Show exterminate THE GANG L if the personnel and operations of the robbers roost gang of outlaws were confined to utah alone there is no doubt that the proper officials would take vigorous measures looking to the complete extermination of the desperate fraternity but the trouble la Is that the band Is made up of men who hall hail I 1 from several different states that it carries on operations in at least four I 1 states and that it has its headquarters I 1 near the point where three states join and whence its members may readily pass and convey booty from one to the other when to the difficulties arising out of jurisdiction are added those that grow out of the topography and geography of the region in which the bandits rendezvous which is extremely difficult and hazardous to penetrate the reasons why they have been able to so long flourish and defy the law became more apparent but the robbery and tragedy which occurred at Spring springville ville on saturday last comprise a convincing argument of the I 1 necessity of destroying this aggregation of robbers and murderers it is perfectly plain that the band embraces some of the most reckless daredevils dare devils that have operated in the intermountain region during recent years which Is in saying a good deal and the spring ville affair shows what deeds of crime and daring some of them are willing to undertake that it was not as successful as was a similar enterprise executed in montpelier idaho two or three years ago presumably by members of the same gang to is not due to any lack of reckless rec klesa bravery on the part of maxwell and his companion while this aggregation of criminals la Is allowed to remain intact any kind of violent crime may be daily expected to be committed by it travelers prospectors and stage coaches and even railroad trains may be held up and robbed great numbers of live stock are eer certain tain to be stolen at frequent intervals and neither life nor property will be safe again the band comprises a nucleus to which naturally gravitate ex convicts and men of criminal instincts generally who either become I 1 its active members or its confederates that the gang has friends I 1 ers era fences and coworkers co workers in utah colorado and wyoming Is in well known to the officers A vigorous plan of campaign should forthwith be agreed upon by the three tates states named looking to the immediate breaking up of the bandits just what plans it would be best to lay is a matter to be left with the officers who have had experience in hunting this sort of criminals in such regions as they infest but energy and determination should be features of the plans in the opinion of the news liberal rewards for the capture of the outlaws dead or alive should be offered governor wells of utah has set an example in this regard which ought to be imitated by the executives of wyoming and colorado such an organization of outlaws as the robbers roost gang is not only a menace but a discredit to the three states in which it chiefly operates |