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GREAT EAT ROBBER GANG OF F HIGHWAYMEN AYMEN BURGLARS AND COUNTERFEITERS nde no t r Leadership of Jet Jef Dunbar a aSad Sad Man JIan With HI Ills For Gon-For Can For Amusement Amuse Amuse- ment Shoot Up Towns Towns Honest Westerner West Vest Vest Vest- enter erner Tired o of Their Theil Prank 41 cy HAT Is believed to too tobe be the greatest M criminal league c I that has ever exI exIsted existed ex ex- I t isted in n America Is operating in the thea a mountains along alongI l I the frontiers of Colorado Wyoming Wyom Wyom- I I I I ing Utah and Ida Ida- ho The powerful band of organized desperadoes numbers in all all 40 men men- burglars counterfeiters and highwaymen highwaymen highway highway- highway men of national notoriety nearly all being refugees fr from m jus justice ce from nearly nearly near near- N ly every state and territory In n the theun un union on The inhabitants of the border border border bor bor- der points are banding together in opposition opposition op op- position on and the state militias of Wyoming Colorado Idaho and Utah k may be supplicated to assist In n driving the outlaws from their mountain fastnesses fastnesses fastnesses fast fast- nesses and if It possible in capturing r them For months month the great menacing horde has plundered the country and grown In strength streng and boldness until z i it has become the terror of every border border border bor bor- der point Its field of operation e cr- cr tends for hundreds of miles around and in n its wake have been murders k bank and store robberies stage holdups holdups holdups hold hold- ups and of almost every every every ev ev- ev- ev ery description Cattle and horses yiK i. i fl WY r j I ti J I JEF DUNBAR 4 r- r rd d in droves drovE's of hundreds are being taken rl k J r boldly from the big ranches and all tai i opposition has thus far been futile YF Much of the stolen property was Jias Jas become ber ber be- be r t the r come some of the Ute Indians n 0 in n Utah and they are supposed to be ben x in n league with the robbers The hisM historic his his- M tore depredations of the famous MurY Murrell Mur- Mur i Y rell and southern swamp gangs of desperadoes des des- already seem to be Insignificant I h cant in n comparison with the highhanded high high- f r r Y r handed methods of of this western out- out f fitl 0 aw army These frontier bandits J t i have ave an officered and disciplined organization or- or or 1 J under strict military rules i i They have a systematic chain of posts f S pr or stations for the temporary storage I br pr Eor r handling of their plunder and in i i almost every gulch and lonely spot are I. I w f t stationed fences or rec receivers and It I t disposers of stolen prop property As fa far farjas farr l' l r 1 J jas s Is s known the chief headquarters of l the gang and center of operations ant ar located as follows Robbers' Robbers Roost T k t. t an n Blue mountain between Utah and I. I ti Colorado or hole ithe the borders of Colorado Utah and Wy- Wy a ming Green mountain in n i Utah Q iii of the Rio Gr Grande nde railroad crossing cross cross- cross cross- r. r ing of Green river Powder Springs in a southeastern Sweet Sweetwater ater county Wy- Wy 1 and the Wall the in Johnson county W Wyoming The outlaw outlaw out out- law band appears to to consist of or numerous numerous numer numer- t 1 ous captaincies each local captain re re- re re- re i. i tF porting to the supreme captain all important Im Important im- im kr matters b being ng of final reference reference reference refer refer- ence to an executive high commission err composed of various local captains Z with the supreme captain In the tho chair rp Powder Springs is thought y 1 ti main headquarters and the residing place of the chief The he terr territory tory ts sur surrounding rl r- r r l rounding this point is perhaps the wildest In the United States The Tho whole country is one continuous series of san sand hills and be said to bet be he t practically uninhabited excepting by bythe bythe the robbers themselves and two or orif if three ranchmen Fifteen miles northwest of the supposed supposed sup sup- lt posed headquarters Is Dixon a little frontier The The camp amp Itself a f Is s thought to be in a basin to which a al l network of trails have been found to tor r lead from every point of the com com- l pass In the center basin the theold theold old DId settlers say there WM WEs once a cow cowF cowf F f c shanty whose adobe ch Go f fallen to decay still mark Its site Here Herer r t 1 Is believed to be the exact location of the headquarters iIi iIi- Jet Jef Dunbar a noted character in n criminal circles is s looked d up upon n as Q being bej be be- j ing the high cpi f bf of the entire band y f He has lived In Western Colorado for forten I w ten years and boasts of having a score of men In n the gla graveyard He has the reputation of being able to hit hiti F- F ten-cent ten piece with his j. f i r six-shooters six i ss is far as he can see it He is a refu- refu tee see from Texas and has been cha chased ed s by bv the authorities for nearly fifteen rears fears ars He lIe killed a man In Texas Iver ver a game qt Mexican monte monee and flew fiew the country He killed tilled an amer omer om- om er named In n New Mexico and wounded Bounded another man in the er He is noted as the murderer of Bob Stewart of Jt He boasts that hat he runs northwestern Colorado ind shoots It up at wilt will There Is some doubt an to the names if f the local captains the honors kere ere probably falling as follows Bron ho iho Johnson local captain of the Pow Pow- I ler ter Springs or Snake river division vison Butch Cassidy who escaped d death c at atthe the hands of the avenging n citizens of Meeker ree er In last years year's slaughter ol of If the Meeker Mecker bank robbers Is thought to preside over the Browns Brown's Hole gang gans Jim Stevens wanted it is said by Colorado authorities for lor many crimes Is the probable leader leader- of Robbers' Robbers Roost Andy Strong well known In la Utah criminal range annals is booked booked booked book ed ed as being the local chief of t the Green mountain contingent T Tom m Turley a refugee from Colorado Colorado Color Color- ado Justice as the brutal murderer of ofEd ofEd ofEd Ed Neimen at River Bend on the KAtsas Kansas Kansas Kan KAt sas Pacific railroad in n 1878 is thought to hold a high position of some kind and many think him to be the general general gen get eral in n command Instead of Dun Byron Collins who murdered a Marmo Mormon Mar Mor mo mon for money at Vernal three y years ars arsago rs ago is also looked upon as a leader Among other notorious characters character Inthe fn In the gang are Bert Charters and Billy BIHy Sawtelle Charters has the reputation of being one of the boldest caU caUte thieves in the west while Sawtelle heo hui within a year figured In two killings Jack Garland a noted fighter who cut cuta a man in n pieces peces In n Eagle county count Colorado last year and Bus alias Cherokee Buss Duss are both well known outlaws In the Powder Springs division A negro named Isham Dart otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise known as Grubbed the Left Left on account of his having lost his left ear earin earin earn in n a fight is s believed to be an Important Import Import- ant figure In the business of the gang Dart holds out In n Browns Brown's Park on th the Green river and is thought to be e s mediator between the Ute Indians and the outlaws in the exchange of stolen I goods The Indians each fall come I over to Colorado to hunt and last fall they are said to have taken back with them several ad of Color- Color II hey and cattle for which the supposition Js is t they ey gave ave Dart Utah I horses and and cattle that that the brands might not be dete detected ted A similar ex exchange hange is believed to be beI I carried carried on on between the Wyoming and 1 Idaho gangs Dart is s a refugee from Colorado justice he having made a sensational escape from the authorities authorities ties Ues at Hahns Hahn's Peak Peak- Colorado last year yearby yearby yearby by riding ninety miles over the mount mountains moun- moun t talus between sunset and dawn without changing horses The crimes accredited to these ban ban- are legion The stock Wall the Wall the gang are famous throughout the entire west The rhe robbing of the United States paymaster paymaster pay pay- master last spring and the Meeker Co Coll Col and anil Montpelier Idaho bank raids were executed with all the boldness of I the world-famous world Jesse James raids The Bridger Wyo store robbery and the late highway robbery and murder of the Hahns Hahn's Peak miner are still fresh In n the minds of the inhabitants as asIs asis asis is also the Rawlins Lander-Rawlins stage holdup holdup hold- hold up of last month Within a year the bodies of a half-dozen half emigrants and md prospectors have been found bleachIng bleaching bleach bleach- Ing ng upon upon the hillsides with no clew as to how the they may may have met death The bank robbery lof of last March Is Jg said aid to have netted the more than The robbers were tracked on that occasion as far as the Baggs Bagg's in the Powder Springs district district district dis dis- dis- dis but no one dared to follow them farther On several occasions men have been sent to investigate the strengths and habits of the Powder Springs gang gang but but only one has ev ever r returned to render a report a r port The chief amusement of the outlaws is s found in n what they term shooting up the frontier towns and for th this recreation they take a day off perhaps per per- haps twice a month Their last pastime pastime pastime pas pas- time of this kind was indulged in n a few days days' ago when to twenty sty of the gang under leadership of Jef Jer Jef Dunbar shot up both Baggs Daggs and Dixon and left scarcely a light or window pane in n neither either of of the two places s. s At Dixon the th boys had most of their fun with an angered saloon keeper who refused to toda todo do da their bidding and evinced his re- re 7 S. S i i TOM TURLEY by throwing a beer bottle roughly at Dunbar's head This pro prop yoked the leader and he ordered several several several sev sev- eral of his men to mount their horses and ride into the saloon and order out the drinks for all all Including a bucket of water for each of the horses to be served over over the the bar The saloonkeeper saloonkeeper saloon saloon- keeper filled every order under cover of a dozen revolvers and for his trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble was permitted t to stand at the rear end of of his s saloon loon and hold beer glasses upon his head while Dunbar and his companions shattered them to pieces I with their revolvers at a distance of 15 paces The saloonkeeper was then forced to dance while bullets flew fiew at his heels and after several minutes of this exhilarating crating exercise he was asked to count the tho bullet holes in the floor Of these there were two twenty-two and for each one Dunbar gave him 1 with which to buy new lumb lumber r. r |
