of 1894 they made the mistake of came collected his money and rode sway in the dark but by seU aim supplieseatlaw exPlolla Charlie Gibbous mord to deputy sheriffs be was caught asleep iiicamp arrested helping themselves to 60 head belonging to the Padlock - Within a mile of the house he was held up and robbed and handcuffed- - Returning with their young prisoner-gram 1111041 ranch a big outfit but the mortgage was already marked "pald"I Thermopolis-- - The Wyotwo the officers stopped near a spring to prepare lunch A ' P Assn- had been recently organized Stockgrowert had ming s4 I 4 When one of the officers went to the spring for a second ' Harry Ogden then a boy about 16 years old moth :::" ' Akl of preventing such raida and they de' for the 4 ' 4' bucket of water Cassidy kicked the boiling coffee M - tertninedpurpose gone into the Henry mountain country some miles 4 Art no effort to run down the thieves to snare 1 He had t the face of the officer squatting by the fire disarmed of the Roost looking for work as a cowhand ' Bob Calverly a fighting deputy sheriff was put on tho ' - 1 '1 !'‘::?fes' 11rcNP:t of which be was horse saddle him a earned covered good other his unlocked already the handcuffs and in — trait He :soon traced the stolen homes to Star valley t one day not far from was less than a minute was on his way with the stolen As be "0' riding very proud on Salt river near the Wyoming-Idahline an isolated horses and them ridden by the two officers the Roost be met one of the outlaw who bad ridden valley difficult of access Calverly found that Butch own mount to death and was afoot At the point his was He had made a clean getaway and there was no receiving mail through the poet office at Afton !NI 1 a c of gun the man took young Ogden's horse saddle 01'4 t I AkZ:":)1 called was and it for by a young lady that Wyo A te 4 NA: 'Olt'' being danger of pursuit from the deputies left afoot in the A and even his canteen of water leamlng the —zR ' grubstake once weekon A the to retum - Followinga boy afoot on desert After riding a mile or two Butch noticed that Ao her girl i 'A2'N t ' the desert After a narrow escape from 114 certain' insheriff ranch Montana a canteens ' the officers' two were still tied to their sadfrom Calverly and : - 4k4 death thirst Harry managed to reach a cow-camby I her and was that dles was 30 to miles the next water hole Milner chopping tercepted levned Knowing it " where he borrowed another horse A few weeks later —41 1 some wood distance limn the he Butch men returned the raneN autteena but and gave their then rode Cassidy 4 be suddenly came face to face with three outlaws one 1Le ' ItV "" away This humanitarian gesture wu t3rp4cal of all ' was inside the cabin Taking the girl with them they :A of them Butch Cassidy- - One of the other nun was Heiner then without arrested his later was and one returned reason clifficultyt for activities the law why t: riding his horse etas never too anxious to find him IN? "Is this your borne' " Butch asked: t Having' escaped the law Caseidy thought it prudent ' i 'Yes admitted Harry Him They With a boyhood Surprised to leave that section temporarily ! "la this the fellow whole stole it?" be asked point Le!1 t friend from Circleville who was shpo in trouble be rode 11 had earned the of Cassidy already reputation being - ins to one of the three riders :t 1 to Telluride Colo then at the height of its mining one of the fastest men in Wyoming with- - a I the 1- boom where be soon found work packing high grade "That's him 'aright" ' - said be was probably lying on a cot or bunk Just girl muleback his out mountains on door-aore of the inside During the cabin "Get down off that horse!" Butch shouted at the the i theoretically 46 Ii advantage '— 1 entire career as an outlaw ha never found it beneath i tt as all in his favor But the two officers were Fthird rider "Hit out straight west and keep going deter- A labor—between do honest ' his outlaw his to mined to take a chance on the element of surprise and dignity lea your gun and canteen It's 40 miles to Ilanksville I 1 e i 4 cattlemen will ' arrest him at any cost expeditions—and –dozens of k) and if you don't make it the coyotes will have a feast to the Quietly up slipping t swear that Cassidy was the best foreman they ever cabin they suddenly kicked the door open and both men - We don't want anybody in the Roost who 0 low enough 4 t !!!r--I 'fp ' ? ir t A hired entered together with guns drawn for action to rob a boy" t ''' - - 16- : No 4 At Tellwide Butch Joined the McCarthy gang which ---- - g Cassidy was caught guard hig guns hung over ! ‘ bad originated to the Blue Mountains near Monticello 'S LiA - '44A- :431w a chair several feet from his bunk but with one jump )0 They led to lagaS Utah Be helped them rob the Telluride bank of he had them in his hands and they were both blaxMg He lived Is boyhood Cassidy was bore as Grow LeRoy Parker ' soon as As the excitement in Castle Gate had sub- -' The two officers opened fire at the same time but due Utah- - where bhi lather settled bi this boons ha Circleville of his rode out " -- to the Surprise of both parties no one wtas14:14 A split Castle Gatesecond later Calverly made a lunge Butck °' pay roll They rode north-- through untraveled can----t bringing his gun down on the outlaw's head pulling the ' Alwedev ' ' yons and over dim trail to Brown's Hole and on to the i 4 4 with the same motion The blow- - stunned Casi re ' trigger little town of Beggs Wyo an isolated settlement in '- e and the deputrs bullet plowed a furrow through sidy the mountain& Beggs boasted a saloon There the ifailla" his scalp In less than a minute after kicking the door is still Wild Bunch put on a 4 1 --open Butch Cassidy was handcuffed " ''''::: r t " When of Wyoming remembered vividly by Cassidy was -sentenced to nerve two years in the Wyo- was over the saloon keeper bad gold enough to open ' it 14 t l ' ming prison-- The date was July 15 1894 and Cassidy - ' the finest establishment in Bock Springs - ' 4- ' v gave his age as 27 years - was the only time the law From Beggs Cassidy and a few of his lieutenants ever taught up with hint " 35 iniles south of But- rode north to a his 18 sentence of Months After Calsidy a in beautiful serving falo valley and protected "" ' ' 1 7 ''' applied for a 'pardon It was granted by Gov Richards '--' 'I i --- by a perpendicular wall of sandstone 50 males longv k" be out i would k of 1" 1 that Was one narrow proMise which Cassidy's there keep but upon J 0 through opening Hole''' ' had become headquarters for the Largest Wyoming forever Richards believed Butch would keep -- 0 '!' i As' - " his promiae perhaps he Intended to at the time but I r ' -' A gang of cattle rustlers the west had ever seen up to t - '' Vt e w'r' ) ' many of his spectacular raids of later years were pulled time that I '''' " g '1: i V 444 ' 4) : p I I ' off In that state was no longer intemted in cattle—be had Cassidy t ' ' ' -- N14 i After hil release' Cassidy went directly to Brown's be met le '''''-- At LOgla puns ' larger tr -2 't FZ4"111A111111s11""111 4 ' Mb" Hole an isolated and little known outlaw hideout on 0 ' a brothers who had been operating there for sorne time- tv lii the northeast of Utahcorner en extreme "ot riven ":":" of wu leader the a ' quarter- - 14 gang Harvey Logan 1 4 -Brown's Hole Cassidy found many of his old friends ' breed Cherokee from Missouri one of the moat danger' 404 s'thlin: a miscellaneous assortment of cattle rustlers horse n For aorrie time killers who ever packed a : 1 ":" - t ' 1 tves and all 'round bad men 116r li i ''4 ) ' -past cattlemen had been making bto miserable for his ak so Cassidy invited the boys I at 4 :14 ' - - - Forms " 11 g '" gang m P– 'Wild Bunch': to go back with him to Brown's Hole a place no sheriff ":g4 r 1 i I 1 t A povie01101":"T-77r4t 1 I -I Ito k -- t After Jul exPerience In the Wyoming pen' Cassidy - had ever visited' After that move Brown's Hole -'dr - 1 1 boasted- the largest outlaw population ever assembled '11I ' decided to quit the ° p ' 1 C I sal s "petty Linear business of home "4 4 '7 - bec:ome a mid oUtlew and make a name for— la am place in the entire history of the west- I':---i 4 misted t1I I rustlers but also boasted ' ' himself: Selecting some of the nervier young men in ' principally of fak - olie tiI ' 1 k ' 4 -In that motley gang of "—anY genuine desperadoes 1 t I 0 Mole he formed the aucleus of what later became -- - the t I - --4 Butch Casttly was hundred two and three 1 betwn k 10110' the "Wild Bunch" famous all over the watt for its ''1 ' ''"'''' ' - --4 4 011010' 74 ''''''' S - A wegiZst ' the acknowledged leader -- 1 - -Ih—4-4- 0 - - w1 lir ' r 404411 exploit& 7 'ow"' sl 7 540i1 t men needed sit ob- Such an of restless assemblage 'a member -Matt Warner Cassidrs friend and a former r - - ' - k - 4' Jective- - Believing the time bad come for fie larger ' ' t dn's' ' 4 of the McCarthy gang 'tad quit the outlaw trail shout 41 6 -- sphere of operations Cassidy proceeded to organize '- ' '3' ' However -I an was unrusrded in - 'or - I arres ted 0"ft 1' i the time Butch -I- -4 his men Into arhat he proudly called the "rrairt Robbent ''' '''''' - 1 111 a ''- ' invnlvect h Wal sh°°ting licraPe rat - s- 'AL' ' ' ' ' ' moment -- - - - ''' INA Details were carefully worked out by Co- Syndicate" -killedtwo were men which in Butch Vernal irI promised -- with trusted lieutenants to handle the act awl rob 4 sidy 40 0 defenae-21 for his raise money 0-beries while other less reliable members were to 1 6 t47--b '' é toi Jr4t 4041 alt so on Aug 13 1896 Butch Cassidy Elza Lay and o'' 0 ' It'411 furnisit relays of horses for a quick getaway and act Apia lb -- ''' -' ''' JP”' ' ' ' I ' '''' "' 4 ' 1 APOP ' ' tiir ' '" 1 0 it o!t 4 ' 1 oluoun 'or a - Profits of the s "P' nty ourPPeu In10 ' — inonlpeuer Junthe millions ' LL r moat 416 a t di — 2- "V awilvaaiiam-gotiosiAss - $A1PAIk a i 0 ' 04t drink then entered the bank with guns drawn tined be nestof the wild He mots I meet outlaws Ms owned um man the cashier bookkeeper and stenographer against am used ranter le spew-hamCassidy's Caaaldy talks things ever with Weed This pkture wall and helped themselves to 17165 14 cash Calmly death la next Sunday's Tribune Magazine) as taken she the bed- - I Robber( West country In Sea Rafael desert as hideest‘ by Charlie Gibbons of Ilaaksville - '7-- e ' - - wen out of town be- mounting their horses they-wer:the alarm o!ee sounded Butch spent the money on lavers for Matt During a 11 when the evidenito looked bad be even offered utwki-to raid the jail and release Matt butiMatt refused the offer betieving lut would be cleared He was sentenced to a term of two imam' served his time and quit the wild life for good Butch soon went to work ors a cattle renal while be plannedhis next expedition ' After the Telluride holdup Butch Cassidy severed bis connection with the IdeCarthys and for the nextor foret-iiiion various in cattle ranchei big Wyoming and Utah Butw cow- punching was a poorly paid occupations so In 1892 Cssaidy with Al Heiner as partner decided to go into business for himself They leased a ranch soms miles' ' "- gore $10500 in 1889 They Triad - a completely successful getaway on specially trained horses lit the brushy hills alông the- Dolores river - 1:- knowii svestem orutlaivs st 1 - -- 5treThteteltett - ' A t - -- X - - ) oe'''' ' - 1 '- - - ' - ' t ' ' -- - - near Circleville Utah more rl: riiro "-- - Chesriel Kill? Sy - - tivási)aft article about one of but-lea- Who During the boyhood ot George LeRoy Parker (Butch romantic period of Cassidy)—the ranches was rushing toward its 1598 The free ranges of Wyoming Mexico Colorado and Utah were being stocked with herds which fended for jhemselves summer and it 1 rft - -ef th e most accomplished Rata Rood" - Re was bore with the name of George fal102' Parker the son of Rule Parker who operated a ranch ' a I 'Cassidy it' -- i - '"i--rI 3 K Itatek Cassidy ash appeared la kis prima He was et stocky band with Moe sYss sad au Infectious smile- - Everlbody reapeetett WAIN ' k tin—fib- ' - - - - be never killed a man: his spectacular operations were always directed agabut banks traikoads or corporations Individuals his generosity towards his friends and thaw in need timed for him the mune of "Utah's 17' '' - 'L - : ' T -- old-ti- t 4 - - - the earned the reptitation of being the clevereatt most generous—bandit of his time was personallyit known- - to thousands of catUemen rustlers peace officers and even traid Crews ad over d old rook ars the west- - Many of theilit now still living But among the hundreds who- bays bees who officers bad occasion Interviewed even the to follow his trait not one Ms been found who speaks 81 of Cassidy He made friends everywhere and be- able to - - ' C011111Mcr gray-haire- A p :- - - - was '''''cowhand -- - A ' - - Butch I ' - - ' ' - -- -- -- --- - 1 noolicji vI-711- t - - - - - |